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EU leaders on Thursday tasked the European Commission to move ahead with options for funding Ukraine for two more years, leaving the door open for a mammoth loan using frozen Russian assets. In broadly-worded conclusions adopted after marathon talks in Brussels, EU leaders stopped short of greenlighting plans for the
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday hailed the “strong and much-needed” message sent by US sanctions on Russia’s energy sector, after President Donald Trump moved to ratchet up pressure on Moscow in step with the EU. “We waited for this. God bless it will work and this is very
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Syria hopes US sanctions will be fully lifted in the coming months and has started the process of restructuring billions of dollars of debt amassed during Bashar Assad’s rule, Economy Minister Mohammad Nidal Al-Shaar said. President Donald Trump ordered the lifting of most US sanctions on Syria in May
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US Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday that Washington had not set a deadline for the disarmament of Hamas set out in the US-brokered ceasefire deal in Gaza. “We know that Hamas has to comply with the deal and if Hamas doesn’t comply with the deal, very bad
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A US appeals court said Monday that President Donald Trump can send National Guard troops to Portland, despite objections from Oregon’s governor. The ruling is the latest step in a battle pitting the White House against liberal states who have pushed back against what they characterize as Trump’s
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EU countries on Monday agreed to phase out their remaining gas imports from Russia by the end of 2027, breaking a dependency the bloc has struggled to end despite Moscow’s war on Ukraine. Energy ministers meeting in Luxembourg approved a plan by the European Commission to phase out both
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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Monday the country will devote a “larger-than-expected budget” in defense and aerospace research until 2030 as it seeks to build the world’s fourth-largest defense industry. Lee was speaking at South Korea’s largest-ever arms fair, the Seoul International Aerospace & Defense
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Gaza’s fragile ceasefire faced its first major test Sunday as Israeli forces launched a wave of deadly strikes, saying Hamas militants had killed two soldiers, and an Israeli security official said the transfer of aid into the territory was halted. The military later said it resumed enforcing the ceasefire,
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US President Donald Trump said Sunday that the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was still in effect after the Israeli military carried out deadly strikes on Gaza over apparent truce violations by the Palestinian armed group. “Yeah, it is,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One when asked if the
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As battlefronts continue to shift in painful ways, field testimonies and multiple reports indicate a systematic targeting of civilians living in areas under Rapid Support Forces (RSF) control—an apparent attempt to widen the war’s scope and deepen the psychological fracture among citizens of the same nation. Conversely, statements
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China and the United States agreed Saturday to conduct another round of trade negotiations in the coming week, as the world’s two biggest economies seek to avoid another damaging tit-for-tat tariff battle. Beijing last week announced sweeping controls on the critical rare earths industry, prompting US President Donald Trump
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President Donald Trump on Friday called on Kyiv and Moscow to “stop where they are” and end their brutal war following a lengthy White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump’s frustration with the conflict has surfaced repeatedly in the nine months since he returned to office, but
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets Donald Trump at the White House Friday, seeking US-made Tomahawk missiles even as the US president reaches out to Russia’s Vladimir Putin for a fresh summit. Zelensky will be making his third trip to Washington since Trump returned to office, following a disastrous televised
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Israel said on Thursday it was preparing for the reopening of Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt to let Palestinians in and out, but set no date as it traded blame with Hamas over violations of a US-mediated ceasefire. A dispute over the return of hostages’ bodies held by Hamas
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France and Britain, in coordination with the United States, are working to finalize a UN Security Council resolution in the coming days that would lay the foundation for a future international force in Gaza, France said on Thursday. With a shaky US-mediated ceasefire between Israel and Hamas holding, planning has
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US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged to stop buying oil from Russia, and Trump said he would next try to get China to do the same as Washington intensifies efforts to cut off Moscow’s energy revenues. India and China are