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Bashar al-Assad's wife files for divorce, unhappy with life in Moscow: Report

Asma al-Assad, the wife of Syria's ousted president Bashar al-Assad, has filed for divorce after she was not satisfied with her life in Moscow, where her family is staying under asylum, according to Turkish and Arab media reports. Earlier this month, Bashar al-Assad and his family, including Asma, were granted asylum in Moscow after the authoritarian leader was dramatically overthrown …

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14 hours, 31 minutes ago

Slovak PM Fico holds talks with Putin during surprise Russia trip

Al Jazeera

Fico discussed the Ukraine war and the transport of Russian gas to Slovakia via Ukraine, according to statements. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has held one-on-one talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a surprise visit to Moscow, according to the Kremlin. Fico discussed “a peaceful end to the war” in Ukraine, according to a Facebook post by the Slovak …

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14 hours, 31 minutes ago

Over 1,000 North Korean soldiers killed or wounded in Ukraine war: Seoul

Al Jazeera

South Korea says Pyongyang is reportedly preparing for ‘additional deployment of soldiers’ to aid Russia’s war efforts. More than 1,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded in Russia’s war with Ukraine, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff has said. The announcement on Monday follows a report by Seoul’s spy agency to parliamentarians last week, which said at least …

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'He's not taking the presidency': Trump fumes about 'President Musk' at MAGA conference

Raw Story

President-elect Donald Trump used a speech to MAGA supporters to strongly push back on claims that billionaire Elon Musk had effectively taken over his presidency. While speaking to Turning Point USA's AmFest conference attendees on Sunday, Trump argued that "big companies" wanted him to cut regulations more than slashing taxes. "The new one is President Trump has ceded the presidency …

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21 hours, 14 minutes ago

'Let me stop you there': Fox News host refutes Trump lawsuit over 'Russia hoax'

Raw Story

Fox News host Howard Kurtz suggested there were "no actual inaccuracies" in reporting by The New York Times and The Washington Post after President-elect Donald Trump sued the Pulitzer Prize Board for awarding the news organizations for work done to expose Russia's interference in the 2016 election. "Trump has openly said, he doesn't make any secret of it, that if …

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22 hours, 20 minutes ago

A race is on to clean up shorelines off Crimea after tons of oil spills from damaged Russian ships

Associated Press

Cleanup continued in the Kerch Strait near Russian-occupied Crimea on Sunday, a week after at least 3,700 tons of low-grade fuel oil spilled out of two storm-stricken Russian tankers. Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry said oil continued to wash up along Crimea’s coastline, despite announcing the night before that a cleanup operation had been successfully completed off the Crimean Peninsula, which …

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1 day, 1 hour ago

Ukrainian drones hit a Russian fuel depot for the second time this month

Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian drones struck a major Russian fuel depot for the second time in just over a week on Sunday, according to a senior Russian regional official, as part of a “massive” cross-border attack on fuel and energy facilities that Kyiv says supply Moscow’s military. Other key war-related developments from Ukraine and Russia: — Russian President Vladimir Putin …

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1 day, 14 hours ago

What just happened in Syria, and who benefits most? Well, that part is easy

Salon

Trying to make sense of what just happened in Syria — where the seemingly impregnable regime of Bashar Assad abruptly collapsed two weeks ago in the face of an unexpected rebel onslaught — runs straight into the central paradox of global affairs: Everyone believes they’re on the right side of history, and can tell the good guys from the bad …

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Expelled from Aleppo as children, these fighters returned as its liberators

Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera speaks to Syrian opposition fighters who came back to liberate their homes and pursue their dreams. “I remember the regime’s massacres, the killing, and the hitting of bakeries and hospitals.” Eight years later, a series of images went viral on social media. “Its fall was preceded by other cities and it was this final nail in the uprising’s …

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Russia’s Putin pledges ‘destruction’ on Ukraine after Kazan drone attack

Al Jazeera

Russia accuses Ukraine of ‘massive’ drone attack that hit a luxury apartment block in the city, some 1,000km from the frontier. Russian President Vladimir Putin has pledged retaliation after Ukrainian drones struck residential buildings in the city of Kazan in Russia’s Tatarstan region. Putin’s threat comes as Russia claimed new advances on the battlefield in eastern Ukraine. Russia has accelerated …

