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US To Push Economic Pressure On Iran At G20 Finance Talks
Scott Bessent has laid out plans to isolate Iran economically, widening secondary sanctions threats and warning of dire consequences for countries that fail to join the campaign.
Syria President Appoints Kurdish Leader Mazloum Abdi As His Adviser
"Mustafa Khalil Abdi is appointed as adviser to the presidency of the republic," announced the decree, signed by Sharaa and published by state news agency SANA.
Bangladesh Considers Joining Mecca Pact Amid Regional Security Concerns
Sources tell NDTV that conversations on Bangladesh joining the Mecca Pact did come up in the discussions.
Elon Musk's xAI Sued For Using Child Survivor Photos To Generate Abusive Content
The suit seeks damages under so-called Masha's Law, a US statute allowing victims of federal child pornography offenses to recover at least $150,000 per violation.
Iran Sets Conditions For Reopening Strait of Hormuz
On Wednesday, a senior source said Iran and Oman were still working on details of an agreement on the waterway after Iran's Revolutionary Guards said the two countries had agreed on how to share control of the strait and its revenues.
Pakistan Deployed Spies In "Desperate" Bid To Find S-400s, Says Air Marshal
The retired air marshal said that Pakistan was "desperate" to find out where the S-400s were located and had activated spies and sleeper cells in order to reach them.
"Butcher Of Bosnia" Ratko Mladic Dies While Serving Life Sentence For Genocide
Serbian state officials and Mladic's family had appealed for his release due to his failing health, but those calls were rejected by the Hague tribunal.
"Scare Stories": Kremlin Denies NATO Attack Fears Behind CIA Chief's Visit
Moscow has rejected the reports coming from US media. Asked about reports that Russia could attack NATO following Ratcliffe's unusual visit, Peskov dismissed them as speculation.
Gen-Z Protests "Integral To Democracy": BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad At NDTV Anviksha Summit In Nepal
Speaking on engaging a younger Nepali generation and their ties to India, senior BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad pointed to religious tourism
Trump personally deployed his top spy to Russia behind his aides' backs: report
CIA Director John Ratcliffe's secret trip to Russia came at the personal direction of President Donald Trump while senior White House aides were kept in the dark.According to a Thursday report by the Wall Street Journal, the covert diplomatic mission to Moscow was tightly held as Trump dispatched his top spy to carry a message to top Kremlin figures. Trump's move bypassed aides and military brass who would ordinarily be looped in beforehand, The Journal noted.The choice to send Ratcliffe as an envoy also marked a shift, The Journal pointed out. Earlier rounds of talks were led by other Trump confidants but failed to halt the fighting in Ukraine. Trump then turned to Ratcliffe, according to anonymous U.S. officials who talked to The Journal.Ratcliffe reportedly also took a secretive route into Russia as he flew into Moscow aboard an unmarked U.S. C-17 military cargo plane out of Latvia, according to The Journal. European officials told The Journal that the move sent them scrambling to figure out what had happened once word got out about Ratcliffe's mission.Two European officials told The Journal that they were briefed on the meeting. Ratcliffe used the sit-down to stress Washington's continued backing of NATO's mutual-defense pledge and to warn Russia off any strike on alliance members, they told The Journal and later reporting revealed.Trump brushed off worries about Russian aggression when reporters asked him about Ratcliffe's mission on Thursday, The Journal noted. Putin "won't attack NATO territory," Trump told reporters.He also downplayed Ratcliffe's trip when he told conservative radio host Glenn Beck in an interview that the mission was "semi-routine," The Journal noted.Officials along NATO's eastern edge struck a similarly calm tone, according to The Journal. Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs addressed the matter in a video posted to social media, The Journal reported."There is currently no reason for concern," Kulbergs said. "Latvia's level of military threat hasn't changed. The risk of direct military invasion threats to Latvia is currently low."Former senior U.S. intelligence official J.C. Lintzenich, now at the German Marshall Fund, struck a graver tone when talking to The Journal, however."Putin has a tolerance for extraordinary risk and is even potentially willing to escalate to compel de-escalation," Lintzenich said. "But he is unlikely to roll the dice on actions that could threaten the Russian state."
"Canadian Officials Are Nasty": Trump Renames Lake Ontario To "Lake America"
Trump signed an order in the White House in a move that comes amid a spiraling trade war between the world's largest economy and its northern neighbour.
Nepal Flood Horror Caught On Cam, Riverside Village Washed Away In Seconds
The horrifying footage captures the flood racing through the settlements along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers. Water and sludge can be seen overtopping the banks and sweeping past buildings, damaging or washing away bridges, roads, and vehicles, and burying areas under thick mud.


