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Ukraine peace deal nears as Moscow demands changes

MOSCOW: US President Donald Trump's outgoing Ukraine envoy said a deal to end the Ukraine war was "really close" and depended on resolving just two major issues but the Kremlin said there had to be radical changes...

People mourn at the graves of Ukrainian servicemen at the Lychakiv cemetery, in Lviv. — AFP

Feud between key Ukraine law enforcement agencies flares again

Ukrainians protest in the first wartime rally against a newly passed law, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv. — Reuters

26 nations offer to participate in Ukraine post-war security

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and France's President Emmanuel Macron at The Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris. - AFP

Alarm in Germany as 'dangerous' Maddie suspect set to walk

Christian Wolters, chief procecutor in the case of the main suspect in the 2007 disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann, during an interview in Braunschweig, northern Germany. - AFP

Lost for 50 years, Nobel patents found in Swedish summer home

A bust of Alfred Nobel stands outside the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway. — Reuters

UN pushes nations to submit overdue climate plans

UN pushes nations to submit overdue climate plans

Russia doesn't oppose Ukraine joining EU, says Putin

People attend a memorial service in Independence Square, in Kyiv. — Reuters

Belgium to recognise Palestinian state at UN summit

Belgium's Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Work David Clarinva

Xi, Putin round on West at China's regional summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shows the way to Russian President Vladimir Putin, at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Centre in Tianjin. — AFP

Greta Thunberg joins flotilla heading to Gaza

Greta Thunberg and other activists

Ukraine vows to retaliate after Russian attacks on power sector

Workers repair power line next to damaged houses, in Sloviansk. — AFP

Russia strikes across Ukraine as peace talks flounder

Local residents embrace each other next to a damaged residential building, in Zaporizhzhia. — AFP

Ukrainian former parliamentary speaker Parubiy shot dead

Andriy Parubiy

Guinness World Records unveils 70 unclaimed titles for anniversary

Deb Hoffmann holds the record for the largest collection of Winnie the Pooh memorabilia

Germany, France threaten Russia with further sanctions

French President Emmanuel Macron (front, R) and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (front L) pose with members of their government for a family photo after a plenary session of the 25th Franco-German cabinet meeting in Toulon, south-eastern France, on August 29, 2025. (Photo by Manon Cruz / POOL / AFP)

Putin to meet Pezeshkian after Europe triggers sanctions

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council via a video link in Moscow. — Reuters File
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