Putin Humiliated as Kremlin’s War Talk Turns to Survival – Yahoo

  1. Putin Humiliated as Kremlin’s War Talk Turns to Survival  Yahoo
  2. Putin is using Trump to stall for time in Ukraine, Estonia foreign minister says  USA Today
  3. Karīs says old international order no longer fully functions — ERR News  UA.NEWS
  4. Estonian MFA: Rumors of impending Russian attack blown out of proportion  ERR
  5. Estonian President Urges Tougher Pressure on Russia to Force Talks on Ukraine  Межа. Новини України.
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‘My friend’: Anthony Albanese announces $60m more for Ukraine at Zelenskyy meeting

An emotional prime minister says that Kyiv’s cause is ‘an issue for the world’ as he also sets out the need for a new global order

Anthony Albanese has announced Australia will provide $60m more in support for Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s invasion during an emotional meeting with Volodymyr ⁠Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the UN meeting in New York.

With the prime minister planning to use a key speech in New York to warn that the international world order was “no longer fit for purpose”, he hugged the Ukrainian president as the latter thanked Australia for its support.

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Argentina’s Milei says UN ‘looking the other way’ on Falkland Islands – Al Jazeera

  1. Argentina’s Milei says UN ‘looking the other way’ on Falkland Islands  Al Jazeera
  2. Javier Milei shreds ‘useless’ UN to its face in fiery speech to 'fatally arrogant parasites'  Fox News
  3. Argentina accuses UN of ignoring rising tensions over Falkland Islands  Reuters
  4. Argentina’s Falklands veterans turn on Milei  The Telegraph
  5. Milei demands talks with UK on future of Falkland Islands  The Times
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‘Slow-Motion Defeat’: Iran Found the Weak Spot in U.S. Power, and It Wasn’t Aircraft Carriers or Fighter Jets. It Was the Bases. – 19FortyFive

  1. 'Slow-Motion Defeat': Iran Found the Weak Spot in U.S. Power, and It Wasn't Aircraft Carriers or Fighter Jets. It Was the Bases.  19FortyFive
  2. Opinion | Iran Exposed How Vulnerable Our Bases Are  The New York Times
  3. In war's opening days, Iran's attacks on Bahrain caught Navy families and sailors by surprise  cbsnews.com
  4. Iran initiatives reshaped battle balance: IRGC  Mehr News Agency
  5. Opinion | What Hegseth Is Hiding  The New York Times
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America is stepping back from a region it never managed to remake – The Economist

  1. America is stepping back from a region it never managed to remake  The Economist
  2. Three Ruptures and the End of Pax Americana in the Middle East  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  3. Might makes right will end Pax Americana  japantimes.co.jp
  4. Devastation of Iran War Is Equivalent to a Nuclear Bomb  Arab America
  5. America: An obstacle to global peace  Mehr News Agency
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Save the Children officially warned by regulator over staff put at risk in Yemen

Warning from Charity Commission for England and Wales concludes two-year investigation after death of Hisham al-Hakimi in October 2023

The international aid charity Save the Children has been issued with an official regulatory warning over management failures and misconduct that put staff at its Yemen office at serious risk.

The warning concluded a two-year investigation by the Charity Commission for England and Wales into the running of the office after the death of its safety and security director, Hisham Al-Hakimi, in October 2023 after he was detained by the Yemeni authorities.

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EXCLUSIVE: US drafted memo condemning UK over West Bank sanctions. It was never released – Reuters

  1. EXCLUSIVE: US drafted memo condemning UK over West Bank sanctions. It was never released  Reuters
  2. White House blocked US condemnation of Britain’s West Bank sanctions  The Telegraph
  3. In defence of Israel's Jewish settlers in the West Bank  Middle East Eye
  4. British banks warned not to invest in planned Israeli settlement before UK trade ban begins  The Guardian
  5. U.K. sanctions against Israeli settlements is no more than a slap on the wrist  Liberation News
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