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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump understands the nuclear weapons threat and the necessity of nuclear deterrence negotiations, Executive Director of the Arms Control Association Daryl Kimball told Sputnik.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Relations between Russia and China are developing regardless of international situation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The US Treasury has issued a general license to sell American-made oil diluents to Venezuela, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said.

MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) - Colombia is ready to start supplying electricity to Venezuela, all the necessary capabilities already exist, Colombian President Gustavo Petro stated after a meeting with US President Donald Trump.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Israel will support an attack on Iran if the agreement between Tehran and Washington does not include measures to limit ballistic missile production and Iran's support for proxy groups in the region, the Financial Times newspaper reported, citing a source.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - British police launched a criminal investigation against former UK Ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson for leaking an internal government document to US financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Metropolitan Police Commander Ella Marriott said.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The administration of US President Donald Trump has accepted Tehran's request to move talks on the Iranian nuclear program from Turkiye to Oman, Axios journalist Barak Ravid reported on Wednesday, citing a source.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Libya's prosecutor general's office has confirmed that Libyan politician Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of former leader Muammar Gaddafi, was killed by gunshot wounds.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - It is too early to talk about the resumption of the full-scale work of the Arctic Council, Vladislav Maslennikov, director of the Department of European Issues at the Russian Foreign Ministry, told Sputnik.

Australia, which has been so eager to boost its defense spending budget, is hoping to unlock up to $1.8 billion to allow the Australian Defense Force to tackle critical capability gaps, reports ABC News.

The United States has sent a small group of soldiers to Nigeria, marking the first confirmed presence of US forces on the ground since airstrikes carried out in December, Reuters reported.