Putin said the proposed 15 May talks are an attempt to 'eliminate the root causes of the conflict' and 'to restore long-term, lasting peace' after failed negotiations in 2022.
The price of oil - which drives the Russian economy - has fallen around $15 a barrel since the start of the year. OPEC+ will accelerate oil output hikes, Reuters reported.
Jaishankar’s comments on European ‘hypocrisy’ come after a conversation with EU counterpart Kaja Kallas about Pahalgam. Kallas urged India and Pakistan to ‘show restraint & pursue dialogue’.
In Trump’s first 100 days in office, dominated by scattershot tariff wars and chaotic foreign policy manoeuvers, the deal stands out for its sheer survival through the noise.
According to Ukrainian governor Ivan Fedorov, Russian forces conducted at least 10 strikes damaging private homes, tens of high-rise apartment buildings, educational institutions & infrastructure sites.
Kharkiv, Ukraine's 2nd-largest city, has been at the receiving end of Moscow's attack and its population has decreased to 1.2 mn from 2 mn since the war began 3 years ago.
The two leaders are in Italy to attend the funeral of Pope Francis. The 15-minute meeting was aimed at reviving faltering ties between the country in backdrop of Ukraine's war with Russia.
Russia's military cooperation with North Korea grew rapidly after international isolation following invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Russia has not commented on Zelenky's claims.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or major damages from the attacks, regional Ukrainian officials said on social media. The scale of the attack was not immediately clear.
PM Modi has set a template that his successors—no matter from which party—won’t be able to divert from or abandon. It has become an unwritten national security code.
India pointed out that Pakistan has been a “prolonged borrower from the IMF, with a very poor track record of implementation and of adherence to the IMF’s program conditions”.
Responding to a question by ThePrint, Air Marshal Bharti remarked: ‘Thank you for telling us that Kirana Hills houses some nuclear installations. We did not know about it.’
Kashmir’s return to normalcy, for Pakistan Army Chief Gen Asim Munir, had to be reversed. Pahalgam wasn’t plotted in the week between the speech. It must have taken several weeks, if not months of planning.
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