🌐 Pakistan, Saudi Arabia launch strategic bid to reshape regional security

🗣 In a move to extend its security influence, Pakistan is partnering with Saudi Arabia to build a broader coalition, Dr Maria Sultan, an advisor to the Pakistani Ministry of Defence on Strategic and Military affairs, told Sputnik.

Nations like Egypt, Indonesia, and Malaysia are next in line for potential alliances, she noted.

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🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIAN MOD UPDATE: HUGE GAINS AND DEVASTATING UKRAINIAN LOSSES

🟠 Russian air and missile firepower pounded Ukrainian energy infrastructure supporting the Kiev regime’s forces, as well as ammunition depots and temporary deployment points for Ukrainian troops and foreign mercenaries, striking 142 locations

🟠 Russia’s Dnepr battlegroup demolished Ukraine's Kupol-M1 radar station

🟠 Air defense superiority: four US-produced HIMARS rockets, nine guided aerial bombs and 224 UAVs were vaporized by Russian air defense systems over the past 24 hours

🟠 Ukrainian losses: around 1,240 troops killed or wounded

Read about the origins of Russia's special military op HERE

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🪖🇵🇰 Pakistan’s defense export strategy: indigenize East & West, capture a niche

Rather than challenging market leaders head-on, Pakistan is pursuing a niche strategy, Dr. Maria Sultan, an advisor to the Pakistani Ministry of Defence on Strategic and Military affairs, explained to Sputnik.

The goal, she said, is to create tailored solutions for itself and the Global South—not to replace industry giants.

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✍️ Which countries have signed US-led Gaza Peace Board charter?

The charter for US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace for Gaza was signed by 19 countries and the self-proclaimed state of Kosovo at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

The Board, announced by Trump on January 16, includes US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, former British prime minister Tony Blair and World Bank President Ajay Banga.

It follows a UN Security Council resolution in November 2025 supporting Trump’s Gaza plan, which includes a temporary international government.

Russian has been invited to join the board and is currently reviewing the proposal, President Vladimir Putin said.

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🛩 🇵🇰 Sanctions forced Pakistan to build its own fighter jet

💥 The result? The JF-17 Thunder.

"An example of what sanctions can do to you," Dr. Maria Sultan, an advisor to the Pakistani Ministry of Defence on Strategic and Military affairs, told Sputnik.

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🚨🇺🇸 Trump won’t fall for European ploys to derail Ukraine peace settlement - Russian intel chief

US President Donald Trump has plenty of political savvy to see through and push back against his so-called European "allies" over Ukraine, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Director Sergei Naryshkin told Sputnik.

💬 "They are trying to persuade him that Russia is allegedly not interested in peace. But, as we can see, the President of the United States still has enough political acumen to not fall for the provocations from these so-called allies,'" Naryshkin explained.

The "Coalition of the willing" is trying to derail the peace process on Ukraine, with some European leaders pressing the US to become the main sponsor of the Kiev regime, he added.

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🔥🇷🇺 Russia hits key railway bridge over Seim River

It was crucial for Ukrainian forces in Sumy region.

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🚨 The plane carrying US special envoy Witkoff landed at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow

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📹LIVE NOW: US special envoy Witkoff arrives at the Kremlin for talks with Putin 🇷🇺🇺🇸

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📹 Witkoff's motorcade arrives at the Kremlin for Ukraine talks

US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have entered the Kremlin for a scheduled meeting with President Putin on the Ukrainian settlement.

This marks Witkoff’s 7th visit to Moscow since the start of the Trump administration.

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🤝 Putin's meeting with Witkoff and Kushner started at the Kremlin

Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov and special envoy Kirill Dmitriev are participating in the meeting.

Josh Gruenbaum, the Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner, is also taking part in the talks from the US side.

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💬 Trump announces US bid for World Expo 2035 in Miami, taps Marco Rubio to lead

President Trump declared the United States will bid to host World Expo 2035 in Miami, appointing Miami-native Secretary of State Marco Rubio to chair the effort.

Trump framed the bid as part of a "new Golden Age of America," promising "thousands of jobs" and "billions in growth."

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🤝 Putin's meeting with Witkoff has already lasted over an hour

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🗣 Trump on Greenland deal: 'We can do everything we want'

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🔊 Trump called Putin's proposal to allocate $1B from frozen Russian assets to the Board of Peace "very interesting."

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