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22.02.2025 13:00 U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy for Ukraine says he held "extensive and positive" discussions with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the White House continues to explore a peace deal and also strike an agreement with Kyiv on accessing the country's valuable minerals in exchange for U.S. assistance.

22.02.2025 13:00 U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he expects Ukraine to accept soon a proposed deal that would include U.S. investments in its mineral assets to help recoup some U.S. defense funding.

22.02.2025 13:00 In the nearly three years since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the country's people have endured continuous attacks, "psychological terror...displacement and hardship", top UN aid coordinator Matthias Schmale said on Friday.

22.02.2025 13:00 North Korean troops that joined Moscow's forces about four months ago in Russia's border region of Kursk are estimated to have suffered considerable casualties in the war against Ukraine, which analysts attribute to their lack of front-line combat experience.

22.02.2025 13:00 President Donald Trump on February 21 fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and dismissed five other admirals and generals in an major shake-up of the top leadership of the U.S. military.

22.02.2025 13:00 This evening the President announced that he intends to nominate Lieutenant General Dan "Razin" Caine, USAF, for the position of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the nation's highest-ranking military officer, and the principal military advisor to the President, Secretary of Defense, and National Security Council.

22.02.2025 13:00 As the Secretary announced yesterday, the Department of Defense is re-evaluating our probationary workforce, consistent with the President's initiative to reform the Federal workforce to maximize efficiency and productivity.

22.02.2025 13:00 At a meeting of its Resilience Committee on 14 February 2025, NATO introduced its first Resilience Reference Curriculum to support efforts by NATO Allies and partners to strengthen their resilience against military and non-military threats and challenges to the Alliance's security and to their own national security. These can include natural disasters, disruption of critical infrastructure, or hybrid or armed attacks.

22.02.2025 13:00 The Kremlin has denied reports that Russian officials requested that the United States seek the withdrawal of NATO troops from countries near or bordering Russia.

22.02.2025 13:00 Israel prepared Saturday to receive six more hostages, the latest exchange to take place under a fragile ceasefire that was threatened this week by the return of a misidentified body.

22.02.2025 13:00 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested late Thursday there are ungoverned regions in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan that provide opportunities for extremist groups to operate.

22.02.2025 13:00 The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Friday demanding that the M23 rebels in eastern Congo immediately cease hostilities and withdraw from territories they have seized. The council also threatened sanctions on those who prolong the conflict.

22.02.2025 13:00 A Rwandan government minister and the spokesperson of the M23 rebel group were sanctioned Thursday by the United States for alleged involvement in the recent conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

22.02.2025 13:00 The continued occupation of North Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo by the M23 armed group has "severely constrained" the UN stabilisation force's ability to protect civilians and carry out lifesaving operations, the mission chief Bintou Keita told reporters on Friday.

22.02.2025 13:00 The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has launched a $40.4 million appeal to address the deepening humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its impact on neighbouring countries, particularly Burundi, where thousands are arriving daily in desperate conditions.