The United States and Ukraine have agreed to the terms on a deal over natural resources and reconstruction, CNN reported citing a Ukrainian official.

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In India, amid chants of 'Har Har Mahadev,' thousands of devotees thronged the Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj on Wednesday for the last sacred dip of the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh.

Meanwhile, the White House on Tuesday announced that it will take control over which "very privileged" news organisations and journalists are permitted to be a part of Donald Trump's presidential press pool.

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Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv and Washington reach deal on rare minerals, reports suggest

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on February 25, 2025 shows US President Donald Trump (L) on February 24, 2025, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) on February 23, 2025. Photograph: (AFP)

The United States and Ukraine have agreed to terms on a deal over natural resources and reconstruction, CNN reported citing a Ukrainian official. This comes a day after President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (Feb 25) that his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky wants to come to Washington later this week suggesting a possible end to the three-year-old Russia-Ukraine war.

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Mahashivratri at Maha Kumbh Mela: Millions of devotees gather in Prayagraj for final 'amrit snan'

Pilgrims offer prayers after taking a holy dip in Sangam, the confluence of Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj on February 26, 2025. Photograph: (WION Web Team)

Amid chants of 'Har Har Mahadev,' thousands of devotees thronged the Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj on Wednesday (Feb 26) for the last sacred dip of the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh. The last bath coincides with the festival of Mahashivratri and is one of the most auspicious muhurats for the Amrit snan.

Freedom of Press under threat? White House will pick which journalists get the 'privilege' to cover Trump

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on February 25, 2025. Photograph: (AFP)

On Tuesday (Feb 25), the White House announced that it would take control over which "very privileged" news organisations and journalists would be permitted to cover Donald Trump in the presidential press pool.

Israeli hostage bodies to be exchanged for Palestinian prisoners as Tel Aviv agrees to resume swap

People walk around a makeshift memorial in front of portraits of late Israeli hostages Shiri (L), Ariel (CL), and Kfir (CR) Bibas, as well as Oded Lifshitz (R) at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on February 25, 2025. Photograph: (AFP) world

Israel-Hamas war: Mediators have brokered an agreement for the release of all Palestinian prisoners who were supposed to be released last week in exchange for the bodies of four Israeli hostages, Egyptian state-linked media reported late Tuesday (Feb 25).

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