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Moscow intent on pressing on in Ukraine: Putin

Russia's Vladimir Putin on Friday said the ball was in the court of the West and Kyiv in talks to end the war in Ukraine, while hailing Moscow's recent battlefield gains and threatening more.Speaking during his...

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends his annual end-of-year press conference and phone-in in Moscow. — Reuters

UK airports disrupted by radar fault in ATC

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UK rejects criticism over recognising Palestinian state

People gather outside as Palestine Action’s co-founder wins bid to challenge ban, in London. — Reuters

Massive Russian earthquake struck on ‘megathrust fault’

Police officers ask a man to evacuate an empty beach due to a tsunami warning in Fujisawa city. — AFP

Italy creates AI assistant to help assess landslide

Rescuers search for missing ones after a landslide hit the town of San Felice a Cancello. — Reuters file photo

Wednesday’s earthquake could be one of the largest on record

Aftermath of an earthquake in Russia

UN calls to 'flood' Gaza with food

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Kremlin 'committed' to peace amid strikes in Kyiv

A serviceman walks at the site of the penal colony hit by a Russian air strike, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine. — Reuters

Portugal battles three large wildfires

A firefighter monitors a wildfire in Pombal, Portugal. — AFP

Starmer is edging closer to recognizing a Palestinian state: UK Officials

US President Donald Trump meets with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Russia's Aeroflot cancels flights over massive cyberattack

People wait outside after many flights were cancelled or delayed, at Sheremetyevo international airport outside Moscow. — Reuters file photo

Ukraine drone attack disrupts Volgograd railway power

Service members fire a self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops, in Kharkiv. — Reuters

Greece gets EU help to battle disastrous wildfires

Firefighters try to extinguish flames as a wildfire burns on the island of Kythira, Greece. — AFP

Russia seizes two villages in central Ukraine

A view shows burned cars at the site of the Russian drone strike, in Dnipro. — Reuters

Plane crash in Russia’s far east kills 50 people

A view shows the debris of an Angara Airlines An-24 passenger aircraft at the crash site in the Amur Region. — Reuters

2 dead as Cyprus battles wildfire in searing heat

An aerial view shows burnt houses as firefighters battle a forest fire in the Cypriot village of Souni, in the Limassol province. — AFP
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