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Havana on edge again: How a Russian tanker, US blockade, and a fuel-starved island are pushing Cuba back into Cold War shadows

A Russian tanker carrying oil is heading towards Cuba, intensifying a geopolitical standoff with the US. This move challenges America's de facto oil blockade on the island, which is facing an energy crisis. The situation echoes the Cuban Missile Crisis, highlighting Cuba's enduring strategic importance and testing US resolve in…

The Times of India

Russian court bans Oscar and BAFTA-winning documentary ‘Mr Nobody Against Putin’

‘Mr Nobody Against Putin’ is based on secretly recorded footage by school teacher Pavel Talankin, who exposes how the Putin administration aims to indoctrinate schoolchildren in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The film won the Oscar for Best Documentary earlier this month.

Euronews

'Talk to Lukashenka or face Putin,' freed Belarus activist warns EU

After almost five and a half years in prison, Belarusian opposition activist Maria Kalesnikava has a clear warning for Europe, as she sees Belarus increasingly under Russian influence.

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Putin pleads for oligarch donations as Ukraine war funds run low

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Russia bans Oscar-winning documentary Mr Nobody Against Putin for promoting ‘negative attitudes’

Film is built on footage secretly recorded over two years by school teacher Pavel Talankin

The Independent UK

Putin asks oligarchs to donate to Russia’s dwindling defence budget

Russian president expected to continue invasion of Ukraine until his forces have secured remaining areas of eastern Donbas

The Guardian - UK

Closing the 'deterrence gap': German military association calls for war economy

The German Armed Forces Association is warning of a growing Russian threat, a weakened Europe and an unreliable Washington — while the Iran conflict pours billions into Putin's coffers.

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Vladimir Putin Exposed? Former Ally Demands Russian President Be Tried as a 'War Criminal and a Thief'

A once‑loyal Kremlin lawyer has publicly denounced Vladimir Putin as 'not a legitimate President' and called for him to be tried 'as a war criminal and a thief', prompting fresh questions about fractures inside the Russian regime.

International Business Times UK

'Slowed development of all regions': Putin says Middle East conflict could have Covid-like global impact

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that the Middle East conflict's fallout could rival the Covid-19 pandemic, disrupting global logistics and supply chains. He noted significant pressure on key industries and highlighted Russia's surging energy revenues amid market turmoil. Moscow has publicly reaffirmed its support for Tehran, though the extent of…

The Times of India

Pentagon prepares for massive ‘final blow’ on Iran that could include ground troops and bombing campaign: report

The plans come as Trump warned Iran to make a deal to end the war ‘before it’s too late’

The Independent UK

Transgender women athletes banned from Olympics by new IOC policy on female eligibility

Transgender women athletes are now excluded from the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy It aligns with U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order on women's sports ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games

The Independent UK

Europeans vow to get tougher on Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers as a sea drone hits one of them

A group of northern European countries is vowing to harden the fight against Russia’s “shadow fleet” of tankers exporting its sanctioned oil

The Independent UK

What is Russia’s shadow fleet and how is it helping Putin wage war in Ukraine?

Russia's reliance on the shadow fleet has allowed it to keep exporting oil without complying with Western restrictions imposed since the invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

Putin’s spring offensive in Ukraine has begun. Experts warn Trump has given Russia a window of opportunity

IN FOCUS: With Russia funding its war effort through financial gains from the close of the Strait of Hormuz, and amping up attacks while Trump’s eye is turned towards the Middle East, experts tell Maira Butt that this is a very delicate moment for Ukraine

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Belarus' Lukashenka gifts automatic rifle to North Korea's Kim

The two leaders sign a new friendship treaty during Lukashenka's visit to Pyongyang, deepening their anti-Western alliance and backing Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The Independent UK

North Korea and Belarus sign ‘fundamental’ treaty as Lukashenko visits Kim in Pyongyang

Analysts say trip signals Pyongyang’s deepening alignment with Russia and Belarus

Evening Standard

Iran could hit London with a missile, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth suggests

It comes as US President Donald Trump blasted the Royal Navy’s aircraft carriers as ‘toys’

The Independent UK

North Korea, Belarus leaders meet in Pyongyang, sign friendship treaty

Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have held talks in North Korea’s capital and signed a friendship and cooperation treaty

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Despite sanctions: German company wants to build fuel elements with Putin's nuclear group

A factory in Lingen, Lower Saxony, is to produce fuel elements for Russian reactor types in future - in cooperation with Rosatom, the Russian state nuclear corporation. The project is politically and legally controversial.

The Independent UK

Iran war deflects attention from Ukraine as an emboldened Russia starts spring offensive

The Iran war has deflected global attention from Russia’s all-out invasion of its neighbor Ukraine as Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II enters its fifth year and an emboldened Kremlin undertakes a spring offensive

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy says US has linked security guarantees to ceding of Donbas

Ukrainian president says peace deal proposed by US includes handing over land to Russia. What we know on day 1,492

Evening Standard

British forces will start seizing Russian shadow fleet ships, PM announces

Sir Keir Starmer said the UK would join allies in intercepting the sanction-breaking tankers, in a joint attempt to ‘go after’ them ‘even harder’.

The Independent UK

New Starmer move aims to disrupt funding for Russia’s war efforts

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The Independent UK

Starmer orders British commandos to seize Putin’s shadow fleet vessels

France, Belgium and Sweden have already boarded Russian ships in recent weeks as they attempt to cut off funding for Moscow’s war

Evening Standard

Royal Marines Commandos to seize Russian ‘shadow fleet’ ships in Channel as Starmer targets Putin regime funding

Sir Keir Starmer said military will ‘go after’ sanction-breaking ships ‘even harder’

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