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Trump calls for replacing Ukraine's Zelenskyy in tussle over diesel deal with Russia

Donald Trumppresident
I suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal because he could have made many deals and for some reason he never does,
Donald Trumppresident
We said, 'you can do whatever you want to Russia, don't hit the refineries', because that's a world problem that's caused,
Volodymyr Zelenskyypresident
Today, Russia expressed its thanks for the lifting of sanctions on diesel exports by dropping five glide bombs on residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia”.

12 killed and over 300 hurt in latest attack on Riyadh airport, Saudi authorities say

Donald Trumppresident
We’ll find out.”
These reprehensible attacks demonstrate a blatant disregard for innocent civilian life. They must stop now,

Poland suspects assassination attempts on PM, defense minister

Members of the police, state protection service (SOP) and internal security agency were present at the meeting Sunday

Jacek Dobrzynskithe meeting, special services spokesperson
We are treating this matter as deadly serious,
Karolina Galeckax, interior ministry spokesperson
Following information received by the Polish Police regarding a possible attack on Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński, and the Minister-Coordinator of Special Services, Tomasz Siemoniak, have ordered action to be taken in this matter,

Mahmoud Abbas postpones Palestinian legislative elections another year

The postponement leaves entrenched Palestinian leaders unchallenged and threatens to further erode the Palestinian Authority’s credibility among ordinary Palestinians and donor countries who fund it

Abbas is terrified by the electoral alliance bringing our faction together with opposition factions and forces within Fatah that reject his leadership,

South African-born jurist Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize for work in international justice

Her win is sure to be seen as a high-profile rebuke to U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who have both rejected the findings of the U.N. commission she led on Gaza

The Nobel Peace Prize has been forever discredited by a handful of radical ideologues who are anti-democracy and really enemies of civilisation,
Nelson Mandelaanti-apartheid leader
We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians,

7.7 magnitude earthquake shakes Panama, prompting evacuations

We felt it very strongly. It knocked things over in the kitchen, but we’re okay, though we’re very scared,
José Raúl Mulinopresident
What happened should not be used to cause alarm or disorder.”

US imposes sanctions on International Criminal Court, hours after former judge wins Nobel

Marco Rubiosecretary
Either the ICC will end its threats, or we will end the ICC. We expect our allies, many of whom are part of the ICC and that rely on American service members for their defense, to rein in the court,
Marco Rubiosecretary
President Trump will never allow the International Criminal Court to prosecute Americans,
An international legal system in which war criminals are held to account, and the victims of abuse see justice served is a precondition for a peaceful world,
Nazhat Shameema Fijian diplomat, lawyer and former judge who is a deputy prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) since 2022
The sanctions are intended to undermine the rule of law internationally and the work that an independent judicial institution is doing,
The Court cannot stand alone. Its fate now rests also in the hands of the states that created it,

Flydubai co-pilot planned suicide attack on Tel Aviv airport: UAE prosecutor

Passengers described rushing the cockpit and a fight for control after the plane suddenly plunged by around 5,000 metres (17,000 feet)

India cracks down on youth protests as anger grows against Modi and election chief

The pre-planned interception by Delhi Police aims to cripple the leadership of today's peaceful demonstrations before they even reach the protest site,
We are a democracy, yet peaceful protests are being crushed by force. Shouldn't we fight for our rights

Experts see no quick fix to Korea-US intelligence rift

We make it clear once again that, aside from some information that led to the intelligence-sharing restrictions already acknowledged by our government, South Korea and the U.S. are actively cooperating across a wide range of areas, including Pyongyang's missiles, conventional military capabilities and what is happening in North Korea, as well as international relations, cybersecurity and counterintelligence,
Sung-Wook Namresearcher
The U.S. is showing a deep-seated distrust toward key figures such as Unification Minister Chung Dong-young and NIS chief Lee Jong-seok in the Lee Jae Myung administration and claiming that they cannot have high-level intelligence-sharing meetings. It is worrisome as it is also fundamentally hurting the allies,
As the South Korea-U.S. alliance shifts from a traditional hierarchical structure toward a mutually beneficial strategic partnership, friction has emerged as Washington adjusts to this new paradigm,
With the narrative surrounding South Korea-U.S. relations being weaponized for domestic political gains in both Seoul and Washington, it is necessary to take a sober approach. The conflicts need to be decoupled and resolved individually,

Cheong Wa Dae makes rare disclosure of Lee's golf outing ahead of opposition attack

Joo Jin-wooopposition lawmaker
They admitted it only 10 minutes before my news conference, after we secured photographic evidence from inside the golf course,
Who can foresee an accident before it happens?”
We regret that the president’s private, undisclosed schedule is being used for political disputes,