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Supreme Court Clears the Way for a Border Wall Through Big Bend
The justices lifted an injunction blocking construction in the West Texas park, finding the government likely to prevail on jurisdictional grounds.
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Africa Russia Africa Summit Leaders and delegations from 48 African countries, including 22 individual leaders, are meeting at the… -
Africa Migrant boat sinking off Senegal A migrant boat heading to Spain's Canary Islands capsized off Senegal's Kebemer department, killing at least… -
Africa UN Western Sahara peacekeeping mission end The UN peacekeeping mission in disputed Western Sahara has ended after 35 years, Guterres warns of possible… -
Asia Earthquake in central Japan A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck western Shizuoka Prefecture at about 40 kilometres depth, with no tsunami… -
Global Lavrov on Western economic pressure against Russia Lavrov says geopolitical lawlessness is throwing markets into turmoil and the economy is becoming an arena… -
Middle East Israeli attacks on Gaza Gaza's Ministry of Health reports 1,580 Palestinians killed since the October 2025 ceasefire, including five… -
Europe Europe low gas storage before winter European gas storage is around 75 percent full at the end of October, its lowest level since 2013. -
Middle East Israeli army withdrawal from Hebron Israeli forces have withdrawn from Hebron in the occupied West Bank after a 10-day siege, and later killed…
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Moscow Sees Western Push to Speed Up a Conflict With Russia
A Russian deputy foreign minister claims some in the West want to bring a confrontation forward by two years, though no evidence is offered.
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Shoigu Accuses the West of Fomenting Instability, but Concedes Limits
Russia's Security Council secretary tells a CIS gathering that Western interference persists, while casting the Global South and East as the rising architects of security.
IdeasAnalysis
Beneath the Ice: Camp Century's Warning on Greenland's Warm Past
Sediment from a buried Cold War base suggests northwestern Greenland was ice-free 416,000 years ago, with summers 4.7°C warmer than today.
ConflictAnalysis
Black Sea Strikes: Russia Targets Two Vessels Bound for Ukraine
Moscow says it hit a container ship at Chernomorsk and a dry cargo vessel southwest of Odessa, but independent confirmation is absent.
World AffairsAnalysis
Senegal Boat Sinking Exposes Toll on the Atlantic Migration Route
At least 21 people died after a migrant boat sank off Kébémer, as the route to the Canary Islands remains among the world's deadliest.
ConflictAnalysis
West Bank Raids Widen: A Wounded Child and Settler Attacks
Palestinian media report a child shot in Qalqilya and detentions in Hebron and Taybeh, as settler violence and army raids spread across the territory.
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Black Sea Strike: Russia Targets Cargo Ship Near Odesa
TASS reports a container vessel carrying military supplies for Ukraine was hit southwest of Odesa, but independent confirmation is absent.
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Counting the Bill: Western Budget Support for Ukraine Reaches $212bn
A TASS tally of Ukrainian finance ministry data puts direct budgetary aid at nearly $212bn since February 2022, with the EU the largest single donor.
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Germany's Patriot Ceiling: Berlin Says Its Stocks Cannot Stretch Further
Pistorius says Berlin cannot spare more air-defence systems for Ukraine and urges better-stocked allies to deliver instead.
DiplomacyAnalysis
Washington Puts a Price on Iran's Nuclear Secrets
A $20 million Rewards for Justice offer and talk of relocation signal that intelligence, not inspection, is now the West's main tool on Iran.
EnergyAnalysis
Kazakhstan Looks West: A Modest Increase on the Baku Route
Astana plans to raise oil shipments through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline to 1.7 million tonnes in 2027, a modest step away from Russian transit.
ConflictAnalysis
Gaza Violence Escalates: Ceasefire Breaches Intensify
Israeli drone strikes and land seizures spark renewed tensions in Gaza and West Bank
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Israeli Generals Aid Palestinians
Former military leaders help West Bank olive farmers
PoliticsAnalysis
US Midterm Elections: Voting Disruption
Technical issues with voting machines in New York's Westchester County
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Lavrov Says OSCE Is Failing as West Turns to Bloc Politics
Russia's foreign minister tells a Minsk security conference that the Vienna-based body is in a deplorable state and may have no place in a Eurasian order.
World AffairsAnalysis
Western Sahara: UN Mission Ends as Rival Claims Persist
Russia and the US blocked an extension of the peacekeeping mandate, closing a decades-long chapter with no settlement in sight.
DiplomacyAnalysis
Russia Blocks MINURSO Renewal: Western Sahara Mandate Falls
Moscow vetoes a US-drafted resolution, saying it imposed an ultimatum on self-determination for Western Sahara and left the UN mission's future uncertain.
EnergyAnalysis
Draining the Reserve: US Oil Stockpile Hits 1982 Low
Department of Energy data show the Strategic Petroleum Reserve at 282.2 million barrels, its weakest level in more than four decades.
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Shoigu Casts the West as a Source of Vice and Russia as a United Fortress
Russia's security council secretary frames Western pressure as a sign of decline and confirms a three-way Abu Dhabi meeting is being prepared.
