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Putin visits Japan-claimed Etorofu for first time as Kuril Islands dispute erupts again before war anniversary
Vladimir Putin’s first visit to the disputed island Russia calls Iturup and Japan calls Etorofu has triggered a formal protest from Tokyo, reopening one of Asia’s oldest territorial disputes just as Russian military activity, North Korean missile launches and Japanese defence expansion raise tensions across the western Pacific.
Ukraine offers Russia Black Sea truce as grain exports collapse 76% and food supply fears rise
Ukraine has proposed a halt to attacks on civilian Black Sea targets after strikes on ports and commercial vessels sent its grain exports plunging 76%, while Russia’s own export infrastructure has come under increasingly heavy Ukrainian attack.
Russian attack damages key Danube grain port as Romania scrambles fighter jets
Russia strikes Ukraine’s Izmail grain port as Romania scrambles jets, while exports plunge 76% and Kyiv seeks more Patriot missiles.
Poland says it foiled Russian intelligence assassination plot targeting Ukrainian-American in Warsaw
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says security services arrested a Russian citizen allegedly recruited by Russian intelligence to assassinate a Ukrainian-American man in Warsaw, deepening concern over covert operations targeting Poland as it remains a crucial hub for Western support to Ukraine.
Oman oil spill reaches coast as 800,000-barrel Russian shadow tanker salvage begins near whale reserve
Salvage teams are racing to secure the sanctioned tanker Caroline Bezengi after Russian crude leaking into the Arabian Sea reached Oman’s coastline, threatening the protected Hallaniyat Islands and one of the world’s rarest humpback whale populations.
Putin threatens to seize European vessels as Russia-EU shadow fleet confrontation moves to sea
Vladimir Putin says Russia could retaliate against European seizures of Russian-linked merchant ships by detaining vessels connected with hostile states, escalating a sanctions dispute that is increasingly drawing naval forces into commercial shipping routes.
Bashar al-Assad sentenced to death in Syria, but Russia asylum leaves justice dilemma unresolved
A Damascus court has sentenced Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher to death in absentia for murder, torture and crimes against humanity, delivering Syria’s first conviction of its former president while raising new questions over extradition, fair trials and transitional justice.
Russia frees former US Marine Robert Gilman after four years in detention
Russia frees former US Marine Robert Gilman after four years in detention as Trump says Putin granted a humanitarian pardon with no prisoner swap.
Russia uses North Korean missiles in deadly Ukraine strikes as Pyongyang support expands
Russia’s Ukraine strikes kill at least 10 as Zelensky says North Korean ballistic missiles were used and warns Pyongyang is sending more weapons.
Russia bars anti-war Yabloko from State Duma election as Ukraine war dissent narrows further
Russia’s Supreme Court has barred liberal opposition party Yabloko from the September 20 parliamentary election after accepting a lawsuit alleging campaign violations, removing the only registered party openly opposing Moscow’s war in Ukraine from the national ballot.