Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says the energy ceasefire dishonoured by Ukraine Kiev continues to attack Russian power facilities Ukraine has repeatedly breached the US-brokered partial ceasefire and continued to attack Russian energy infrastructure, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. The top diplomat spoke to reporters on Tuesday, revealing details of an extended meeting of Russia’s Security Council held earlier in the day.

American and Italian leaders condemn French judiciary decision to jail and bar presidential hopeful Marie Le Pen as a blow to democracy Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has condemned the conviction of French presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen, saying it undermines the voice of millions of voters. On Monday, Le Pen, the former leader of the conservative National Rally (RN) party, was sentenced to four years in prison for embezzlement, two of them suspended, and barred from holding public office for five years.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei says it will deliver a reciprocal blow if attacked by the US as Trump threatens massive bombing campaign Iran will retaliate if attacked, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned in response to US President Donald Trump’s recent threat to bomb the country. In an interview with NBC News on Sunday, Trump said that if Tehran does not accept his deal and wind down its nuclear program, it will be bombed.

French far right leader Marie Le Pen jailed and barred for misuse of EU funds supporters say its a plot to stop her running for president in 2027 A Paris court has sentenced French right-wing politician Marine Le Pen to a four-year jail term, half of which is without parole, in a case involving the embezzlement of EU funds for her National Rally (RN) party.

Netanyahu says Hamas must leave Gaza for any ceasefire to work security of the enclave will be provided by West Jerusalem Israel is ready to negotiate an end to the Gaza conflict if Hamas lays down arms and leaves the enclave, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared. The Jewish state and militant group initially agreed to a fragile three-stage ceasefire in January, after 15 months of hostilities in Gaza.

Hegseth's Pentagon memo marked secret/no foreign national prioritises deterring communist China from taking Taiwan two-and-a-half war doctrine abandoned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reoriented the US military to prioritise deterring China’s seizure of Taiwan and shoring up homeland defence by “assuming risk” in Europe and other parts of the world, according to a secret internal guidance memo that bears the fingerprints of the conservative Heritage Foundation, including some passages that are nearly word-for-word duplications of text published by the think tank last year.

Estonia fears UK troop reduction as war fever grips the EU questions in European capitals wether London will be able to muster enough soldiers for operations in Ukraine Estonian officials are concerned about their national security due to a significant reduction in British troops and tanks deployed as part of NATO’s contingent in the Baltic nation, The Times reported on Wednesday.

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Hungary claims that the European Union is prepping for war to avoid the electorate asking what happened to the €132bn sent to Kiev Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has accused Brussels bureaucrats of clinging to a “failed pro-war policy” in a desperate attempt to delay the moment when European taxpayers begin asking where the money spent on bankrolling Kiev has gone.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu planning a new full scale invasion of Gaza with the objective of defeating Hamas in a final battle UN condemns evacuation orders Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his national-security team are allegedly planning a major new ground offensive dedicated to capturing large swaths of territory in Gaza, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

President Putin says Russian forces on the entire contact line will soon finish off the Ukrainian military calls for temporary UN governance of Kiev President Vladimir Putin has declared that Russian forces are gaining momentum across the entire line of contact and could soon “finish off” Ukraine’s military, while commenting on attempts by Kiev’s European backers to derail a diplomatic resolution of the conflict.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives Arctic warning Moscow will protect its interests there as cities are built The US-led NATO bloc views the Arctic as a “bridgehead” for future conflicts and is actively training troops to operate in the far north, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. Speaking at the International Arctic Forum in Murmansk on Thursday, he stated that Russia would do its best to uphold its national interests and sovereignty in the region.

London and Paris agree to send a reassurance force of UK and French troops ready to fight in Ukraine once a peace agreement is reached with Moscow France and Britain will continue to push for a deployment of a military contingent to Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron has said. A plan by Paris and London to send troops to Ukraine in case of a peace deal with Russia has been rejected already by several EU members.

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Buenos Aires says it will declassify Nazi files from Argentina's past the Latin American country had welcomed Third Reich refugees following World War II Argentina plans to declassify government documents concerning Nazi fugitives who found sanctuary in the Latin American nation following Germany’s defeat in World War II. The commitment to transparency was announced on Monday by President Javier Milei’s chief of staff, Guillermo Francos, during an interview with the TV channel DNews.

Sudanese Armed Forces chief declares the capital Khartoum free of rebel Rapid Support Forces following recapture of the presidential palace and the international airport Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) chief and de facto leader of the African country, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has declared Khartoum “free” after his soldiers recaptured the international airport in the war-torn capital from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

NATO clarifies that four missing GIs in Lithuania are not dead but missing the military bloc had earlier said the American soldiers had died during a field exercise Four US Army soldiers mysteriously disappeared during a training exercise in Lithuania near the Belarusian border on Tuesday. The Pentagon has yet to confirm their fate, after NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte triggered confusion by expressing condolences to their families.

Media publication of the Signal Houthi group chat reveals Yemeni officer and girlfriend killed in CIA targeted strike acute Europhobia and White House strategic thinking The publication of the Signal chat on Wednesday by Atlantic magazine has revealed that a Houthi missile officer and his girlfriend was killed in a US missile strike. The chat among senior US national security team exposed the Trump strategy for Yemen.

US intelligence calculation says Russia has achieved battlefield superiority in Ukraine and no amount of Western weapons money and targeting data will change the situation Western military aid to Kiev and sanctions against Russia cannot shift the balance of power in the Ukraine conflict, according to the US Intelligence Community’s 2025 Annual Threat Assessment. The intelligence community’s official coordinated evaluation of an array of threats lists Russia, China, North Korea and Iran as countries which represent a challenge to US interests.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa dismisses the white genocide narrative peddled by US billionaire and DOGE chief Elon Musk South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has dismissed as a “completely false narrative” allegations that the white minority in his country is being persecuted. Such claims are intended to stir division among the population, he suggested, in an address to the nation on Monday.

US intelligence assessment warns of Russian media threat that will intensify and become more sophisticated Russia is using a variety of entities, including RT, to shape public opinion and stoke division in the US, an American intelligence report has claimed. The allegation was made in the 2025 Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community, which was made available to the public on Tuesday.

US President Donald Trump backs national security adviser after Yemen war plans leaks says the only glitch in two months US President Donald Trump has spoken in defense of his National Security Adviser Mike Waltz following reports that the latter inadvertently included a journalist in a secret chat discussing military strategies in Yemen. On Monday, The Atlantic journalist Jeffrey Goldberg broke a story detailing purported conversations among top members of the administration regarding planned airstrikes against Houthi rebels in the Middle Eastern nation.

Washington and Moscow release separate statements following Saudi talks Kremlin reveals list while White House says there is ceasefire in the Black Sea and Russia will have access to global agricultural markets Russia and the US have committed to advancing the Black Sea Initiative as a step towards settling the Ukraine conflict, according to a statement released by the Kremlin on Tuesday.

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UK military chiefs slams PM Keir Starmer's insistence on sending British troops to Ukraine as Downing Street theatre UK military officials have dismissed Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s proposal for deploying Western troops to Ukraine as part of a ‘peacekeeping force’ to oversee a potential ceasefire, The Telegraph reported on Sunday. Senior military sources told the outlet that Starmer had…