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1 day, 21 hours ago

Ukrainian-born ex-Royal Ballet star with Putin's face tattooed across his chest flees Russia after losing his passion for the war

Daily Mail

A former Royal Ballet star from Ukraine who became a cheerleader for Vladimir Putin has decided to leave Russia with his family. Principal male dancer Sergei Polunin, 35, became the Royal Ballet's youngest ever principal at the age of 20 before abruptly leaving two years later. A former Royal Ballet star from Ukraine who became a cheerleader for Vladimir Putin …

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Kazan Drone Attack: Attack Sparks Panic In Russia, Blames Ukraine For Attack | ABP News

ABP News

In a shocking escalation of tensions, Russia experienced a major attack in its city of Kazan, reminiscent of the 9/11 attacks. A series of eight drone strikes targeted high-rise buildings, causing widespread panic and significant damage. The strikes, which occurred in rapid succession, hit several multi-story structures, severely damaging the facades and windows, but fortunately, casualties were avoided as the …

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2 days, 10 hours ago

An Indian Man's Journey Through Georgia, a Nation Marred by Political Divisions

The Quint

In 2008, Saakashvili’s decision to attack South Ossetia – a Russian-backed breakaway region – provoked a Russian invasion that led to Abkhazia and South Ossetia coming under Moscow’s control. His prime minister, Bidzina Ivanishvili – a reclusive Georgian oligarch who amassed his fortune in Russia – engineered a political takeover. Initially, the Georgian Dream upheld a pro-European stance, advancing Georgia's …

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2 days, 11 hours ago

Are militants in Manipur using Starlink satellite internet? | Explained

The Hindu

The story so far: Billionaire Elon Musk has denied claims that his space company SpaceX’s satellite internet technology Starlink is being used by militants in Manipur. Starlink satellite beams are turned off over India.” The Starlink device also had “RPF/PLA” written on it, which refers to a Myanmar-based Meitei extremist group that is banned in India. The key question is …

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2 days, 11 hours ago

'Agent of influence': Expert warns Musk's tactics are straight out of ‘Russia’s playbook'

Raw Story

Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s increasing influence – not just in the United States as a close ally of the incoming president – but around the world is helping to fuel Russia’s war on democracy and mirrors tactics pulled from Vladimir Putin’s playbook, foreign policy researcher Olga Lautman warned Friday. She urged Democrats to investigate Musk’s “ties to Moscow, his access …

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2 days, 14 hours ago

Ukrainian drones strike deep into Russia, Russia takes village near Donetsk

Al Jazeera

Residential buildings have been hit in the Russian city of Kazan, causing no casualties. Ukrainian drones have hit residential buildings in the Russian city of Kazan, more than 1,000 kilometres from the front line, bringing the war deep into the heart of Russia. ‘High-tech duel’ The incident comes amid growingly brazen attacks after Russia’s President Vladimir Putin proposed a “high-tech …

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2 days, 14 hours ago

Ukrainian drones strike deep into Russian territory, hundreds of miles from the front line

LA Times

Local officials in Kazan, Russia, look at damage at a residential complex following Ukrainian drone attacks, according to the Telegram channel of Kazan City Hall. Ukraine brought the war into the heart of Russia on Saturday with drone attacks that local authorities said damaged residential buildings in the city of Kazan in the Tatarstan region, over 600 miles from the …

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2 days, 14 hours ago

Ukraine drones hit multiple buildings in Russia's Kazan, flights cancelled

India Today

Ukraine brought the war into the heart of Russia Saturday morning with drone attacks that local authorities said damaged residential buildings in the city of Kazan in the Tatarstan region, over 1,000 kilometres from the front line. The press service of Tatarstan's governor, Rustam Minnikhanov, said that eight drones attacked the city. The attacks, which Ukraine didn't acknowledge in keeping …

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3 days, 1 hour ago

Two AP journalists in Ukraine and the Mideast break down the wars they covered in 2024

Associated Press

For the world, 2024 was riven by — and in some ways defined by — conflict on two fronts. The ripples after the previous year’s Hamas attacks in Israel left Gaza a shambles and tens of thousands dead, and an adjacent conflict between Israel and Hezbollah is playing out across the Lebanon landscape as the year ends. They said, “Oh, …

