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PM Modi, Congress Leaders Pay Tributes To Rajiv Gandhi On 81st Birth Anniversary
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid tributes to former PM Rajiv Gandhi on the occasion of his 81st birth anniversary. Rajiv Gandhi, who served as India's Prime Minister from 1984 to 1989, assumed office following the...

Trump is warning Europe that he is still Putin’s man
WASHNGTON DC – The vapour trails left by the jets carrying European leaders back to their respective capitals may still have been visible in the skies above the Atlantic when US President Donald Trump began taking steps to destabilise further his...

'Politically weak' Macron, Starmer just cannot send troops to Ukraine — Politico
BRUSSELS, August 20. /TASS/. French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will hardly be able to send troops to Ukraine because of their political weakness, Politico Europe quoted sources as saying. "If one considers...

Serbia sees Putin-Trump summit as chance for peace in Europe — former prime minister
BELGRADE, August 20. /TASS/. Serbia welcomes the latest meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, viewing it as an important step toward ending the conflict in Eastern Europe, Milos Vucevic, the former prime...

Axios: Trump Lambasted Putin On The Issue Of Ukrainian Territories
12 Donald Trump The US president advised the Russian dictator to be realistic. US President Donald Trump made it clear during a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin on August 18 that issues related to the territories of Ukraine should be...

Politico: White House Wants To Hold Zelensky And Putin Summit In Budapest
4 Photo: charter97.org The U.S. Secret Service is preparing for a meeting in Hungary. The White House has proposed a new venue for a meeting between Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. We are talking about...

Belarus and Iran, both friends of Putin, plan to strengthen military and broader ties
By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) -Belarus and Iran - two countries that have backed Russia's war in Ukraine - plan to deepen bilateral ties across all areas including defence, their presidents said at talks in Minsk on Wednesday. Belarusian state news...

China’s Xi Jinping visits Tibet for 60th anniversary of autonomous region
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Lhasa on Wednesday to attend events marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region, state media reported. The visit underscores Beijing’s emphasis on Tibet, a region where...

Fox News' Peter Doocy Does Kremlin's Job For Putin
Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy became the minister of propaganda for Putin during yesterday's press conference, asking Ukrainian president Zelenskyy how many more Ukrainians he's willing to send to their deaths in the war against...

China's Xi makes second-ever visit to Tibet as president
BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa on Wednesday for his second-ever visit as China's leader to mark the 60th anniversary of Tibet's founding as an autonomous region. Six years after the 14th...

From the Kremlin to Karlovy Vary: Inside Putin’s Orthodox Women’s Network
The Russian Union of Orthodox Women pushes to outlaw abortion, advances a hardline pro-Kremlin agenda, and openly supports Russia’s war in Ukraine. It is led by United Russia lawmaker Svetlana Tyagacheva and businesswoman Anastasia Ositis, who,...

For Putin, 'Security Guarantees' on Ukraine Mean Something Different
Russia, Ukraine and European powers have all emerged from meetings with President Donald Trump in support of establishing security guarantees as part of a broader agreement to put an end to the bloody war between Moscow and Kyiv. Trump vowed to...

Russia gifts motorcycle to Alaska man after Trump-Putin meeting
Follow Anchorage, Alaska AP — An Alaska man might have walked away as the biggest winner of last week’s high stakes summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage. He rode off with a new motorcycle,...

Kremlin won’t promise talks; Trump warns of Putin’s reluctance to end war
While US President Donald Trump has called for meeting, the Kremlin has rejected the possibility of holding bilateral talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, the BBC reports. The call for the...
Macron says Zelensky-Putin meeting could be held in Switzerland
PM Modi wishes Naveen Patnaik speedy recovery
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How to stop Putin: Why a security guarantee is the key to watch for in Trump's Ukraine talks
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Zelensky and Vladimir Putin are expected to hold a bilateral meeting within next two weeks
Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President, Vladimir Putin are expected to hold a bilateral meeting within the next two weeks, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced Monday. Merz said the agreement followed a phone call...

Is Modi's 'Mr India' Image Fading?
'The Election Commission's involvement in the avoidable SIR controversy has carried a message down to the last voter -- who just does not like it,' observes N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects an honour guard during...
I hope Secret Service swept Donald Trump limousine for ‘microchip’ after Putin ride — Former CIA Director
Former CIA Director John Brennan suggested in an interview that Russian President Vladimir Putin could have planted a microchip in the presidential limousine when he joined Donald Trump for a ride to their summit. Speaking on MSNBC’s The Briefing...