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Putin says Russia building non-negotiable ‘security zone’ inside Ukraine
Russia is establishing a “security zone” inside Ukraine along their shared border, which will be non-negotiable in any future talks with Kyiv, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. Putin, wearing military uniform and speaking during a visit to a command post, said the operation was in response to Ukraine’s 2024-25 incursion into Russia’s western Kursk region. “The Russian armed forces…
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Nigeria wins UN Human Rights Council seat with 172 votes
Nigeria has secured a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council for the 2027–2029 term after polling 172 votes in an election conducted by the UN General Assembly. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the outcome in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Oluwafemi Adeniyi, on Wednesday. Nigeria was elected on October 13 alongside 14 other countries to serve…
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Putin envoy says Russia and US discussing joint deals, including data centres
Russia and the United States are discussing a range of new joint projects, including nuclear-powered data centres, following last week’s agreement on diesel, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s investment envoy said on Friday. Kirill Dmitriev said US sanctions posed serious obstacles and criticised as “misguided” the Graham Act, signed by US President Donald Trump last month, which aims to reduce Russia’s…
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Zelenskiy blasts Trump’s diesel deal with Russia, calls Moscow’s peace moves a ‘parody’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday criticised US President Donald Trump’s diesel deal with Russia and welcomed the prospect of European allies playing a greater role in negotiations, describing Moscow’s approach to peace talks as a “parody”. Speaking at a European Union summit in Brussels, Zelenskiy said Russia was not interested in peace, adding that Ukraine was still experiencing disruptions…
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Obama says drift towards extremism ‘not inevitable’
Barack Obama has told an audience in Glasgow that hope is worth fighting for despite the major challenges facing the modern world. The 44th president of the United States said online platforms had shifted in recent years towards promoting content that stoked anger and fear, but maintained that a drift towards extremism was “not inevitable”. Obama made the remarks while…
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How Houthis are helping Iran turn Saudi Arabia into a pressure point
Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia are aimed at more than the conflict in Yemen, as the group seeks to pressure Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to meet its demands and persuade United States President Donald Trump to ease the American blockade on Iran, according to Saudi, Iranian and regional sources. The attacks have targeted infrastructure and disrupted investment events…
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WTO chief sees lasting impact on trade from Middle East war, geopolitics
Shifting geopolitics and the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East will have a lasting impact on global trade flows as companies seek alternatives to guard against future disruptions, World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said. Okonjo-Iweala said in an interview with Reuters on Thursday that trade had contracted sharply in the Middle East as a result of…
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Brazil’s Senate approves shorter workweek in win for Lula
Brazil’s Senate on Wednesday approved a constitutional amendment to reduce the country’s workweek from six days to five, providing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva a key legislative win less than two weeks before the country’s presidential runoff. The popular labor reform was backed by lawmakers from across Brazil’s political spectrum in the two required votes, including by Lula’s runoff…
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US military weighs use of ‘mother of all bombs’ in potential strikes on Iran, CNN reports
The US military has developed strike plans that could involve using the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb, also known as the “mother of all bombs,” against Iranian energy infrastructure and nuclear sites if President Donald Trump orders renewed combat operations, CNN reported on Thursday, citing US officials familiar with the matter. The potential deployment of the largest non-nuclear…
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Diesel deal opens way for more Russia-US cooperation, Kremlin envoy says
A deal between Russia and the United States on Russian diesel supplies could pave the way for further economic cooperation between the two countries, Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev said on Wednesday, adding that Moscow would overcome any sanctions-related difficulties to ensure the fuel was delivered. US President Donald Trump said last Friday that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin had…
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