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The top spokesman for the Taliban regime of Afghanistan, Zabihullah Mujahid, repeated the terrorist organization’s claims on Monday that the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K), the jihadists’ Afghan affiliate, had been “significantly weakened” in the country under Taliban rule.

The head of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) claimed on Tuesday that America, Britain, and Ukraine conspired to execute the slaughter of nearly 140 people at a concert hall in the suburbs of Moscow on Friday.

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Monday passed a non-binding resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for a deadly ambush on a military convoy in Niger, in which 23 soldiers were killed and 17 wounded.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova published an outraged screed on Sunday claiming that the American government was “bailing out” Ukraine by blaming the Islamic State terrorist organization for the massacre of over  130 people at a concert hall outside of Moscow on Friday.

French President Emmanuel Macron said he has offered Russia “increased cooperation” to combat terrorism in the wake of the Moscow terror attack.

The Chinese state propaganda Global Times newspaper blamed President Joe Biden’s disastrous extension of the 20-year Afghan war and subsequent Taliban conquest of Kabul for creating the conditions to allow a harrowing terrorist attack in Moscow on Friday, which the Islamic State claimed responsibility for.

France raised its terror threat warning to its highest level on Sunday evening in the wake of the suspected ISIS attack on a Moscow concert hall that left at least 137 dead.

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that ISIS-K would love to commit a terror attack in the United States like the one in Moscow that killed at least 133 people.

Ukraine’s military claimed to have hit two Russian Black Sea Fleet warships near Crimea as well as having struck a communications centre in Sevastopol.

Russia launched its third massive missile attack on Ukraine in the past four days, and the second to target the capital of Kyiv.

Vladimir Putin vowed to punish those behind a “barbaric terrorist attack” on a Moscow concert hall and claimed four gunmen were captured trying to flee to Ukraine.

Russia unleashed one of its most devastating attacks on Ukraine’s electric sector on Friday in retaliation for recent strikes inside Russia.

Russia on Saturday said it had arrested 11 people — including four gunmen — over the attack on a Moscow concert hall claimed by ISIS.

The Ukraine “special military operation” is a “de facto” war, Russia admitted for the first time, while blaming the West for the escalation.

The Biden Administration attempted to pass a resolution at the United Nations Security Council on Friday that tried to pressure Israel into accepting a temporary ceasefire in Gaza — and Russia and China vetoed it anyway.

Representatives from China and Russia worked out a deal for safe passage with the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen.

A terrorist attack on the Crocus City concert hall and mall in Moscow, Russia, on Friday night that has reportedly not concluded at press time has left “over 100 casualties,” the Russian outlet RT reported.

The Ukrainian government is reportedly considering an end to its “International Sponsors of War” blacklist, which lists major companies that are passively funding the Russian invasion by continuing to do business in Russia, because China and France strongly object to the naming and shaming of their corporations.

Russia attacked electrical power facilities in much of Ukraine, including the country’s largest hydroelectric plant.

Slovenia is expelling the Russian diplomat over “activities incompatible with the diplomatic status,” the ministry said in a statement.

Air defenses shot down all the incoming missiles, though 13 people including a child were injured by falling wreckage, Ukraine said.

Border region plans to evacuate about 9,000 children because it is being continuously shelled from the Ukrainian side, an official said.

The EU is pressing ahead with a plan to use the profits generated from billions of euros of Russian assets to buy weapons for Ukraine.

GENEVA (AP) — Russian and Belarusian athletes will not be allowed to take part in the traditional parade at the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics, the IOC said Tuesday.

Speaking with Nigel Farage, Donald Trump accused NATO allies of taking “advantage” of America by relying on U.S. taxpayers to protect them.

“If we want peace, we must prepare for war” says top European Union figure, saying bloc needs to speak “the language of power” to Russia. 

Konstantin Koltsov, former Pittsburgh Penguin and boyfriend of tennis star Aryna Sabalenka, has died, according to his Russian hockey team.

Vladimir Putin suggested that Russia may seek to extend a buffer zone into Ukrainian territory to prevent strikes on Russian territory.

At least 13 miners have been trapped in a collapsed gold mine in far eastern Russia, regional officials said Tuesday.

Small Euro state Latvia gives support to Emmanuel Macron, saying “We need to make sure that Ukraine wins in this war.”

A senior leader within the Yemeni Houthi terrorist organization claimed in remarks on Sunday that Russia, China, and other members of the BRICS geopolitical coalition are cooperating with the Houthis to achieve “the historic defeat of the US, the UK and the West.”

A growing list of human rights violators and authoritarian regimes around the world published messages congratulating Russian strongman Vladimir Putin on his overwhelming “victory” in a three-day sham presidential election that concluded on Sunday.

Russian President, emboldened by election ‘win’ mentions Navalny by name for first time and claims he planned a prisoner exchange.

Putin is poised to extend his near quarter century of rule for six more years as early returns showed he had nearly 88 per cent of the vote.

The UK should reinstitute military conscription of British citizens to act as a deterrent against Russia, a NATO ally has urged.