🇮🇷🇺🇸 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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🚫 🇸🇰 Slovakia opposes anti-Russia sanctions, maintains nuclear fuel supply contract with Russia

Slovakia doesn't plan to terminate its agreement with Russia for nuclear fuel supplies for nuclear power plants, Tibor Gaspar, deputy speaker of the Slovak parliament, told Russian media.

🔹 The contract is the result of long-term technical decisions and safety agreements

🔹 Its sudden termination could jeopardize the stability of electricity generation

In January, spokeswoman Anna-Kaisa Itkonen announced that the EC was drafting a ban on the import of nuclear products from Russia to the EU.

🇷🇺 Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev later said that a possible ban on Russian nuclear fuel purchases would jeopardize Europe's nuclear safety.

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🔥 🇷🇺 Russian crews of the Grad MLRS from Zapad battlegroup destroy Ukraine's combat equipment and strongholds near Kupyansk, Kharkov region

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