otherOct 16, 2026

Can Russia help ease tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan?

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Russia has close ties with the Taliban and is courting Islamabad, but analysts say its leverage remains uncertain.

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The Lugansk People’s Republic is fully under Russia's control, the President said

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Ukraine’s 'Operation Vivaldi' reclaimed more occupied territory in Donetsk during a week when Trump sided with Russia.

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This was their second conversation since Leo XIV assumed the papacy at the Vatican

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has decried the ecological damage caused by conflict in the Middle East