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Russia 'Cannot Accept' Trump's Ukraine Peace Plans

Germany launches permanent troop deployment on NATO’s eastern flank

Chinese military says it’s launched joint army, naval and rocket force drills around Taiwan in ‘stern warning’

'Not a hope in hell': Irish politicians roundly reject Conor McGregor's presidential bid

The time has come to punish Orbán, Germany’s next government says

Iran urged to strike Diego Garcia base ‘immediately’

China, Japan, South Korea will jointly respond to US tariffs, Chinese state media says

Zelenskiy says Russia has committed over 183,000 war crimes in Ukraine

Russia officially moves to legalize the Taliban - Moscow once listed the Afghan hard-line movement as a terror group, but President Vladimir Putin now describes it as a “trusted ally.”

Putin to conscript 160,000 more Russians for war with Ukraine

Marine Le Pen’s allies in Russia and Hungary lash out at guilty verdict

Netherlands pledges over $2 billion for Ukraine in 2025, including $540 million for drones

Sweden announces more Ukraine military aid worth $1.6 billion (biggest one yet)

‘Russians are sending way more drones than they used to’, Ukraine defence unit says

Marine Le Pen banned from running for office after being found guilty of embezzlement

Marine Le Pen found guilty in EU funding embezzlement case

Taliban leader declares democracy 'dead' in Afghanistan, says no need for western laws

Ukraine won't sign minerals deal with US if it threatens EU membership, Zelensky says

Ukrainian forces destroy Russian command center in Kursk Oblast, General Staff reports

'Putin couldn’t care less about diplomacy' — Zelensky says as Russia steps up attacks on Ukraine

Russia has depleted its tank stocks: the industry is not covering combat losses

Iran declare themselves ready for the US.

'We stand by your side': Germany's Scholz condemns Trump's attacks on Canada