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LATEST NEWS Feb 13, 2025

Trump Says He And Putin Agreed To 'Start Negotiations Immediately' On Ending War In Ukraine U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine, stepping up his push to broker a peace deal and saying he and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed their teams would "start negotiations immediately" on ending the war in Ukraine. ... Read More

Hegseth Says Return To Ukraine's Pre-2014 Borders 'Unrealistic' U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says it's "unrealistic" to expect Ukraine's borders to return to their pre-2014 positions after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv could offer Moscow territory seized by Ukrainian forces in Russia's Kursk region in exchange for land occupied by Russia. ... Read More

Hegseth Calls on NATO Allies to Lead Europe's Security, Rules Out Support for Ukraine Membership Stating that the U.S. does not believe NATO membership for Ukraine would be a "realistic" outcome of any negotiated peace settlement with Russia, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, called on NATO allied countries to increase their defense spending and take the lead in providing for Ukraine and Europe's security. ... Read More

Negotiators work to preserve Israel-Hamas ceasefire While mediators were working to preserve a fragile ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, Israel called up military reservists and the nation's defense minister echoed U.S. President Donald Trump's threat that "all hell would break out" if hostages were not released Saturday. ... Read More

Russia Scores Huge Geopolitical Triumph with Sudan Base Sudan and Russia have reached a mutual understanding regarding the agreement on Moscow's naval base, with both sides finalizing all necessary terms, Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Youssef Ahmed al-Sharif announced following talks with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, in Moscow. ... Read More

New US intelligence chief promises to deliver for Trump U.S. President Donald Trump's effort to overhaul the country's intelligence apparatus appears set to move forward, with lawmakers confirming Tulsi Gabbard as the nation's next director of national intelligence. ... Read More

Taiwan to scale up annual military drill as China tensions mount Taiwan is going to increase the scale of its main annual military exercise by mobilizing more reserve brigades, amid media reports that the number of Chinese military aircraft entering the airspace around Taiwan has doubled since the inauguration of President Lai Ching-te in May last year. ... Read More

CMSA unveils official names for spacesuits and lunar vehicle in China's manned moon mission Wangyu and Tansuo, meaning "Looking into the Universe" and "Exploration," respectively, were officially unveiled by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on Wednesday as the names of the spacesuits and manned lunar vehicle for the country's manned moon exploration mission, set to take place before 2030. ... Read More

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