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Russia Ukraine war day 1326: Blackouts, refinery blaze, NATO
Mascow — Russia Ukraine war day 1326: A predawn volley of drones and missiles lashed Ukraine’s energy grid and cities for the second straight...
Conflicts, Military and War
Russia Ukraine war day 1328: Kyiv on reserve power, Kupiansk evacuations
KYIV — Trains rolled through the capital on reserve power, traffic lights blinked out in patches, and water pressure fell in a few neighborhoods...
Coffins Test Gaza Truce: Remains Dispute Stalls Deal
JERUSALEM — The deal that promised to stop the gunfire is being judged, in its first days, by what comes home under a white...
Russia Ukraine war day 1330: Kyiv counts the hours between blackout...
KYIV — Ukraine’s worst fears for the winter returned to life in the dark. Before dawn on Thursday, waves of drones and cruise missiles...
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Putin presses Central Asia to align trade as sanctions bite
Dushanbe — Vladimir Putin arrived with a familiar pitch and a sharpened edge. At a summit with the leaders of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and...
Trump’s “first phase” Gaza deal, a fragile pause with hostages freed...
Tel Aviv — The war that has defined the region for two bruising years reached a hinge point on Thursday, as Israel and Hamas accepted...
Giorgia Meloni says ICC complaint alleges her complicity in Gaza genocide
Rome — Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, said this week that a complaint filed at the International Criminal Court accuses her of complicity in genocide...
Russia Ukraine war Day 1320: Lviv blast kills family of four
Warsaw — Russia Ukraine war Day 1,320 of the war opened with air-raid sirens still echoing in the west and the blue flash of...
Cairo’s high stakes gamble: talks open while Gaza Genocide
Gaza City — Negotiators from Israel and Hamas converged on Egypt on Monday, October 6, 2025, for the most serious push yet to end the...
Russia Ukraine war day 1319: Munich drones snarl flights, Zaporizhzhia plant...
Warsaw: On day 1,319 of the Russia Ukraine war, the map of risk stretched from western Ukraine’s rail lines to the airspace above Germany...
Sunday Showdown: Trump’s Gaza clock, Israel preps first step
Washington. Cairo. Tel Aviv: With a Sunday deadline looming in Washington time, the fragile outline of a ceasefire in Gaza is taking on more...
Trump’s bullying ultimatum to Palestinians, not Israel, and Hamas’ defiant response...
Under a brooding October sky, the world watched in stunned disbelief as President Donald Trump unveiled his 20-point Gaza peace plan — a blueprint...
Russia Ukraine war Day 1318: Tanker seized, nuclear jitters, prisoners return
Kyiv. Zaporizhzhia. Paris. Sochi: The Russia Ukraine war entered Day 1,318 on Friday with a set of developments that pulled the conflict’s logic in...
Trump’s ticking clock on Gaza: Hamas hedges as Israel braces
TEL AVIV — A deadline now governs a war that has defied clocks for nearly two years. With hours left until Sunday at 6...
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Russia Ukraine war day 1327: Kyiv blackouts, Kupiansk evacuations, and small...
KYIV — The lights flickered first, then went out across blocks of central Kyiv, sending commuters hunting for phone flashlights and station attendants scrambling...
Russia Ukraine war day 1328: Kyiv on reserve power, Kupiansk evacuations
KYIV — Trains rolled through the capital on reserve power, traffic lights blinked out in patches, and water pressure fell in a few neighborhoods...
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