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Russia Becomes First Major Power To Back Taliban, Challenging U.S. influence in the Region and Staking Claim to Afghanistan’s Rare Earth Minerals
The New York Sun
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July 19, 2025
In a dramatic shift with far-reaching geopolitical implications, Russia has become the first major world power to formally recognize the Taliban regime — a move that could accelerate the group’s global legitimacy, deepen regional instability, and...
Russia oil sanctions: EU moves to hit Reliance, Nayara; but India may still benefit
The Times of India
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July 19, 2025
Russia oil sanctions: Both Nayara and RIL now confront possible exclusion from EU markets, according to industry experts and analysts. (AI image) Russia oil sanctions impact: Both Nayara Energy and Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) are likely to...
Russia Signals Final Warning to WhatsApp over National Security Concerns
Tasnim News Agency
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July 19, 2025
WhatsApp’s continued presence in Russia poses a direct threat to national security, a senior Russian lawmaker stated Friday, warning that the Meta-owned platform is likely to be added to a list of restricted software. Anton Nemkin, a member of the...
Iran Pivots From Russia to China in Quest for New Weapons After Israel War
Newsweek
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July 19, 2025
With Iran's military battered from an intense 12-day war with Israel that also involved direct U.S. intervention, China is emerging as top candidate to provide advanced weaponry that could help Tehran reestablish deterrence as tensions continue to...
UK sanctions Russian spies in ’22 bombing
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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July 19, 2025
LONDON -- The U.K. on Friday sanctioned Russian military intelligence units and officers it said were behind preparations for a 2022 bomb attack on a theater in southern Ukraine that killed hundreds of civilians. Britain's foreign ministry said it...
EU adopts new sanctions package targeting Russia's energy, banking, military sectors
Yeni Safak
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The EU on Friday adopted its 18th package of economic and individual sanctions against Russia, targeting Moscow's energy revenues, banking operations, military suppliers, and trade flows, while also tightening restrictions on Belarus. The latest...
Director of Russian Institute of Political Studies: Other leaders try to learn from Azerbaijani President
APA
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July 19, 2025
"President Ilham Aliyev is one of the most experienced leaders of the modern era", Russian political scientist and director of the Russian Institute of Political Studies Sergey Markov, who arrived in Azerbaijan to participate in the III Shusha...
World leaders can learn from President Ilham Aliyev's leadership, says Russian analyst Makrov
AzerNews
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July 19, 2025
World leaders have much to learn from Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s leadership, particularly regarding effective governance and national success, said Sergey Markov, Director of the Russian Institute for Political Studies. Azernews reports,...
Project Vishnu: India tests hypersonic missile 8x faster than sound, outpaces BrahMos n major tech breakthrough
Organiser Weekly
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India has successfully test-fired its first indigenously developed hypersonic cruise missile under the codename Project Vishnu, marking a major leap in the country’s strategic defense capabilities. The missile, officially designated as the...
The Telegraph: Britain Is Building A Cutting-edge Fighter Jet To Attack Russia
Charter 97
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1 illustrative photo Tempest is being designed to fly deep into enemy territory. Britain is working with Italy and Japan to develop a supersonic low-observable aircraft, which is planned to be operational by 2035. As The Telegraph, the plane,...
WhatsApp poses a threat to Russian security, its fate is already decided, Russian lawmaker says
The Hindu
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July 19, 2025
Anton Gorelkin, deputy head of the lower house of parliament’s information technology committee, said earlier on Friday that WhatsApp should prepare to leave the Russian market [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Published - July 19, 2025 12:03 pm IST...
World Reuters Sleepless in Kyiv: how Ukraine's capital copes with Russia's nighttime attacks
Yahoo News
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By Anastasiia Malenko KYIV (Reuters) -Several nights a week, Daria Slavytska packs a yoga mat, blankets and food into a stroller and descends with her two-year-old Emil into the Kyiv subway. While air raid sirens wail above, the 27-year-old tries...
What India can do if Russian oil supply stops
ETEnergyworld.com
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July 19, 2025
After Western nations imposed sanctions on Russia and stopped buying its oil due to its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia's heavily discounted oil started flooding India, helping India keep inflation in check and economy stable amid all the...
Russia ‘Cancels’ 2025 ‘Army’ Military-Technical Forum – or Has It?
Kyiv Post
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July 18, 2025
Russia’s largest annual defense exhibition the “Army” International Military-Technical Exhibition and Forum Defense has been held at Moscow’s military-themed Patriot Park every year since 2015. The flagship technology platform for Russia’s defense...
Russian lawmakers claim WhatsApp is a national security threat, should prepare to leave the country
Fox News
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Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Russian lawmaker who regulates the country's IT said Friday that WhatsApp should prepare to leave the Russian market,...
WhatsApp in firing line as Russia prepares to hit back at US with sanctions by banning Meta’s messaging app, aims to develop its own
The Economic Times
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July 18, 2025
Russian lawmakers are preparing to ban WhatsApp, Meta’s widely used instant messaging platform, marking a new frontier in the escalating digital Cold War. The proposed ban is part of a broader Kremlin campaign to eliminate what it calls “foreign...
Science United Press International ISS update: Crew-11 enters quarantine three weeks before launch
Yahoo News
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July 18 (UPI) -- The four members of NASA's Crew-11 space mission entered quarantine in the Houston area ahead of their planned launch on July 13 from central Florida to the International Space Station. NASA's Crew 11 is the 11th operational...
Russia, US discuss plans for deorbiting International Space Station — Roscosmos
TASS
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July 18, 2025
MOSCOW, July 18. /TASS/. A meeting of the joint Russian-American commission on the International Space Station (ISS) was held in Moscow, with discussions focusing on reducing atmospheric leak risks and ensuring the safe deorbiting of the station,...
Russian adventurer Konyukhov to sail across Pacific to study microplastics
TASS
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July 18, 2025
KAZAN, July 18. /TASS/. Celebrated Russian adventurer Fyodor Konyukhov plans to cross the Pacific Ocean onboard a specially-designed single-sail raft in 2026. The voyage will be part of a project to explore garbage patches in the Pacific, Indian,...
Top Russian University Opens Master’s Program in Sanctions Dodging
Kyiv Post
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July 18, 2025
One of Russia’s top universities has launched a new master’s program focused on reducing the impact of international sanctions, an indication that Moscow could be bracing for a generation of life under economic siege. The two-year course offered...