Kremlin:

A new round of negotiations between Russia, the United States, and Ukraine will take place next week.

Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski:

Russia had a strategic choice: become an ally of the West — or become a vassal of China.

China must be very pleased — Russia is spending its national wealth on Chinese goods and becoming weaker.

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright:

The Venezuelans are in charge here in Venezuela, but the United States has enormous leverage over the interim authorities in Venezuela.

The largest revenue source that funds the government of Venezuela is now controlled by the United States.

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Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski:

There should be lessons in the performance of Russian equipment for India.

They failed in Ukraine.

Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski:

A Russia that cannot conquer Donbas for four years is not capable of conquering Europe.

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright:

We've been dealing with Delcy for five weeks now. It's been an amazing cooperation.

She's delivered information. Everything we know so far has turned out to be true.

She's made enormous positive changes, including already changing the hydrocarbon law in the country in the first few weeks.

So, I would say that cooperation's off to a tremendous start.

You already feel it as you walk the streets of Caracas today that after so many years going the wrong direction, things are going the right direction.

I think it's the start of a long and very fruitful cooperation for Venezuelans.

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U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright:

No choices that we make on energy and business and the way we do policy has anything to do with who donated to who.

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U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Venezuela:

We will continue to control the sale of their oils and the flow of their funds until a representative government is stood up in Venezuela...

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US Senator Fetterman:

I met with Secretary Noem. I've always treated her with respect.

I refuse and never will engage in the kinds of sexist terms like "ICE Barbie" that the left media will use.

NATO's Rutte on Russia:

They want to appear as a mighty bear — but they are moving at the stilted speed of a garden snail.

The Quintet (coalition of the UN, African Union, EU, IGAD and Arab League), urged a Ramadan truce in Sudan under UN Security Council Resolution 2736 as drone strikes and famine worsen, half the population of about 25 million facing acute hunger.

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NEW: The UK High Court has ruled that the government acted unlawfully in banning pro-Palestinian campaign group Palestine Action as a “terrorist” organisation.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said the government would appeal.

The ban remains in place pending a further hearing on February 20.

NEW: Ukraine has opened its first joint drone production facility in Germany, already manufacturing combat drones for the Ukrainian Army.

Zelensky received the first jointly produced strike drone, saw the production line, and watched its first test flight.

10,000 drones produced at this facility will be delivered to Ukraine this year.

By the end of the year, 10 joint drone-production ventures will be launched across Europe.

Nigel Farage:

There are communities in our country who think we should adapt to their way of life.

French President Macron:

We cannot erase Jewish French people from the Republic's family photo.

Because when a Jew is in danger in the homeland, it is the homeland itself that is in danger.

French President Macron:

France without Jews is a tree without a trunk.

French President Macron:

Digital anti-Semitism, boosted by algorithms and the culpable inaction of platforms, gains ground among ordinary people and harasses thousands of our compatriots, even in their private lives.

French President Macron:

I want a mandatory penalty of ineligibility to be established for anti-Semitic, racist, and discriminatory acts and remarks.

French President Macron:

Islamist anti-Semitism, at the origin of the October 7th pogrom, which preachers of hate try to deploy on our soil—in the physical world as in the digital world—intending to make terror reign.

BIG: U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) says it completed a 23-day mission transferring more than 5,700 adult male ISIS detainees from northeastern Syria to Iraqi custody.

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German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius:

There are no recognizable signs that the United States of America wants to withdraw from NATO in Europe. None at all.

‘You Europeans must do more conventionally,’ because we have to shift our focus somewhat to the Indo-Pacific.

We can’t expect them to intensify that while maintaining their commitment in Europe to the same extent as before. That is our task.

America is still an ally. I don’t know why you doubt it.