• 02/24/2025

Trump sparks elation in Moscow, but some caution against overexuberance

Washington Post Russian officials cheered the phone call between Trump and Putin as a victory for their view that the United States and Russia alone should decide Ukraine’s fate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/13/trump-russia-ukraine-territory-peace-deal/

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Russian-American ballerina ‘in transit’ after US says she was wrongfully detained, boyfriend says

Fox News Russian-American ballerina Ksenia Karelina, who was sentenced to 12 years in Russian prison after donating just over $50 to a Ukrainian charity in early 2024, is “in transit,” her boyfriend tells Fox News, a day after American Marc Fogel was released in a prisoner swap. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) informed Karelina’s family…

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Former Hamas hostage’s mom says daughter was forced to fake her death for a propaganda video

Fox News Former Hamas hostage Daniella Gilboa was apparently forced to fake her own death for a propaganda video. In an interview with Israel’s Channel 12, Orly Gilboa, Daniella’s mother, detailed the horrifying ordeal. “One of the captors just came to her with a camera and said, ‘Daniella, today we’re going to film you dead.’…

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Russia claims Trump, Putin talk brought world from ‘brink of Apocalypse,’ EU warns of ‘dirty tricks’

Fox News Russia’s deputy chairman of the Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, on Thursday claimed that the recent discussion held between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin brought the world back from the “brink of the Apocalypse.” “It just so happened at some point that the U.S. appointed itself the country-in-chief on our planet…

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2,000-year-old Roman basilica found in London office basement

Washington Post Experts are surprised at how much of the basilica, or town hall, survived. The ancient building was part of Roman London’s political and commercial center. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/13/roman-basilica-london-office-basement/

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Russia launches fresh drone attack against Ukraine shortly after Trump-Putin phone call

Fox News Ukraine’s air force indicated in a Facebook post on Thursday that the Eastern European nation had been targeted in a drone attack overnight. “85 ENEMY UAVS SHOT, 52 DRONES FAILED TO REACH THEIR TARGETS (LOCATIONALLY LOST),” the top of the post read, according to a Google translation of the Ukrainian text. The announcement…

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Reagan’s ‘peace through strength’ doctrine can aid Trump administration with Taiwan policy, group says

Fox News A group led by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute (RRPFI) has issued a series of takeaways following its recent visit to Taiwan. The takeaways can be seen as a roadmap of ideas for the Trump administration. The eight-member delegation consisting of U.S. national security and business leaders concluded their strategic visit…

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Live briefing: Hamas says it will release Israeli hostages as planned

Washington Post Hamas said it would carry out the ceasefire agreement “according to the specified timetable,” reversing a vow to delay prisoner releases over alleged Israeli violations. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/13/hamas-hostages-gaza-ceasefire/

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Car plows into Munich crowd in ‘suspected attack,’ authorities say

Washington Post The car ramming occurred as authorities were on high alert after recent attacks, and as world leaders prepared to gather at the Munich Security Conference. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/13/munich-ramming-demonstration-attack/

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Live Updates: European Allies Insist That U.S. Talks With Russia Include Ukraine

New York Times At a NATO meeting in Brussels, defense ministers’ comments appeared to reflect concerns that President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia might sideline Ukraine in talks to end the war. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/13/world/russia-ukraine-war-trump

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