The Russian Ministry of Defence has announced that all military personnel from the CSTO "peacekeeping" mission sent to Kazakhstan have now left the country. The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) said in a statement released via its Department of Information and Mass Communication: "All peacekeepers, military equipment and weapons from the contingent of the Collective Peacekeeping Forces of the CSTO, which performed the tasks of protecting socially significant facilities in the Republic of Kazakhstan, have returned home." The Russian MoD said that four military aircraft had landed at the Chkalovsky ...

Russia has partnered with Belarus for a series of military exercises taking place in the neighbouring country, turning up the heat on the Ukraine amid fears of an invasion. After already amassing some 100,000 soldiers along Ukraine’s borders, Russian units are carrying out training drills with their Belarusian counterparts as the West fears it could lead to an imminent incursion. The Russian Ministry of Defence shared footage of troops arriving in Belarus on social media on 19th January. The arrival of the first units of the RF Armed Forces for ...

Swiss archaeologists carrying out a routine check on a building site for a new rowing club were amazed when they unearthed a fourth-century Roman amphitheatre, which they believe is the most modern ever found. The completely fortuitous discovery took place in Kaiseraugst, which is a municipality in the district of Rheinfelden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland, not far from the city of Basel, last December. And after digging up and examining the contents, they have now covered it in earth again in order to preserve the contents, ready ...

Strange tastes in Japan that include vending machines selling ladies' knickers and vibrator bars have now been joined by a weird bestseller book - about panda bums. The 64-page book about panda bottoms has already sold out in Japan, where it has proven so popular that the publisher has decided to reprint it. The book is called 'Atsumare! Panda no Oshiri: Panketsu' ('Collected! Panda Butts: Panketsu') and it was first released on 7th December. Atsumare! Panda no Oshiri: Panketsu, a 64-page book devoted entirely to panda butts, is being printed ...

A suspected heroin kingpin dubbed the Spanish Pablo Escobar has walked free less than 48 hours after his arrest due to a legal technicality. The alleged boss of bosses dubbed the 'Spanish Pablo Escobar of Heroin' was arrested on a farm in the province of Toledo in the Spanish region of Castile-La Mancha on 14th January after a months-long investigation by Spanish police. The Spanish National Police believe him to be the largest importer of heroin in the country, but the Superior Court of Justice of Castile-La Mancha (TSJCM) has ...