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Zelensky: Trump using up all his missiles on Iran risks leaving Ukraine short against Putin

EXCLUSIVE: In an exclusive interview with The Independent’s world affairs editor Sam Kiley, Volodymyr Zelensky said his country may be left more vulnerable, but that the lesson from Iran is that he needs weapons to force Putin to genuine peace

The Independent UK

Iran war set to delay Ukraine-Russia peace talks, says Zelensky

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The Independent UK

Zelenskyy says Russia-Ukraine talks on ice as countries in Mideast seek Kyiv's drone expertise

Ukrainian President Volodymyr says U.S.-brokered talks between Russia and Ukraine have stalled as the war in the Middle East pulls focus away

The Independent UK

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What the conflict in Iran means for Putin and Ukraine

As the war in the Middle East spreads and intensifies, the one in Ukraine continues. While geographically some 2,500km (1,600 miles) apart, the consequences of US president Donald Trump’s latest military adventure for the Russian war against Ukraine will be acutely felt across several areas. In the short term, the…

The Conversation

Power without a throne: how Khalifa Haftar controls Libya

The long read: When Nato helped overthrow Gaddafi in 2011, there were hopes of a new beginning. More than a decade later, this former CIA asset runs the country – and Libya has become yet another lesson in the unintended consequences of foreign intervention

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky asks US to postpone upcoming peace talks due to Iran conflict

Zelensky says trilateral peace talks paused due to conflict in Middle East

The Independent UK

Ukraine war briefing: Russia claims LNG tanker in Mediterranean hit by drones

The Arctic Metagaz had been carrying 61,000 tonnes of liquefied natural gas when it exploded; Ukrainian drones reported to have hit southern Russia. What we know on day 1,471

The Guardian - AU

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Paralympic politics: how Russia, Belarus and Israel sparked opening ceremony boycotts

The opening ceremony of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Paralympics takes place on Friday but geopolitical tensions have spurred some countries, including the Czech Republic, Finland and Ukraine, to boycott the opening ceremony.

The Conversation

Putin releases two Hungarian-Ukrainian prisoners of war during Moscow talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin handed two Hungarian-Ukrainian prisoners of war to Hungary during Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó's visit to Moscow, where energy supply was also discussed.

Euronews

US Sinks Iranian Warship In Indian Ocean Strike — A Chilling Signal To China And Russia

In a historic military action, the US Navy sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, marking a significant escalation in global naval warfare.

International Business Times UK

Crude Oil Prices Supported by Iran Conflict

April WTI crude oil (CLJ26 ) on Wednesday closed up +0.10 (+0.13%), and April RBOB gasoline (RBJ26 ) closed up +0.0575 (+2.34%). Crude oil and gasoline prices settled higher on Wednesday, with gasoline up sharply at a 19.5-month high. Energy prices have been volatile, and on Wednesday, they were whipsawed...

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Putin accuses Ukraine of attacking gas tanker that exploded and sank off Libya

The Arctic Metagaz burst into flames before sinking after what the Russian president described as a terrorist attack

The Guardian - UK

Winter Paralympics rocked by curling stones theft just hours before start of competition

Two curling stones have been stolen just hours before the preliminary rounds at the Winter Paralympics

The Independent UK

Fighter jets patrol Arctic skies amid Russian threat

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Crude Oil Prices Pressured by Bearish EIA Inventory Report

April WTI crude oil (CLJ26 ) today is down -0.55 (-0.74%), and April RBOB gasoline (RBJ26 ) is up +0.0172 (+0.70%). Crude oil and gasoline prices are mixed today, with gasoline posting a 19.5-month high. Energy prices have been volatile today, whipsawed by headlines. Crude prices initially tumbled today on...

The Independent UK

Spain says Trump is ‘playing Russian roulette’ with millions of lives over Iran war

Trump told reporters Spain ‘has been terrible’

LiveScience

Chewed-up orca fins on Russian beach point to cannibalism, and scientists say it may explain why some pods are so tight-knit

Detached orca fins scored with distinctive tooth marks suggest that killer whale cannibalism is happening — and it might explain some complex orca societies.

The Independent UK

How Russia could profit from rising energy prices fuelled by Iran war

Oil and gas prices are soaring after the Iran war choked off tanker supplies from the Middle East

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The Independent UK

Russia blames Ukraine sea drones for attacking tanker that sank in the Mediterranean

Previous Ukrainian attacks on Russian ships have reportedly come from the Libyan coast

Space

Russia fixes launch pad damaged by Thanksgiving astronaut launch to the International Space Station

Russia has fixed Site 31 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, the only pad supporting the nation's human spaceflight missions. It had been out of commission since late November.

The Conversation

Front lines of humor: Dark humor voices Ukrainians’ hopes for victory

In 1991, a simple line appeared in Broom, a Lithuanian satire and humor journal. “A shortest joke: Communism,” it said. A one-liner to celebrate the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Euronews

Portugal sells twice as many drones to Ukraine than it ever did to Russia

From €4 million in 2022, the year the war began, revenues have soared to €87.3 million in 2025. Portuguese exports to Ukraine, five to ten times lower before the conflict, now represent double the sales to Russia.

Euronews

Hungarian foreign minister in Moscow for energy talks with Putin amid Ukraine pipeline row

Péter Szijjártó has travelled to Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin to secure guarantees on oil and natural gas imports, amid a dispute over damage to the Druzhba pipeline. The minister warned that the world is facing an energy crisis because of the war in Iran.

The Guardian - UK

Relentless sun and ruthless populists: how the climate crisis will change the next 20 years

Former diplomat Arthur Snell says a heating planet is accelerating conflict and migration – and fostering a new age of empire. Democracies are dangerously unprepared, he warns

Fortune

The U.S. has shown China and Russia ‘who really is a military power,’ says Trump’s ex–commerce secretary. Don’t expect them to get involved in Iran

Speaking exclusively with Fortune, Wilbur Ross said the Iran war “is going at least as well as anyone could have hoped,” and that he is “intrigued” that China and Russia have not intervened.

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