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Finnish President Alexander Stubb speaks on Europe-Russia diplomatic talks, June 2026

Stubb Says Europe Must Open Diplomatic Channel With Putin as US Talks Stall

Finnish President Alexander Stubb declared Wednesday that it is time for Europe to reach out and hold direct diplomatic talks with Vladimir Putin, stepping into a vacuum left by frozen American-mediated negotiations.

June 10, 2026

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Kazan June 2026

Lavrov Chairs CSTO Ministers Meeting in Kazan as Armenia’s Empty Chair Signals Alliance Crisis

Russia's foreign minister chaired a CSTO Council session in Kazan on Wednesday, calling NATO expansion into Ukraine a destabilizing act — but the summit's most pointed signal came from the country not

June 10, 2026

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Sudanese refugees at a WFP food distribution point in Adre Chad near Sudan border June 2026

Congress Strips Sudan Bill’s Sharpest Teeth as Bombs Cut the Routes That Bill Was Meant to Open

The US House passed the Sudan Peace Engagement Act with its most confrontational provisions stripped out — on the same day the UN warned that bridges vital to delivering humanitarian aid across

June 10, 2026

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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the Kremlin in April 2026

Kremlin Puts Putin-Pashinyan Summit on Hold, Waits for Armenia’s Election Dispute to Clear

Moscow says no meeting date exists for Putin and Pashinyan, citing Armenia's vote recount and pending opposition protests — a posture that functions as much as leverage as it does patience.

June 10, 2026

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Kaja Kallas, the EU's top diplomat, who pressed Ireland over alumina exports to Russia

Kallas Comes to Dublin to Ask Why Europe’s Biggest Alumina Plant Still Feeds Russia

The EU's top diplomat pressed Ireland over the Rusal-owned Aughinish refinery, which sent 318 million euros of alumina to Russia last year, while admitting the bloc itself has never sanctioned the trade

June 10, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Image from coverage of the rescue of 24 Indian crew members from the MT Marivex tanker struck by a US missile off Oman

US strike sets tanker with 24 Indian crew ablaze, and Delhi thanks only Oman

An F/A-18 from USS Abraham Lincoln fired into the MT Marivex, a sanctioned tanker crewed entirely by Indians, leaving it burning off Oman. All 24 were rescued by Omani helicopters. New Delhi

June 10, 2026

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Israeli forces and armed settlers guard a bulldozer operating on Palestinian land near Dura, west of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank

Six Western Nations Sanction the Money Behind West Bank Settler Violence

Britain, France, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway sanctioned networks financing settler attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, with Paris banning Israel's finance minister outright. Rights groups called the package

June 10, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Supporters of Strong Armenia party at campaign rally Yerevan ahead of parliamentary election June 2026

Armenia’s Investigative Committee Arrests Two More Strong Armenia Candidates After Election

Two more parliamentary candidates from Samvel Karapetyan's opposition Strong Armenia party have been arrested post-election, bringing total detentions to six as Armenia's Investigative Committee presses a bribery and money laundering probe against

June 9, 2026

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks at the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party in Pyongyang

North Korea’s Economy Is Booming, Powered by Russia and China

North Korea is in the middle of its strongest economic run since Kim Jong Un took power, with manufacturing at a 25-year high and a construction boom remaking Pyongyang. Far from the

June 9, 2026

Business·Economy·News

UN Special Envoy to Sudan Pekka Haavisto with UN Secretary-General António Guterres

US, UN and Arab League Back Civilian-Led Sudan Dialogue With Six-Month Deadline

A coalition of Western governments and regional bodies, convening after talks in Addis Ababa, has endorsed an inclusive civilian-led political process for Sudan — with a six-month target and an implicit warning

June 9, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

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Stubb Says Europe Must Open Diplomatic Channel With Putin as US Talks Stall

Lavrov Chairs CSTO Ministers Meeting in Kazan as Armenia’s Empty Chair Signals Alliance Crisis

Congress Strips Sudan Bill’s Sharpest Teeth as Bombs Cut the Routes That Bill Was Meant to Open

Kremlin Puts Putin-Pashinyan Summit on Hold, Waits for Armenia’s Election Dispute to Clear

Kallas Comes to Dublin to Ask Why Europe’s Biggest Alumina Plant Still Feeds Russia

US strike sets tanker with 24 Indian crew ablaze, and Delhi thanks only Oman

Six Western Nations Sanction the Money Behind West Bank Settler Violence

Armenia’s Investigative Committee Arrests Two More Strong Armenia Candidates After Election

North Korea’s Economy Is Booming, Powered by Russia and China

US, UN and Arab League Back Civilian-Led Sudan Dialogue With Six-Month Deadline

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Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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