More than 2,200 people died in an earthquake that hit Afghanistan’s mountainous east

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Mike Pence has said that he has “no doubt” that Russia will cross a Nato country’s border if it wins in Ukraine.

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Deputy defence minister Anna Tsivilyov, a relative of Vladimir Putin, said troops returning from the battlefield had helped push Russia’s prosthetic developments

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Europe’s every move to try and force Putin into a peace deal is dogged by the US president’s flip-flopping on Russia, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

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Trump has thus far declined to commit American forces to any peacekeeping effort in Ukraine

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Putin's comments came hours after European leaders pledged their commitment to a potential peacekeeping force

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The Ukrainian Parliament outlawed the Moscow-based Russian Orthodox Church, citing its strong support for Russia's invasion

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Ukrainian president rejects Putin’s invitation to hold peace talks in Moscow

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The apparent shift has alarmed European defense leaders, who see the presence of U.S. troops and support as a key deterrent against Moscow

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Trump joined a call of the “Coalition of the Willing” countries, led by French President Emmanuel Macron

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Residents of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region are facing devastating conditions as evacuations continue amid ongoing conflict

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U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff met with European leaders in Paris on Thursday to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine

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Senior official says Moscow will respond to ‘any illegal seizure of frozen Russian funds’

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‘What we need to do is avoid the headline at the end of the war, ‘Russia wins, America loses.’ It has huge worldwide implications,’ McConnell said of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

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The US President has urged European leaders to stop buying Russian oil, as Kyiv’s allies commit to deploying troops as a 'reassurance force' in post-war Ukraine

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The pictures from this week’s military parade in Beijing commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the earlier economic gathering would seem to offer a striking, maybe even sinister, message to the United States and its allies — evidence of a possible new reconfiguration of rising power in Eurasia, an “Axis of Upheaval,” as one U.S. analyst has called it

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The Czech government has approved a plan to acquire 44 Leopard 2A8 battle tanks from Germany

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German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has urged India to press its close ally Russia to return to peace talks over the war in Ukraine

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There was no shortage of pageantry at Wednesday’s military parade in Beijing, but beyond the spectacle, it also provided the first good look at China’s latest military hardware

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Russia has launched over 500 drones and two dozen missiles at Ukraine, targeting civilian infrastructure, especially energy facilities

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‘He knows where I stand,’ says US president after Russian leader proposes meeting with Mr Zelensky in Moscow

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Bulgarian authorities aren't investigating a suspected Russian interference operation involving a plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen because they say the interference is now common

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Nato is working to counter Russian jamming of satellite navigation systems on civilian flights, according to the alliance's chief

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Xi Jinping, flanked by Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, will oversee a major military parade in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on Wednesday

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Indian leader strengthens ties with Russia as Trump escalates tariff dispute with New Delhi

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Putin also claimed Moscow has never opposed Ukraine's potential membership of the European Union

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One child recalled how a drone strike was intercepted near their home

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Pope Leo XIV has met with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church

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Peter Navarro says Brahmins are profiteering at the expense of the Indian people

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Putin addresses leaders gathered in China for the SCO summit

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Pilots driving a plane carrying European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen were forced to use paper maps to land

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says the war in Ukraine could continue for a long time

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The Norwegian government says that it plans to buy a fleet of British-made frigates for its navy

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Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said a Conservative administration would maximise extraction.

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Jude Law transforms into Vladimir Putin in “The Wizard of the Kremlin,” premiering Sunday at the Venice Film Festival

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders of eight other nations are set to meet in northern China for the latest summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

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North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un met families of soldiers who died fighting for Russia in its war against Ukraine on Friday, August 29.

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A manhunt has been launched to find the Ukrainian politician’s killer, who reportedly fled the scene on an electric bicycle

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Russia has launched a mass attack on southern Ukraine, according to local officials

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Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky wanred Kyiv would retaliate to Russia’s ramped up aerial attacks over the past few weeks

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Experts have said that Ukraine has one of the best combat-ready armies in Europe

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