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Russia’s oil company, Lukoil, is “facing one of its worst crises” after US sanctions hit the Kremlin, the former chief of the National Bank of Ukraine has claimed. Writing on X on Thursday (November 3), Kyrylo Shevchenko, who held the post from 2020 to 2022, said that the oil company has been plagued by several incidents in recent days, which …

روس نے پاکستان اور افغانستان کے درمیان کشیدگی میں کمی کے لیے ثالثی کی پیشکش کر دی ہے۔ روس کی وزارتِ خارجہ کی ترجمان ماریہ زخارووا نے کہا ہے کہ خطے میں استحکام ہماری بڑی ترجیح ہے، پاکستان اور افغانستان میں کشیدگی نہ صرف روس بلکہ عالمی برادری کے لیے بھی تشویش کا باعث ہے۔ ماریہ زخارووا نے کہا ہے …

Vladimir Putin ‘regularly’ cheated on his long-term partner with an underage beauty pageant contestant who posed for a racy calendar marking his birthday. The school-leaver was secretly smuggled into his official residence or a bolthole when gymnast Alina Kabaeva – now 42 – was away. Startling new revelations from Russian investigative journalists cover the despot’s relationship with Alisa Kharcheva, aged …

Russia’s economic crisis is intensifying with thousands of companies reportedly facing bankruptcy. Businesses have been hit by a double whammy of sanctions and high interest rates, since the outbreak of the full-scale war in February 2022. The key interest rate rose to a staggering 21% last autumn, the highest it had been since the early 2000s. The Central Bank was …

European countries are rushing to pull out of the EU’s refugee relocation programme. The continent has seen an upsurge in migrants heading to its borders in recent years, as wars and economic crises ravage many parts of the world. Under the EU’s Solidarity Pool, member states are obliged to share the burden of accommodating refugees. Countries must accept a quota …

The year began with promise for US-India relations. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington reinforced both countries’ intent to sustain the partnership’s momentum. Their personal rapport, forged during US President Donald Trump’s first term, appeared to offer political capital for a results-driven agenda. India entered 2025 buoyed by a bipartisan consensus in Washington that New Delhi was central …

Russia has accused Britain of trying to steal a fighter jet armed with a nuclear-capable missile. The daring plot – reminiscent of the movie “Firefox” was uncovered by Putin’s security agents and revealed for the first time this week. The Kremlin alleges that British intelligence services together with their Ukrainian counterparts hatched a plot to steal a MIG-31 jet armed …

A humanoid robot “walking and looking like Vladimir Putin” took an embarrassing tumble on its debut outing. Russia’s first AI-powered anthropomorphic android waddled onto the stage while the soundtrack from the film Rocky played at its presentation in Moscow. It managed a wave before crashing face down, scattering several pieces across the stage. Embarrassed minders rushed to rescue the robot, …

روس کی وفاقی سلامتی سروس (ایف ایس بی) نے بتایا ہے کہ یوکرینی اور برطانوی انٹیلی جنس ایجنسیوں نے مل کر روسی فضائیہ کے ایک مِگ-31 لڑاکا طیارے کو اغوا کرنے کی کوشش کی، جو ”کِنژال“ (Kinzhal) ہائپرسونک میزائل سے لیس تھا۔ منصوبے کے تحت روسی پائلٹ کو تین ملین ڈالر اور مغربی ملک کی شہریت دینے کا وعدہ کیا …

“The current phase has Darfur as a killing field. The Sudanese protagonists have sorted out somewhat the areas each controls. Still, on the political front, both are committed to eliminating the other in a fight to the finish,” United States Ambassador to Sudan during the George W. Bush administration, Cameron Hume, tells The Cipher Brief. “There may be agreement on …