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Highlights: SC issues contempt notice to Delhi home secretary over Nitish Kataria remission plea

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Nato chief Mark Rutte says Russia relations should be restored after war

Rutte is walking a fine line between the US - Nato's most important member - and Europe, which is dealing with an increasingly aggressive Russia

Russia's FM urges US Secy of State to 'immediately' halt strikes on Houthis

US airstrikes on Yemen's Houthi rebels have killed atleast 53 people, including five women and two children, and injured nearly 100 others, The Hill reported

Pakistan, Afghanistan, Russia among 43 nations to face Trump's travel ban

The draft also places 10 countries, including Afghanistan and Bhutan, on the Red List, meaning their citizens could face a full visa suspension

Zelenskyy names Andrii Hnatov as new chief of general staff of armed forces

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Andrii Hnatov as the new chief of the general staff of Ukraine's armed forces, as the country looks to restructure and strengthen its military while its engaged in combat in Russia's Kursk region and facing increasing pressure in Donetsk. Hnatov replaced Anatoliy Barhylevych, who held the position since February 2024. The appointment was announced by the general staff via its Telegram channel Sunday. We are systematically transforming the Armed Forces of Ukraine to enhance their combat effectiveness, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said. Barhylevych will now serve as the general inspector of Ukraine's Defense Ministry. Umerov emphasized that Barhylevych would remain part of the team, overseeing military standards and strengthening discipline in the army. Oleksandr Syrskyi remains in place as commander-in-chief of Ukraine's armed forces. Zelenskyy has made frequent personnel changes within the Ukrainian government and military since Ru

Oil imports fell 11% in December as supplies from Russia, Saudi fall

Higher domestic demand in Russia, lower exports by Saudi may have reduced Indian uptake

Ukraine's allies agree to tighten economic pressure on Russia for ceasefire

Starmer said Western nations are gathering political and military momentum, and after additional commitments toward a post-conflict Ukraine were made

Russia, Ukraine continue aerial attacks with ceasefire prospects uncertain

Early on Sunday, three people were injured, including a 7-year-old, in a Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian border region of Belgorod

Can't allow Russia to play games with peace, says UK PM Keir Starmer

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosted a virtual meeting with world leaders from 25 countries on Saturday to bolster a so-called Coalition of the Willing against Russia in its ongoing conflict with Ukraine. We can't allow President Putin to play games with President Trump's deal, said Starmer from 10 Downing Street in London. Leaders representing Ukraine, the European Union (EU) Commission, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), Canada, Australia and New Zealand were expected to have joined the meeting to discuss the peace deal being negotiated by US President Donald Trump. The call comes ahead of a military planning session next week when these countries will decide on the nature of troop deployments to support peace in the region. If Putin is serious about peace, it's very simple: he has to stop his barbaric attacks on Ukraine and agree to a ceasefire; and the world is watching, he said. Starmer accused the Russian administration at the Kremlin of a complete disregard fo

Highlights: Mark Carney sworn in as Canada's new PM as country deals with Trump's trade war

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China, Russia urge end to US sanctions on Iran, restart of nuclear talks

Representatives of China, Russia and Iran called Friday for an end to US sanctions on Iran over its rapidly advancing nuclear program and a restart to multinational talks on the issue. The talks are the latest attempt to broach the matter and come after US President Donald Trump wrote to Iran's supreme leader in an attempt to jumpstart talks. The letter, which hasn't been published, was offered as Trump levied new sanctions on Iran as part of his maximum pressure campaign that holds out the possibility of military action while emphasising he still believed a new deal could be reached. The three nations who met Friday morning emphasised the necessity of terminating all unlawful unilateral sanctions, China's Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu read from a joint statement, flanked by Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov Sergey Alexeevich and Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi. The three countries reiterated that political and diplomatic engagement and dialogue based on t

Russia leans on cryptocurrencies for oil trade to evade western sanctions

Russia's move comes after Venezuela accelerated its use of digital currency in crude and fuel exports after Washington reimposed sanctions

Manipulative, scared: Zelenskyy slams Putin's response to US ceasefire deal

Vladimir Putin conditionally backed the US ceasefire plan, saying Russia agreed in principle but sought clarifications and conditions, stressing the need to address the conflict's root causes

US quietly tightens sanctions on Russia as it seeks ceasefire deal

Trump administration quietly let expire a license covering payments for energy to a handful of Russian banks that were still allowed to receive payments in US dollars

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US envoy in Moscow for ceasefire talks as Russia claims truce aids Kyiv

The diplomatic effort coincided with a Russian claim that its troops have driven the Ukrainian army out of a key town in Russia's Kursk border region

Russia criticises US ceasefire idea for Ukraine as Putin plays hardball

Russia claimed Thursday that its troops have driven the Ukrainian army out of the biggest town in Russia's Kursk border region, as a senior Kremlin official said that a US-proposed 30-day ceasefire in the war three years after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine would help Kyiv by giving its weary and short-handed military a break. The Russian Defence Ministry's claim that it recaptured the town of Sudzha, hours after President Vladimir Putin visited his commanders in Kursk and wore military fatigues, could not be independently verified. Ukrainian officials made no immediate comment on the claim. The renewed Russian military push and Putin's high-profile visit to his troops came as US President Donald Trump presses for a diplomatic end to the war. The US Tuesday lifted its March 3 suspension of military aid for Kyiv after senior US and Ukrainian officials made progress on how to stop the fighting during talks held in Saudi Arabia. Trump said Wednesday that it's up to Russia now as hi

Indian refiners turn to Latam, Africa to replace Russian oil in Feb: Data

The South Asian nation became the biggest buyer of Russian seaborne oil sold at a discount after Western nations imposed sanctions on Moscow

Trump warns Russia of major financial consequences if ceasefire rejected

While Ukraine has already accepted the US-backed ceasefire, Russia has remained hesitant, stating that it was 'studying' the proposal

UK expels Russian diplomat in tit-for-tat response to expulsions in Moscow

Britain's government said Wednesday it has expelled a Russian diplomat and a diplomatic spouse in a tit-for-tat response to the expulsion of two British embassy staff in Moscow earlier this week. In a statement Wednesday, the Foreign Office said it had summoned the Russian ambassador to the UK, Andrei Kelin, following an increasingly aggressive and coordinated campaign of harassment against British diplomats. It said Kelin was told that the UK will not stand for intimidation of British embassy staff and their families." As a result, the Foreign Office was taking immediate reciprocal action, revoking accreditation for a Russian diplomat and a diplomatic spouse.