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India and Russia on Tuesday discussed plans to end the Ukraine conflict peacefully as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his annual summit meeting with President Vladimir Putin in Kremlin, referred to the death of innocent children in war and terror attacks. «Any person who believes in humanity feels pain when people die, and especially when innocent children die. When we feel such pain, the heart simply explodes, and I had the opportunity to talk about these issues with you yesterday,» Modi said, adding that a «solution cannot be found on the battlefield». The PM said: «For a bright future, war is not a solution. India is in favour of peace. I am hopeful of peace. Ready to cooperate for peace,» Modi said. Briefing the media, foreign secretary Vinay Kwatra said the two leaders discussed several ideas on addressing the Ukraine conflict.

Russia’s crypto mining capacity could grow by a further 6.9 gigawatts (GW), the nation’s grid operator has claimed.

Ukraine war: Russia's air defence systems destroyed 36 drones that Ukraine launched overnight targeting several regions in Russia's southwest, the Russian defence ministry said on Sunday.

Showing the Position on Map In a noteworthy move ahead of SCO summit and Indian PM’s Moscow visit, Russian stateowned media Sputnik has published a map of SCO member states and dialogue partners that displayed PoK as part of India. Clearly, the message can’t be missed, and the move may not go down well with either Pakistan or China, both SCO members. Russia has always maintained that the entire Kashmir is part of India.

Candidates in France are making their last campaign pushes for the first round of voting in a pivotal and polarizing legislative election

European Union on Thursday, disbursed Euro 1.9 billion for Ukraine amid its ongoing conflict with Russia. European Union President Ursula von der Leyen, said that the fund under the Ukraine Facility is aimed to keep the Ukrainian state running as they «fight for freedom.»

Officials say a passenger train derailment in northern Russia has killed three people and injured dozens

Russia's war against Ukraine has led many people in neighboring Poland to invest in gold

Russia’s Sberbank says that crypto and blockchain-powered services represent the “future” of banking in the country.

arrest warrants for Russia's chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, and former defence minister Sergei Shoigu. Warrants were issued for the alleged war crimes of directing attacks at civilian objects and causing excessive incidental harm to civilians, as well as the crime against humanity of «inhumane acts» in Ukraine, the ICC said in a statement. ICC judges said there were «reasonable grounds to believe that the two suspects bear responsibility for missile strikes carried out by the Russian armed forces against the Ukrainian electric infrastructure from at least 10 October 2022 until at least 9 March 2023.»

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda is in China on a visit that brings the leader of a NATO member to a country that has backed Russia in its full-on invasion of Ukraine

The cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has denied it is a security threat after the U.S. Commerce Department banned the use of its software in the United States

Russian strikes on Ukraine's eastern city of Kharkiv on Sunday, regional governor Oleh Synehubov said. «The occupiers have conducted strikes on the civilian infrastructure of Kharkiv,» Synehubov wrote on Telegram, adding that the strikes appeared to have been conducted with glide bombs. Russia has regularly bombed Kharkiv throughout Moscow's 28-month full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Moscow may change the timing for use of its nuclear weapons if threats against Russia increase, the RIA state news agency cited Andrei Kartapolov, the head of the Russian lower house's defence committee, as saying on Sunday. The former general's comments follow recent warnings by President Vladimir Putin that Moscow may change its nuclear doctrine, which lays out the conditions in which such weapons could be used. «If we see that the challenges and threats increase, it means that we can correct something in (the doctrine) regarding the timing of the use of nuclear weapons and the decision to make this use,» the agency quoted Kartapolov as saying.

Nigel Farage, the leader of Britain's right-wing Reform UK party, said the eastward of expansion of the European Union and NATO had provoked Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. The remarks, made in an interview with the BBC aired late on Friday, drew strong criticism across the British political spectrum ahead of a July 4 election in which Farage's party is predicted to win millions of votes.

Kremlin on Friday criticised the US decision to ban Moscow's cybersecurity firm Kaspersky over security concerns as creating "unfair competition" from American companies. The comments came a day after Washington banned the firm, saying it presented a "national security risk."

cybersecurity firm Kaspersky denied Friday that it is a security threat after the U.S. Commerce Department banned the use of its software in the United States. The Moscow-based company — whose CEO Eugene Kaspersky is Russian — said in a statement that the Commerce Department's decision would not affect its ability to sell and promote its cyber security products and training in the U.S.

Gold prices were flat on Friday but were on track for their second straight weekly gain as weak economic data from the U.S. boosted expectations that the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates this year. FUNDAMENTALS

South Korea says it will consider sending arms to Ukraine after Russia and North Korea rattled the region and beyond by signing a pact to come to each other’s defense in the event of war

Western Moscow Exchange sanctions look set to drive up Russian interest in cryptoassets such as USDT, a survey of traders and investors has found.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Vietnam to strengthen ties with its longtime partner in Southeast Asia at a time when Moscow is facing growing international isolation because of its military actions in Ukraine