Russia began joint naval exercises with China and Iran in the Gulf of Oman, Russia's Defense Ministry announced Sunday.The drills, called Marine Security Belt 2025, goal to enhance counter-piracy and terrorism operations at sea, as well as to make sure the security of maritime communications, according to a Russian military statement. The opening
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Ukraine will propose an air and naval ceasefire with Russia during talks with U.S. officials in Saudi Arabia this week, a Ukrainian official told AFP on Monday, as President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Riyadh.

Tuesday’s meeting in Saudi Arabia will be the first between Ukrainian and U.S. officials since a White House meeting between Ukrainian P

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A minister in Russia's republic of Chechnya on Monday slammed a federal government decision to block the Telegram messaging app in the area over security issues, calling the move unreasonable and prejudiced. The criticism from Akhmed Dudayev, Chechnya's information and national policy minister, followed a statement from authorities in
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Russian sailing ships will be banned from a major maritime festival in the Netherlands this summer due to geopolitical tensions over Russia’s war in Ukraine, organizerssaid Monday.

Sail Amsterdam, the Netherlands’ largest public event, has been held every five years since 1975. This year’s festival runs from Aug. 20 to Aug. 24.

“As a maritime event,

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From 100 days of continuous protests in Georgia over contested election results to Romania barring frontrunner Calin Georgescu from May’s re-run presidential election: the shadow of Russian influence looms large over Eastern Europe. 

Experts say these incidents are part of the Kremlin’s broader strategy to sow distrust and sway elections in what it

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Russian and U.S. officials do not plan to meet in Saudi Arabia this week for a new round of diplomatic talks, the Kremlinsaid Monday.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied a CNN report claiming that Trump administration officials planned to meet separately with Russian and Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia this week. The report, citing an

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