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At least 25 people, including three children, were killed in a Russian drone and missile assault on Ternopil, in western Ukraine, overnight on Wednesday (19November2025), according to Ukrainian rescue services.
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What We’re Watching: US apparently drafts covert plan to end Ukraine war, World’s most valuable firm set for earnings call, Sectarian violence trials begin in Syria

The US has apparently been secretly drafting plans with Russia to end the war in Ukraine, per Axios, raising questions of whether Ukraine would accept a deal made without its input.

​FILE PHOTO: Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport before the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit, in Beijing, China September 3, 2024.
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US sanctions Sudanese leader

The United States on Thursday imposed financial sanctions on Sudan's army chief, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.

People take part in New Year celebrations near the Spasskaya Tower of the Kremlin and St. Basil’s Cathedral in central Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 1, 2025.
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AI election interference spurs US sanctions

The United States has imposed sanctions on two organizations in Iran and Russia, accusing them of attempting to interfere in the 2024 presidential election through AI-fueled disinformation campaigns.

​EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. A security personnel looks on at oil docks at the port of Kalantari in the city of Chabahar, 300km (186 miles) east of the Strait of Hormuz January 17, 2012.
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India risks US sanctions over a new Iran port

On Monday, India signed a 10-year-long agreement to operate and develop Iran’s Chabahar port.