🚨🇮🇷 Iran must expel 'terrorist' European military attaches immediately - MP

💬 "Military attaches of European countries, who are in our embassies, must leave the country's territory soon; they are terrorists. Allowing terrorists to remain in the country contradicts the current law. The Foreign Ministry must implement this today," member of the Iranian Parliament's presiding board Alireza Salimi said.

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf instructed the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee to address the issue of whether EU military attaches in the embassies can be designated as terrorists.

💬 "I request that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs summon and expel the ambassadors of these countries from Iran in response to the actions of the European Union," member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly Hamid Rasaei addressed Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

The Iranian Parliament has recognized the armed forces of EU countries as terrorist organizations in retaliation for the EU's decision regarding the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

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🚨🇮🇷 ‘This sedition was not the first and won’t be the last’ – Iran’s Supreme Leader

Ayatollah Khamenei emphasized the long-standing hostility of the West towards the Islamic Republic.

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🚨 Ukrainian drone strike kills woman and child near Mariupol

📑 "During on-site inspection it was determined that two civilians, including a child born in 2020, were killed. Another child was wounded and is currently receiving necessary medical assistance," the Investigative Committee report says.

The report states that the fixed-wing strike drone is presumed to be NATO-manufactured.

An expert examination will be conducted to determine the precise type and model of the explosive device.

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🪖🇮🇷🇺🇸 Preparations for US attack on Iran still need final touch - media

The US military is fully capable of launching limited airstrikes against Iran at a moment’s notice, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing unnamed US officials.

However, dealing with an Iranian retaliation, which would probably immediately ensue, would require further preparation, the officials concede.

A multi-layer air defense system needs to be established to ensure the safety of US military bases in the Middle East, not to mention Israel, which would also likely be targeted by Iran in retaliation.

During the June 2025 Israeli-Iranian conflict, the joint US-Israeli air defense effort proved woefully ineffective, with Iranian ballistic missiles scoring a large number of hits against targets in Israel.

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🇷🇺🇨🇳 West's strategy to split Russia and China fails – Shoigu

💬 "Westerners dream day and night of how to create discord in the strategic partnership of our states. I would like to emphasize once again: Moscow and Beijing will not sit idly by and tolerate biased insinuations," Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu said.

Western countries have made it a rule to justify their actions by the threat from Russia and China, the official added.

Earlier in the day, Shoigu met with China's FM Wang Yi and discussed the changing international and regional security situation.

Shoigu said that his talks with Wang were very substantive, during which they discussed the schedule of contacts, including at the highest level.

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🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump on Iran: ‘We have the biggest, most powerful ships in the world over there’

💬 “Hopefully we’ll make a deal”, the US president told journalists.

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🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran reveals the recipe for a deal with US

The talks between US and Iran could be resumed, but only if the US were to pursue a fair and equitable deal to ensure that there is no nuclear weapons, just as Trump put it, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told CNN.

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🇺🇸🇨🇺 ‘We’re talking to the people from the highest levels in Cuba’ – Trump

The US president thinks a deal between the US and Cuba will be achieved.

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⚔️ Israel assassinated Hezbollah engineering division head

The Israeli military has confirmed the targeted killing of Ali Dawoud Amich, a senior figure in Hezbollah's engineering unit.

According to the IDF, Amich was responsible for rehabilitating terror infrastructure in southern Lebanon, despite the established Israel-Lebanon ceasefire.

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🔊 Sheinbaum denies discussing oil supplies to Cuba with Trump

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stated her administration never discussed Cuban oil with President Trump.

Despite US sanctions, Mexico will continue to send humanitarian aid to Cuba, including oil supplies, she added.

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📑 US and Israel chiefs of staff hold secret Pentagon talks — Report

US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Dan Caine, met with Israeli military chief, Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, Reuters reported, citing US officials.

The meeting was not previously announced and details were kept secret.

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🗣 Sahra Wagenknecht warns German elites push for nuclear weapons

The leader of a German party has sharply denounced a growing cross-party push for Germany to help develop European nuclear arms.

"What utter madness! It’s not more nuclear weapons that enhance our security, but diplomacy, nuclear disarmament, and international treaties," she wrote on X.

She warns that stationing US intermediate-range missiles in Germany makes the country a "bullseye for a nuclear war."

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🔍 Turkiye, Egypt, Qatar are preparing US-Iran talks in Ankara — Report

A meeting is being organized in Ankara between US envoy Steve Witkoff and senior Iranian officials, mediated by three regional powers, Axios reported citing sources.

A US official confirmed the potential meeting could take place in Turkiye.

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📹 Venezuela exports first LPG despite sanctions

Venezuela’s interim president announced the first shipment of liquefied petroleum gas has sailed, calling it a "historic achievement for the well-being of the people."

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🗣 US and Russia will negotiate even after New START expires — expert

"Even after the end of this treaty, it is not too late for the leaders of the two countries to put the world on a safer path by taking reasonable steps to reduce the nuclear threat and starting serious and consistent negotiations on nuclear disarmament," Daryl Kimball, executive director of the US Arms Control Association, told Sputnik.

He stressed the need to invite other parties to the negotiating table, singling out China, the UK, and France.

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💬 US now surpasses Japan in steel production — Trump

According to December 2025 data from the World Steel Association, the US produced 6.9 million tons (Mt), ranking third globally. China ranks first with an overwhelming 68.2 Mt.

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🤝 Starmer seeks reviving defense talks with EU

On a visit to China, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer signaled a push to revive stalled defense talks with the European Union, specifically aiming to join the EU's SAFE loan program for arms procurement.

Previous talks collapsed in November over how much the UK would pay.

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🗣 Trump jokes about annexing Greenland, Canada, Venezuela

At a closed event, the US president framed expansion as a real estate deal:

"It's never been my intention to make Greenland the 51st state. I want to make Canada the 51st state. Greenland will be the 52nd state. Venezuela can be 53rd."

He added the US would simply buy Greenland—not invade it.

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