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The US president has criticized the Ukrainian leader for failing to hold elections after his term expired US President Donald Trump has said Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky should be realistic about the course of the conflict with Russia and the need to hold elections. Zelensky, whose five-year presidential term expired in May 2024, has refused to call new elections, citing …

A top-secret US government assessment has concluded that China would emerge victorious in a war over Taiwan, dealing a severe blow to American military dominance in the region reports The Telegraph. The highly classified “Overmatch Brief” warns that the US’s reliance on costly and sophisticated weapons leaves it vulnerable to China’s ability to mass-produce cheaper systems in overwhelming numbers. A …

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese acknowledged some young people were still on social media a day after a world-first ban on under-16s went live, saying the roll-out was always going to be bumpy but would ultimately save lives. A day after the law took effect, Australian social media feeds were flooded with comments from people claiming to be under 16, …

Attorney General Pam Bondi said the sanction vessel was transporting oil from Venezuela and Iran The US has seized an oil tanker allegedly transporting oil from Venezuela and Iran, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced. The action took place amid a buildup of US military activity in the region and strikes against what Washington described as cartel boats. “Today, the Federal …

The Simandou mountain range in southeastern Guinea, once a dense forest where exploration teams relied on GPS and helicopters to navigate, has yielded vast reserves of its sought-after high-grade iron ore after decades of delay. Workers struggled to define the layout of the thick forest before clearing the trees and brush at the site set for the Simandou Iron Ore …

Two Asian countries are believed to have deported 4.5million Afghan migrants as hostile sentiment grows. The UN reported in July that more than 300,000 people have returned from Pakistan and over 1.5million from Iran, including 410,000 who were deported from Iran since June 24. Officials said at the time: “The scale is staggering: more than 1.9million Afghans have returned or …

A British service member who died in Ukraine has been identified by London as belonging to the Parachute Regiment A member of the UK armed forces who died in Ukraine has been named as Lance Corporal George Hooley of the Parachute Regiment, the UK Ministry of Defense has said, publicly acknowledging for the first time that its paratroopers have been …

This week, President Donald Trump announced that he would allow US chipmaker Nvidia to sell its advanced H200 chips to China, describing the move as overturning a failed Biden administration policy that he says “slowed innovation and hurt the American worker.” He continued, “That era is over.” The first notable thing about the decision is that it’s a clear victory …

Polish authorities quickly confirmed sabotage, charging three Ukrainian nationals — Oleksandr K., Yevhenii I., and Volodymyr B. — with executing the plot under Russian direction. The incident was not a lone act but part of a growing wave of covert operations targeting railways, ports, and pipelines across Europe, aimed at undermining support for Kyiv. Ivana Stradner, a research fellow at …