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The move follows the 27 nation bloc’s decision to impose sanctions on 15 Iranian officials, including senior Revolutionary Guard commanders, for their role in the violent suppression of protests. New Delhi: The European Union has designated Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organisation following Tehran’s violent crackdown on nationwide protests, the bloc’s top diplomat said on Thursday. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the decision was taken unanimously by foreign ministers. She said a regime that kills thousands of its own people is ultimately working towards its own collapse. Iranian officials sanctioned by EU The listing comes after…

Ukrainian authorities reported on Thursday that a Russian drone strike in southern Zaporizhzhia region killed three people overnight. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Moscow is preparing another large-scale attack. Washington: US President Donald Trump has said that he has asked his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to not move forward with attacks on Kyiv for the next one week as the region witnesses frigid temperatures. This came after reports of Russia’s ardent strikes on critical infrastructure, including energy generating units, in the dead of winter. “I personally asked President Putin not to fire on Kyiv and the cities and towns…

The development comes days after Russia, Ukraine and the United States (US) held the first-ever trilateral talks between them in Abu Dhabi last week. Moscow: Russia has invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Moscow for talks to end the nearly four-year between the two sides, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Thursday. The development comes days after Russia, Ukraine and the United States (US) held the first-ever trilateral talks between them in Abu Dhabi last week. "We are talking about Moscow at this point," Peskov was quoted as saying by TASS. "In diplomatic language, any other speculations are moot."  This…

The meetings reportedly took place against the backdrop of worsening relations between the US and Canada. Tensions escalated last week after President Donald Trump clashed with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who accused Washington of contributing to a rupture in the global order. Washington: After an operation in Venezuela earlier this month to capture its president, Nicolas Maduro, Donald Trump is reportedly laying eyes on another neighbour's oil-rich territory. His administration officials have held discreet meetings with separatist groups from Alberta, Canada's oil-rich western province, even as relations between Washington and Ottawa have become increasingly strained, the Financial Times has reported. Leaders…