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Orbán to press Trump for Hungary's exemption from new US sanctions on Russian oil
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Friday that he would try to persuade U.S. President Donald Trump to grant Hungary exemptions from Washington’s newly announced sanctions targeting Russian oil when he meets with the president next week.

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Russian oil company Lukoil to sell international assets in response to Trump sanctions
Trump Skips Russian Oil in Xi Talks, Eroding Sanctions Push
Trump Declines to Clarify if the US Will Conduct Tests of Its Nuclear Weapons
President Donald Trump declined to say Friday whether he plans to resume underground nuclear detonation tests, as he had seemed to suggest in a social media post this week that raised concerns the U....

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Trump declines to rule out underground nuclear tests
Trump orders Pentagon to restart nuclear weapons testing
Kremlin Reacts Cautiously to Trump's Nuclear Testing Remarks
"President Trump mentioned in his statement that other countries are engaged in testing nuclear weapons. Until now, we didn't know that anyone was testing," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told repor...

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Trump orders Pentagon to start testing nuclear weapons 'on an equal basis' with other countries
Donald Trump Says United States Will Start Testing Nuclear Weapons Again

What to know about the recent Russian nuclear-capable weapons testing

Questions have arisen after Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country tested two nuclear-capable weapons this week.

The Russian weapon that could turn Trump against Putin

A Russian test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile and a nuclear-powered torpedo capable of triggering “radioactive tsunamis” should have the West worried.

Ukrainian forces say small Russian infiltration teams are increasingly appearing out of nowhere and sowing chaos in their lines

Ukrainian soldiers told Business Insider the tactic is becoming increasingly frequent and a growing challenge.

Russian honeypot reveals how Putin’s sex spies seduce Silicon Valley nerds to learn secrets

Aliia Roza, a former Russian “sex spy” who claims she was trained to seduce and manipulate targets, said she studied persuasion tactics as a teenager.

Russian Forces Finally Break Through Into Key Eastern Ukrainian Stronghold

After more than a year of bloody assaults, hundreds of Russian troops are now fighting inside the city of Pokrovsk.

Chatbots Are Pushing Sanctioned Russian Propaganda

ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine, new research finds.

NATO fighter jets scrambled after Russian planes allegedly violate airspace

Spanish NATO jets were scrambled after two Russian aircraft reportedly violated Lithuanian airspace, escalating tensions amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Russian mobsters sentenced to 25 years for plot to assassinate Iranian dissident journalist

I’m a brave woman. I’m a strong woman. They couldn’t break me. But they brought fear to my life. These criminals turned my life upside down,” Masih Alinejad, an Iranian American journalist, said.
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G7 slams Russian attacks on energy as Ukraine decries ‘nuclear terrorism’

The group said Russian attacks are inflicting 'devastating social, environmental and economic consequences' on Ukraine.
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