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India does not want the G20 to discuss additional sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine during New Delhi's one-year presidency of the bloc, six senior Indian officials said on Wednesday, amid debate over how even to describe the conflict.
India, which hosted the meeting of finance ministers and central-bank leaders, was reluctant to raise the issue of the Ukraine war, but Western nations insisted they could not back an outcome that did not include a condemnation.
CIA Director Bill Burns confirmed that China could send lethal aid to Russia in its war against Ukraine in an interview with CBS News on Feb. 25. "We're confident that the Chinese leadership is considering the provision of lethal equipment,"
The Ukrainian president said he wants to see more pressure on Russia's nuclear and banking industries.
Authorities in Bulgaria have banned an annual torchlit march in downtown Sofia in honor of a late general who led the pro-Nazi Union of Bulgarian National Legions during World War II
Busloads of students were brought into Moscow, a student who traveled 290 miles to the city for Putin's rally told The New York Times.
Belarusian dictator Alexander has reacted to a document, featured in a joint investigation by the Kyiv Independent and a group of U.S. and European media outlets, detailed Russia's future steps to take complete control of Belarusian political, economic, and military spheres by 2030. Speaking to local journalists at a sporting event on Feb. 25, Lukashenko said the document allegedly detailing Russia's plans to overpower Belarus and dismantle its independence “might have been” written three years ago. According to one of the sources cited in the investigation, an unnamed Western intelligence officer, the document was created in 2021 by the Kremlin's Directorate for Cross-Border Cooperation.
Earthquakes are common in Japan, which sits on the Pacific ‘Ring of Fire’, an arc of intense seismic activity that stretches through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin. No tsunami warning was issued after the offshore quake, which shook the coastal cities of Kushiro and Nemuro
A Reuters investigation found some shoes meant for recycling in Singapore ended up in shops in Indonesia, where it is illegal to import second-hand clothing.
The Financial Action Taskforce (FATF), the international anti-money laundering watchdog, suspended Russia’s membership with immediate effect on Friday (24 February) due to the country's attack on the “security, safety and integrity of the global financial system”.
A demonstration against supplying Ukraine with weapons for war with Russia attracted 10,000 people on Saturday, drawing criticism from top German government officials and a large police presence to maintain order.
Abdul and Mohammed Ahmed Rabbani were arrested in Pakistan in 2002. They were never charged by the US.
Poland has delivered four Leopard tanks to Ukraine already and is prepared to deliver more quickly, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Friday, as Western nations increase their support to Kyiv a year after Russia invaded the country.
Germany has put an embargo on the export of Brazilian armoured vehicles following Brazil's refusal to deliver weapons to Ukraine.
A top Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander said on Friday that Iran seeks to kill former senior US officials, including former President Donald
Canada is sending four more Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine and is imposing new Russia-related sanctions, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, marking the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Friday.