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Pentagon denies report of halt in offensive cyber operations against Russia

Hegseth has neither canceled nor delayed any cyber operations directed against malicious Russian targets

Highlights: Man rams car into crowd in western Germany; at least one dead, several injured

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Trying to get Putin to negotiating table in peace talks: Marco Rubio

Rubio emphasised that any security guarantees for Ukraine are contingent upon the establishment of peace

India's crude oil supplies from Russia and US drop, West Asia rise

Imports of Russian oil were 280,000 barrels per day (bpd) more than Iraqi oil in February, according to Paris-based market intelligence agency Kpler

Istanbul talks: Russia offers to restore direct air links with US

Russia has offered the United States to restore direct air links between the two countries during the latest round of consultations with Washington, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday. Russian and US diplomats met in Istanbul on Thursday to discuss normalising the operation of their respective embassies that has been crippled by multiple round of diplomats' expulsions during previous years. The Russian Foreign Ministry hailed the talks as substantive and businesslike and noted in a statement that joint steps were agreed upon to ensure unimpeded financing of the activities of diplomatic missions of Russia and the United States on a reciprocal basis and to create appropriate conditions for diplomats to perform their official duties. The ministry said that it also offered the US to consider the possibility of restoring direct air traffic." It didn't add any details or possible time frame, and there was no immediate comment from Washington on the issue. US and other Western natio

Highlights: Core sectors' output grows by 4.6% in January, shows govt data

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Trump, Zelenskiy to clinch minerals deal during White House meeting

Trump has adopted a much less committed stance toward European security, a change in tone that has sent shockwaves across Europe and stoked fears in Kyiv and among its allies

Gazprom's gas exports via TurkStream to Europe at peak in Feb, shows data

Russia exports gas to Europe through one portion of the twin TurkStream pipeline with capacity of 15.75 billion cubic metres (bcm) per year

Russian, US diplomats meet in Istanbul for second round of talks

Russian and US diplomats met in Istanbul on Thursday to discuss normalising the operation of their respective embassies after years expelling each others' diplomats. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the talks followed an understanding reached during President Donald Trump's call with Russian President Vladimir Putin and contact between senior Russian and U.S. diplomats and other officials in Saudi Arabia. Speaking during Thursday's meeting of the Federal Security Service, Putin hailed the Trump administration's "pragmatism and realistic view compared with what he described as the stereotypes and messianic ideological cliches of its predecessors. The first contacts with the new US administration encourage certain hopes, Putin said. There is a mutual readiness to work to restore relations and gradually solve a colossal amount of systemic strategic problems in the global architecture. Putin said that part of Western elites are still determined to maintain global instability and co

Confident Putin will keep his word to end war in Ukraine, says Trump

President Donald Trump said Thursday he is confident that Russian leader Vladimir Putin will keep his word if an agreement is reached to end Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Trump said going through the Russia hoax ordeal gives him confidence that he can trust Putin in talks about the war in Ukraine that the Kremlin launched three year ago. Early in Trump's first term as president, the Republican was dogged by a special counsel-led investigation looking into the FBI's probe of Russian interference in his 2016 campaign for the White House. Trump made the comments during an exchange with reporters at the start of his meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Starmer extended a state visit invitation to Trump on behalf of King Charles, and Trump accepted. Starmer said the invitation for a second state visit Trump already received the honour during his first term was historic and "unprecedented.

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'India, EU to discuss preventing banned goods from going to Russia'

Kimmo Lähdevirta, Finland's ambassador to New Delhi, said Indian cos should not circumvent sanctions on providing Russia with items such as electronics that have commercial and military applications

North Korea has sent more troops to Russia: South Korea spy agency

North Korea appears to have deployed additional troops to support Russia's war against Ukraine, South Korea's spy agency said on Thursday, local media reported.Seoul's National Intelligence Service (NIS) in a press noted said that that number of recently deployed troops is being assessed as per a report in South Korean news agency Yonhap.The assessment follows a news report that between 1,000 and 3,000 North Korean troops were newly transported to Kursk via Russian cargo ships and military airplanes between January and February this year in the second round of such troop deployment, the Yonhap reported.Seoul's spy agency had earlier assessed that North Korean troops deployed to Russia had been absent from combat in the Kursk region since mid-January, likely due to heavy casualties among them. The NIS estimated that about 300 were killed and some 2,700 others were injured.In the beginning of this month Colonel Oleksandr, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian military's Special Operations ..

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Russia, US prepare more talks at expert level after last week's meet

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reiterated that there was an understanding that Trump and Putin should meet in person after thorough preparation, but said there were no details yet on when and where

India on verge of becoming trials hub, says clinical research firm exec

The US-based company plans to boost its headcount in India by more than 2,000 over the next three to five years

Russia destroys 83 Ukrainian drones over southern Krasnodar region

The ministry does not report potential damage or the full scope of the Ukrainian attacks

What happened at the UN vote on Russia-Ukraine war

At the UN General Assembly on February 24, US made a dramatic move by siding with Russia for the first time since the Ukraine-Russia war began,

UK sanctions Chinese firms in clampdown on supplies to Russia amid war

The fresh sanctions, which also apply to some firms in Thailand and India, target those who support Russia's military regime and the supply networks it relies on, the UK's Foreign Office said

Ready to give up presidency if it brings peace, Nato membership: Zelenskyy

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday he would be ready to give up the presidency if it brought peace and NATO membership. Speaking at a forum of government officials in Kyiv marking the three-year anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Zelenskyy said he would step down if doing so would achieve a lasting peace for his country under the security umbrella of the NATO military alliance. If to achieve peace, you really need me to give up my post, I'm ready, Zelenskyy said in response to a journalist's question on whether he'd trade his office for peace. I can trade it for NATO." Zelenskyy's comment appeared to be aimed at recent suggestions by US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin that elections should be held in Ukraine despite Ukrainian legislation prohibiting them during martial law.