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'Stupid, illogical' — Zelensky blasts Ukraine for relinquishing nuclear arms without strong security guarantees

"It was necessary to exchange (nuclear arms) for real security guarantees, and at the time, that was only NATO. And to be honest, today, it is only NATO," President Zelensky said in an interview with the Italian newspaper Il Foglio.

Chinese banks again block payments to Russia following tougher US sanctions

The tightening of US financial sanctions, which at the end of 2024 affected Gazprombank, one of the few major Russian lenders, and in 2025 affected dozens of intermediary companies that supplied goods bypassing restrictions, has caused a new wave of problems in payments to China.

Taiwan to hold emergency discussions after Trump pledges tariffs on chips - Focus Taiwan

Panama's president says there will be no negotiation about ownership of canal

Panama President José Raúl Mulino says there will be no negotiation with the United States over ownership of the Panama Canal. He also says that he hopes U.S.

IDF reveals it killed Hamas terrorist seen dragging Naama Levy to captivity on Oct. 7

Holocaust Memorial vandalized in Germany

Sweden donates $1.2 billion aid package to Ukraine

Israel delays prisoner release after chaotic hostage handover

Ukrainian Drones Flew 500 Miles & Damaged 5% Of Russia’s Oil Refining

The raid in Kstovo capped a month of devastating attacks on Russian energy.

Man who burned Quran 'shot dead in Sweden'

Salwan Momika, 38, is reported to have been killed in an apartment in Södertälje, Stockholm.

Far-right Romanian presidential candidate wants Ukraine to be divided and part of it taken over by Romania

Călin Georgescu, a far-right pro-Russian Romanian politician, has called Ukraine a fictitious state and said that its division between neighbouring states is inevitable.

Germany's Budget Committee approves additional €3 billion in military assistance for Ukraine – Reuters

The Budget Committee of the German Parliament has called on Finance Minister Jörg Kukies to approve an additional €3 billion in military assistance for Ukraine. The decision has been supported by opposition conservatives and the Free Democratic Party, while the ruling Social Democrats and the Greens abstained.

Salwan Momika, Man Who Burnt Quran In 2023 Sparking international Protests Shot Dead In Sweden

A man who repeatedly burnt the Koran in 2023 in Sweden, sparking outrage in Muslim countries, has been shot dead, media reported Thursday, with police confirming a man died in a shooting the day before.

EU proposes ban on video game sales to Russia in new sanctions

Germany's Scholz calls Trump's Gaza resettlement plans unacceptable

France, Germany, others urge EU Commission to protect elections in Europe from foreign interference

France, Germany and 10 other European Union countries want the European Commission to use its powers under the Digital Services Act to protect the integrity of European elections from foreign interference, a letter signed by the 12 countries showed. In the letter, European affairs ministers from France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Cyprus, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Romania, Slovenia and Spain asked the commission to deliver on promises to create a dedicated EU body to counter foreign information manipulation and interference.

Newly spotted asteroid has 1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

Scientists put the odds of a strike at slightly more than 1%.

'Act of brutality': Cuba rebukes Donald Trump's Guantanamo Bay migrant detention plan

The US president says he will order the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security to prepare the facility to house as many as 30,000 migrants.

Putin refuses direct talks with Zelenskyy

Russian president calls Ukrainian counterpart ‘illegitimate’; Zelenskyy says government will try to replace suspended US aid. What we know on 1,071