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3 days, 2 hours ago

CEOs are funding one of America's most dangerous shifts

Raw Story

“Any person or company investing ONE BILLION DOLLARS, OR MORE, in the United States of America, will receive fully expedited approvals and permits, including, but in no way limited to, all Environmental approvals.” —Donald Trump Dec. 10, 2024 The 1986 American Heritage Dictionary defines fascism as: “fascism n. A system of government that exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, …

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Madness of the North Korean 'suicide charges': Kim Jong Un's troops are sent slowly jogging across open land and are 'a dream for Ukrainian machinegunners' in ruthless Russian meatgrinder tactic

Daily Mail

Kim Jong Un has sent thousands of troops to reinforce the Russian military, including to the Kursk border region, where Ukrainian forces seized territory earlier this year. Drone footage shows the Russian meatgrinder tactic in action, with two dozen North Korean soldiers seen slowly jogging towards the Ukrainian front line in clusters across an open, snow-covered battlefield. Reports say new …

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3 days, 3 hours ago

Russia’s central bank holds off on interest rate hike amid friction between inflation, war spending

Associated Press

Russia’s central bank has left its benchmark interest rate at a record 21%, holding off on further increases despite high consumer inflation fueled by the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine. The central bank held open the possibility of an increase at its next meeting and said inflation was expected to fall to an annual 4% next year from its current 9.5%. …

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3 days, 3 hours ago

Inside the chilling cult of the 'Columbiners': Disturbing number of school shooters around the world inspired by 1999 bloodbath as it's linked to latest tragedy where Natalie Rupnow, 15, killed teache

Daily Mail

On April 20, 1999, two teenage boys dressed in black trench coats went on a killing rampage at Columbine High School in what was at one time the deadliest school shooting in American history. Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz researched the 1999 massacre before gunning down 17 people at his Florida high school Investigators said that Cruz, who was sentenced to …

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3 days, 5 hours ago

A Russian official says a Ukrainian strike with US-supplied missiles kills 6

Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian attack Friday on a town in Russia’s Kursk border region using U.S.-supplied missiles killed six people, including a child, a senior local official said. AP AUDIO: A Russian official says a Ukrainian strike with US-supplied missiles kills 6 AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports Russian missiles targeted Kyiv after Ukraine fired US-made missiles across the …

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Bashar al-Assad's wife files for divorce, unhappy with life in Moscow: Report

Slovak PM Fico holds talks with Putin during surprise Russia trip

Over 1,000 North Korean soldiers killed or wounded in Ukraine war: Seoul

'He's not taking the presidency': Trump fumes about 'President Musk' at MAGA conference

'Let me stop you there': Fox News host refutes Trump lawsuit over 'Russia hoax'

A race is on to clean up shorelines off Crimea after tons of oil spills from damaged Russian ships

Ukrainian drones hit a Russian fuel depot for the second time this month

What just happened in Syria, and who benefits most? Well, that part is easy

Expelled from Aleppo as children, these fighters returned as its liberators

Russia’s Putin pledges ‘destruction’ on Ukraine after Kazan drone attack

Ukrainian-born ex-Royal Ballet star with Putin's face tattooed across his chest flees Russia after losing his passion for the war

Kazan Drone Attack: Attack Sparks Panic In Russia, Blames Ukraine For Attack | ABP News

An Indian Man's Journey Through Georgia, a Nation Marred by Political Divisions

Are militants in Manipur using Starlink satellite internet? | Explained

'Agent of influence': Expert warns Musk's tactics are straight out of ‘Russia’s playbook'

Ukrainian drones strike deep into Russia, Russia takes village near Donetsk

Ukrainian drones strike deep into Russian territory, hundreds of miles from the front line

Ukraine drones hit multiple buildings in Russia's Kazan, flights cancelled

Two AP journalists in Ukraine and the Mideast break down the wars they covered in 2024

CEOs are funding one of America's most dangerous shifts

Madness of the North Korean 'suicide charges': Kim Jong Un's troops are sent slowly jogging across open land and are 'a dream for Ukrainian machinegunners' in ruthless Russian meatgrinder tactic

Russia’s central bank holds off on interest rate hike amid friction between inflation, war spending

Inside the chilling cult of the 'Columbiners': Disturbing number of school shooters around the world inspired by 1999 bloodbath as it's linked to latest tragedy where Natalie Rupnow, 15, killed teache

A Russian official says a Ukrainian strike with US-supplied missiles kills 6