‘If war breaks out…’: Afghanistan’s big warning to Pakistan as peace talks fall flat again | World News – Hindustan Times

  1. ‘If war breaks out…’: Afghanistan's big warning to Pakistan as peace talks fall flat again | World News  Hindustan Times
  2. Afghanistan-Pakistan peace talks collapse, ceasefire continues, Taliban says  Reuters
  3. Afghanistan’s Taliban blames ‘irresponsible’ Pakistan as peace talks fail  Al Jazeera
  4. Pakistan–Afghanistan peace talks in Istanbul fail amid rising border tensions  AP News
  5. Pakistan Will Not Succeed In Any Covert Op Against Afghanistan: Taliban Spokesperson | Exclusive | World News  News18
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Pakistan–Afghanistan peace talks in Istanbul fail amid rising border tensions – AP News

  1. Pakistan–Afghanistan peace talks in Istanbul fail amid rising border tensions  AP News
  2. Afghanistan-Pakistan peace talks collapse, ceasefire continues, Taliban says  Reuters
  3. Afghanistan’s Taliban blames ‘irresponsible’ Pakistan as peace talks fail  Al Jazeera
  4. 'Ready For War': Taliban Warns Pakistan After Istanbul Talks Collapse Again  NDTV
  5. 'Against stable and strong Afghanistan': Taliban slams Pak army; accuses it of 'creating tensions'  The Times of India
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Thousands of Chinese lured abroad and forced to be scammers – now Beijing is cracking down – BBC

  1. Thousands of Chinese lured abroad and forced to be scammers - now Beijing is cracking down  BBC
  2. China sentences 5 to death for building, running criminal gang fraud centers in Myanmar's lawless borderlands  CBS News
  3. China sentences 5 Myanmar scam kingpins to death  The Record from Recorded Future News
  4. China to execute casino kingpin, four others in multibillion-dollar criminal case  igamingbusiness.com
  5. Chinese scammers sentenced to death as HK seizes Prince Bank assets  ucanews.com
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‘Loophole’ in sanctions allowing Russian oil to be imported to Australia through port part-owned by Macquarie Bank

Australia stopped buying fuel directly from Russia after its invasion of Ukraine but has imported more than 3m tonnes of its oil products since 2023

Millions of tonnes of Russian oil have been traded through a port part-owned by Macquarie Bank and potentially sold on to Australian businesses, new data shows.

The identification of a new link between Australia and the trade in Russian-origin products exposes further gaps in government sanctions, as Australia lags behind the EU and the UK in tightening import rules.

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Russian attacks target nuclear substations, kill seven, Ukraine says – Reuters

  1. Russian attacks target nuclear substations, kill seven, Ukraine says  Reuters
  2. Ukraine facing widespread power cuts after generating capacity reduced to ‘zero’ by Russian attacks  The Guardian
  3. Russian Bombardment Causes Large Outages in Ukraine’s Big Cities  The New York Times
  4. Six die as Russia targets energy and residential sites in Ukraine  BBC
  5. Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,354  Al Jazeera
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Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities kill at least seven

Volodymr Zelenskyy calls for more sanctions on Moscow after 45 missiles and 450 drones launched at Ukraine

Russia launched a barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight, killing at least seven people and damaging energy infrastructure in three regions, according to Ukrainian officials.

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said Russia had launched more than 450 drones and 45 missiles, most of which were shot down.

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Syria carries out preemptive raids against Islamic State

Security operations came as Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in Washington to meet Donald Trump

Syria has carried out nationwide preemptive operations targeting Islamic State cells, a spokesperson for the interior ministry said on Saturday, as the country’s president arrived in the US for talks with Donald Trump.

Syrian security forces carried out 61 raids, with 71 people arrested and explosives and weapons seized, the spokesperson told state-run Al Ekhbariya TV.

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Ukraine’s battle with Russia for Pokrovsk at pivotal point – DW

  1. Ukraine's battle with Russia for Pokrovsk at pivotal point  DW
  2. Russian forces are poised to finally capture Pokrovsk, a symbolically important victory with a heavy cost  CNN
  3. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 8, 2025  Institute for the Study of War
  4. Russia infiltrates Pokrovsk with new tactics that test Ukraine’s drones  Al Jazeera
  5. Russia’s New War of Attrition  Geopolitical Futures
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