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Iran Widens Attacks on Gulf Energy Sites With Strike That Shuts Kuwait Refinery

The widening conflict is beginning to curb Gulf energy output, triggering sharper U.S. responses.

Ukraine Says Strikes Hit Russian Aircraft Plants in Ulyanovsk and Novgorod

Ukraine Strikes Bryansk Microelectronics Plant With Storm Shadow Missiles

Ukraine Says Novorossiysk Strike Disabled Russia’s Admiral Essen From Firing Kalibr Missiles

Russia Says It Downed 148 Ukrainian Drones as Moscow Air Traffic Disrupted and Trilateral Talks Gather Pace

Russia Launches 50 Missiles and 300 Drones at Ukraine, Hitting Energy Grid

Ukraine Endures Massive Overnight Barrage as U.S. Pushes New Talks

Jaishankar Sets India’s Munich Agenda: Trade Consolidation, UN Reform, Quad Continuity

Russia, Ukraine and U.S. Set Geneva Talks for Feb. 17–18

Europe Becomes Mainstay of Ukraine Aid as U.S. Support Collapses, IfW Finds

Russian Barrage Batters Ukraine’s Power Grid as Ukrainian Drones Hit Sites Inside Russia

Russia Pounds Ukraine’s Power Grid With Massive Drone and Missile Barrage

New CSIS Report Finds Russia’s Ukraine Advance Crawling at 15–70 Meters a Day

Pope Leo XIV Condemns Ongoing Attacks in Ukraine in January 25 Angelus

U.S., Russia and Ukraine End First Trilateral Talks in Abu Dhabi, Next Round Set for Feb. 1

IAEA Brokers Local Ceasefire to Repair Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Plant’s Backup Power Line

Hundreds of Kyiv Buildings Still Without Heat as Russia Renews Strikes and UN Rebukes Missile Use

Russia Fires Nuclear-Capable Oreshnik in Mass Strike on Ukraine, Killing Four in Kyiv

Freeland Leaves Canadian Parliament to Advise Zelenskyy on Ukraine’s Economy

Russia Presses OPCW on Expert Visit, Plans 2026 Push to Counter Western Influence