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Iranian striker Taremi on Inter’s Champions League squad list

Iranian striker Mehdi Taremi is part of Inter Milan‘s Champions League team, while Tomas Palacios and Joaquin Correa have been left out.

Ukraine’s FM quits, Zelensky purges several ministers

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba tendered his resignation to the national parliament on Wednesday, according to Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk. It comes after Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky initiated an apparent purge of senior officials, sacking the deputy head of his office and accepting resignation letters from three ministers, as well as the country’s deputy prime minister.

US close to dispatching long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine: Report

Washington is “close” to approving the shipment of long-range cruise missiles to Kiev despite repeated warnings from Moscow, Reuters has reported, citing officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. The weapons in question – Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSM) – could be integrated into US-designed F-16 warplanes supplied to Ukraine by its Western sponsors.

Ukraine says dozens killed in Russian attack on military facility; one of deadliest of war

A Russian strike against a military educational facility in central Ukraine has killed 49 people and injured at least 219 others, according to a Ukrainian regional military official, in one of the deadliest single attacks since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.

Ukraine threatens Mongolia with “consequences” for not detaining Putin

Ukraine has threatened Mongolia with “consequences” for not arresting Russian President Vladimir Putin upon his arrival in Ulaanbaatar on Monday and handing him over to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

UK suspends dozens of arms exports to Israel over Gaza war crimes concerns

The United Kingdom has suspended 30 weapons export licences to Israel following a review under the new Labour government which found that British-made weapons may have been used in violation of international humanitarian law in the Gaza Strip.

Turkey detains several people over attack on US soldiers

Ankara has arrested 15 members of a radical nationalist youth movement accused of assaulting two US military personnel in the western city of Izmir, Turkish authorities have announced.

Turkey applied to join BRICS: Report

Turkey has formally asked to join the BRICS group of emerging-market nations as Ankara seeks to enhance its global influence and forge new ties beyond its traditional Western allies, according to people familiar with the matter.

Russian missiles rain down on Ukraine before start of new school term

Russia has launched another massive attack on Kyiv, firing more than 20 missiles at Ukraine’s capital the night before the beginning of the new school term.

Putin claims Ukraine’s Kursk gambit failed

Ukraine’s incursion into Kursk Region has failed to achieve its intended goal of halting the advance of Moscow’s soldiers in Donbass, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday.

Lavrov says Russia, Iran to finalize comprehensive deal soon

Moscow and Tehran will finalize a comprehensive interstate agreement "in the very near future", Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has stated.

Aliyev’s party wins Azerbaijan’s parliamentary election, opposition cries foul

Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev's party has won snap parliamentary elections, the poll commission announced Monday, as the opposition denounced "widespread violations including multiple voting."

Relations with US at a historic low: Russia

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has stated that the Russia-US relations are at all-time low, dismissing the idea that Moscow and Washington could gradually improve ties in the foreseeable future.

American official says Ukraine should not expect more long-range missiles from US

Washington has made it “clear” that it cannot provide Kiev with any significant number of MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) in the foreseeable future, CNN has reported, citing an unnamed American official.

EU says bloc’s total military aid to Ukraine reaches 43.5bn euros

The European Union's military aid to Kiev has reached 43.5 billion euros, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said at a press conference in Brussels.

Russia: Ukrainian strike kills 5, injures dozens in Belgorod

Russia’s investigative committee has launched a terrorism probe into a Ukrainian shelling of Belgorod, believed to have involved cluster munitions, which claimed the lives of five civilians and injured several others.

ICC orders Mongolia to arrest Putin

Mongolia should detain Russian President Vladimir Putin, for war crimes committed in the Ukraine war, because it is a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC), a spokesman for the Hague-based body has stated.

Zelensky fires Ukraine air force commander after F-16 crash

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that he had fired his air force commander, making the decision just days after a pilot crashed an American-made F-16 in Ukraine.

Several killed, dozens wounded in Russian bombing of high-rise building in Ukraine’s Kharkiv

A Russian guided bomb attack on Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv hit a residential building and a playground, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens more, local authorities have confirmed.

Ukraine FM calls on EU to let Kiev use weapons to strike Russia

Ukraine's Foreign Minster Dmytro Kuleba has urged EU states to take "bold decisions" and allow Ukraine to use donated arms to strike deep into Russian territory.

Russia says no prospect for peace talks with Ukraine

Russia does not see any way to hold peace talks with Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has told journalists, commenting on the recent trip to Kiev by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Israel’s West Bank military operation must not constitute premises of war extension from Gaza: EU

Israel's major military operation in the occupied West Bank should not constitute premises of war extension from the Gaza Strip, including full-scale destruction, the EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has stated.

Moscow bans dozens of US citizens, including journalists, from entering Russia

The Russian Foreign Ministry has announced a new wave of sanctions against 92 American citizens, including more than two dozen journalists, banning them from entering Russia.

Zelensky claims Ukraine used F-16 fighter jets for first time against Russia

The Ukrainian Air Force deployed US-made F-16 warplanes for the first time to intercept Russian missiles on Monday, President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed. He added, however, that the number of F-16s provided by the West so far is insufficient.

Activists says UK PM avoided mention of political prisoners in meeting with Bahrain premier

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has failed to bring up Bahrain’s human rights crisis during a meeting with his counterpart from the Persian Gulf kingdom on Tuesday, a London-based advocacy group has announced.

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