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Why the Putin-Witkoff meeting brought no ‘breakthrough’

The ball is in Trump’s court, and he seems serious about achieving peace – but there’s a lot of work ahead ...

NYT no longer a credible newspaper – US treasury secretary

Scott Bessent has called the outlet a “fever swamp,” accusing it of publishing fake stories about President Donald Trump’s mental health ...

Ex-Pornhub owner looking to buy Russian oil giant’s Western assets – Reuters

Lukoil has moved to divest its overseas holdings after the US imposed sanctions on the company in October ...

Belgium rejects von der Leyen’s latest asset-theft pitch

Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot has warned of “disastrous consequences” of the proposed ‘reparations’ loan for Ukraine using frozen Russian money ...

NATO state issues Black Sea shipping warning

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has pointed to the widening geography of the Ukraine crisis ...

Germany receives Israeli missile system

The Arrow 3 system was handed over to Berlin by the Israeli Defense Ministry’s director-general, whose parents survived the Nazi Holocaust ...

EU corruption scandal could take down von der Leyen – Politico

A fraud probe targeting Federica Mogherini has ramped up pressure on the bloc chief, already dogged by the ‘Pfizergate’ controversy ...

The missing ‘If’ that could get us killed: How Western media distorted Putin’s words about war with Europe

The message was rather simple: Russia is ready to respond to aggression. But you wouldn’t know it if you read the headlines ...

Russia not seeking to rejoin G7 – Putin

The president noted that he had stopped attending meetings of the group even before the Ukraine conflict began in 2014 ...

Apartheid-era police officers found guilty of murder

South African judges have convicted suspects for the 1987 shooting death of student activist Caiphus Nyoka ...

UN sounds alarm over escalating violence in African state

A conflict driven by Al-Shabaab militants that erupted in Mozambique in 2017 is rapidly spreading to new areas, the organization has warned ...

Beyond barrels: India and Russia build a new energy playbook

From small modular reactors to rare-earth mining, New Delhi and Moscow are building a localized, secure clean-tech ecosystem ...

Putin set to arrive in India for state visit: Live Updates

The Russian president will be making his tenth visit to the country, and the first since 2021 ...

FM Lin gives interview to Bloomberg

Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said Taiwan will continue to strengthen bilateral cooperation with democracies like Japan and the U.S. to safeguard regional security and...

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