🇵🇰❌🇵🇰❗️ — Iran-based & India-backed group Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has hijacked an entire train from Jaffar Express in Pakistan's Balochistan province and has taken hundreds of passengers hostages.

At least 450 people are now under the Baloch insurgents hands

The baloch group is threatening to start executing hostages if Pakistani security forces launch an operation.

🇵🇭 Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested today by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) of the Philippine National Police, who were serving an Interpol arrest warrant.

The warrant, handed down by the International Criminal Court (ICC), was issued for the actions taken by Duterte in back during his term that reportedly saw thousands of drug suspects killed with little to no due process.

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🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺 Secretary of State Marco Rubio: "We've offered Ukraine an immediate ceasefire. They accepted. We will now take this to the Russians. The ball is now in their court."

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🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦❗️ — Ukraine ready to accept an immediate ‘30-day ceasefire’ proposed by US

Washington agrees to lift pause on flow of weapons & intel to Ukraine, saying in Joint statement after Saudi talks

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇪🇺📊⚡️🇺🇦 — 📰 ZeroHedge | Visualizing Washington's Key Role In Military Aid To Ukraine | March 10, 2025:

"As doubts over future American support for Ukraine and the Trump administration's commitment to NATO loom large, European leaders have rallied to assure Ukraine of its unwavering support and to become more independent of their transatlantic partner.
 
On Thursday, leaders gathered for a special European Council meeting, where the future of Europe’s security and the bloc’s role in Ukraine's defense against Russian aggression was discussed.

“This is a watershed moment for Europe. And it is also a watershed moment for Ukraine, as part of our European family,” Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, said in a statement.

“Europe faces a clear and present danger. And therefore, Europe has to be able to protect itself, to defend itself, as we have to put Ukraine in a position to protect itself, and to push for a lasting and just peace.”

As Statista's Felix Richter reports, to be able to negotiate a “peace through strength”, as von der Leyen put it, the EU must quickly ramp up its military aid to Ukraine after U.S. President Donald Trump paused U.S. military support earlier this week.

According to the IfW Kiel’s Ukraine Support Tracker, the EU’s 27 member states have allocated a total of $53.8 billion in military aid to Ukraine between January 24, 2022 and December 31, 2024.

That’s equivalent to 39 percent of total military aid supplied to Ukraine during that time and roughly $15 billion short of what the U.S. supplied. 

Adding contributions from European non-EU members Norway and the UK, Europe’s military aid to Ukraine was roughly on par with U.S. support so far, meaning it would have to double its investment if the U.S. were to withdraw its support permanently."

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🗣💬🇹🇷🔫🕊🗺 — 📰 Reuters | Turkey ready to send troops to Ukraine if necessary, source says:

"ANKARA, March 6 (Reuters) - Turkey, with the second largest army in NATO after the United States, could contribute to a potential peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, a Turkish defence ministry source said on Wednesday.

"The issue of contributing to a mission will be considered if deemed necessary for establishing regional stability and peace, and will be assessed mutually with all relevant parties," the source told reporters in Ankara.

Europe's main military powers Britain and France have already discussed deploying troops in a potential force to monitor a ceasefire in Ukraine after a future peace deal, while Washington has said it would not send Americans.

Ukraine says any peace agreement would require a robust force on the ground to provide security guarantees; Moscow has rejected any deployment of NATO member forces, although U.S. President Donald Trump says he believes Russia might agree.

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Turkish media reported last week that President Tayyip Erdogan had discussed a possible deployment with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during separate meetings in Ankara last month."

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