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improvised explosive device, targeting a convoy of foreign diplomats, killed a policeman and injured three others in Pakistan's restive northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday. The blast triggered through a remote hit the convoy that was travelling to the scenic mountainous Malam Jabba in Swat district from Islamabad. A senior police officer said that all the diplomats were safe. The convoy included diplomats from Russia, Vietnam, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Portugal.

China, Iran, North Korea and Russia in an open conflict, reported Fox News.

drone attack set multiple Russian arms depots ablaze, including one deep inside the country, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed for quick action from the United States to send more weapons ahead of his visit to the White House with a multi-point "victory plan." Ukraine launched over 100 drones at Russia and occupied Crimea overnight, Russian news reports and the Defense Ministry said Saturday. The strikes set an arms depot on fire that appeared to be in the same town as one struck by Ukrainian drones early Wednesday, injuring 13 people and also causing a huge blaze. Arms and ammunition depots were also hit in southwestern Russia, sparking speculation that missiles supplied to Moscow by North Korea may have been destroyed.

KLW Wheelco has supplied 2,000 Ukrainian-make forged wheels to the Indian Railways in the past few weeks, said a senior Indian government official. This is the first such delivery from the war-torn nation since the Russia-Ukraine conflict started in early 2022. The development comes close on the heels of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to Kyiv where he met with his counterpart, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. «Another 3,500 forged wheels are on their way from Ukraine. Orders for 10,000 forged wheels worth ₹72 crore have been placed with the Swiss company earlier this year,» the official told ET. These wheels are being manufactured in Dnipro (Ukraine) by Interpipe Group, a global producer of steel pipes and railway wheels. The wheels are for Bogie Open Wagon with Air Brakes (BOXN wagons), which are largely used for carrying goods such as coal, and are being loaded from an Ukrainian port in the Black Sea.

Kyiv: The European Union (EU) pledged on Friday to lend Ukraine up to ₹35 billion ($39 billion) as part of a loan package organised by the Group of Seven major industrial nations, as it seeks to help the country rebuild its economy and its war-shattered power grid. G7 leaders agreed in June to engineer a $50 billion loan to help Ukraine in its fight for survival. Interest earned on profits from Russia's frozen central bank assets would be used as collateral, but progress in distributing the loans has been slow. «We should make Russia pay for the destruction it caused,» European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told reporters at a news conference in Kyiv with President Vlodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv. Von der Leyen said that the EU has already provided Ukraine with more than ₹118 billion euros ($132 billion) in military and economic assistance since the war began in February 2022, «but Russia's relentless attacks mean further support is necessary.»

Russia legalised so-called «grey» or «parallel» imports to allow goods to enter the country without the brands' permission after Western companies such as iPhone maker Apple imposed export bans in 2022 in response to the war in Ukraine. Lyudmila Semushina, a spokesperson for electronics retailer restore:, said the iPhones going on sale this month had arrived in Russia from «all over», without naming specific countries.

its enemy Russia can spy on both messages and users, a top security body said on Friday. The National Security and Defence Council announced the restrictions after Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine's GUR military intelligence agency, presented the Council with evidence of Russian special services' ability to snoop on the platform, it said in a statement. But Andriy Kovalenko, head of the security council's centre on countering disinformation, posted on Telegram that the restrictions apply only to official devices, not personal phones.

The European Union is ready to lend Ukraine up to $39 billion as part of a loan package organized by the Group of Seven major industrial nations

European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen is traveling to war-ravaged Ukraine with the promise of 160 million euros in fresh energy funds to get the nation through the winter

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India on Thursday described as «inaccurate» a media report that said artillery shells sold by Indian arms manufacturers have been diverted by European customers to Ukraine and New Delhi has not intervened to stop it. «We have seen the Reuters report. It is speculative and misleading. It implies violations by India, where none exist and hence, is inaccurate and mischievous,» Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said. He said India has an «impeccable» track record of compliance with international obligations on the export of military and dual-use items. «India has been carrying out its defence exports taking into account its international obligations on non-proliferation and based on its own robust legal and regulatory framework, which includes a holistic assessment of relevant criteria, including end-user obligations and certifications,» Jaiswal said.

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Inflation in the U.K. held steady at an annual rate of 2.2% in August with higher air fares offset by lower fuel costs and restaurant and hotel bills

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U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump was seen as a liability by some soldiers and volunteers in Ukraine, where he offered to recruit Afghans into the Ukrainian military, a former soldier told Reuters on Tuesday. Ryan Routh, 58, who was arrested about 40 minutes after the incident on Sunday at one of the former president's Florida golf courses, publicly backed Ukraine and spent time in Kyiv after Russia launched its invasion in 2022. «He was delusional… he had this idea that he was the only one who knew how to help Ukraine,» Evelyn Aschenbrenner, a former soldier in Ukraine's International Legion, told Reuters via Zoom from Lviv.

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The U.S. Attorney’s office in Boston says two men are being charged with illegal smuggling and conspiring to violate export controls by sending equipment to Russia's nuclear energy industry

Meta is banning Russia state media organization from its social media company platforms, alleging that the outlets used deceptive tactics to amplify Moscow’s propaganda

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has met with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni in Rome

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