Israel launched blistering attacks on the heart of Iran’s nuclear and military structure Friday, deploying warplanes and drones previously smuggled into the country to attack key facilities and kill top generals and scientists — a barrage it said was necessary before its adversary got any closer to building an atomic weapon. The ongoing military and intelligence operation…
The next round of talks will take place “in Moscow in the near future” Moscow and Washington are engaged in direct contact regarding the elimination of the so-called “irritants” in bilateral relations, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. “Russia and the United States maintain direct contact to eliminate irritants in bilateral relations,” he said…
Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky said that unless Ukraine agreed to Russia’s conditions for an end to the war, then Kyiv would lose more territory, the Wall Street Journal reported. “With Russia, it’s impossible to fight a long war,” Medinsky told the Journal, citing Russia’s 21-year war with Sweden in the 18th century as evidence that…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaking in an interview with the New York Post Podcast that he is “less confident” about reaching a new Iran deal. President Trump is losing hope that Iran will agree to end all uranium enrichment in a revised nuclear deal with the United States — but remains determined not to allow Tehran…
Russia said on Wednesday it was ready to remove nuclear materials from Iran and convert them into fuel as a potential way to help narrow differences between the United States and Iran over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. Tehran says it has the right to peaceful nuclear power, but its swiftly-advancing uranium enrichment program has…
South Korea’s military has shut down loudspeakers broadcasting anti-North Korean propaganda along the inter-Korean border, in a move aimed at easing tensions South Korea’s military said on Wednesday it had suspended loudspeaker broadcasts near the border targeting North Korea, nearly a year after resuming the propaganda and K-pop blasts during a time of growing tension…
China firmly opposes NATO’s “smearing and scapegoating” of China, its embassy in Britain said on Wednesday in response to remarks NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte made about Beijing’s military build-up earlier this week. NATO should correct its “misperception” of China, stop peddling its “security anxiety” and “using China as an excuse for its continued military…
Los Angeles police began arresting people in the city’s downtown late Tuesday, as groups gathered in violation of an overnight curfew after a fifth day of protests against Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Looting and vandalism in the second-biggest US city have marred the largely peaceful protests over ramped-up arrests by immigration authorities. The demonstrations, which began Friday,…
Talks between the United States and Russia on resolving issues in their bilateral relations will move to Moscow from Istanbul, Russia’s new ambassador to Washington told the state TASS news agency. “The recovery of Russian-American relations is still a long way off,” Ambassador Alexander Darchiev told TASS, adding that the rapprochement with Moscow was being…
Billionaire businessman Elon Musk said on Wednesday he regretted some of the posts he made last week about U.S. President Donald Trump as they had gone “too far.” Trump said on Saturday his relationship with Musk was over after they exchanged insults on social media, with the Tesla and SpaceX CEO describing the president’s sweeping…
If nuclear negotiations fail and conflict arises with the United States, Iran will strike American bases in the region, Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh said on Wednesday, days ahead of a planned sixth round of Iran-US nuclear talks. “Some officials on the other side threaten conflict if negotiations don’t come to fruition. If a conflict is…
National Day of Russian Federation Event is held at the Islamabad. President of Pakistan, Mr. Asif Ali Zardari, high-level of Pakistani officials, diplomats, and individuals representing various walks of life was attended National Day function. While addressing the participants, President Zardari said that Pakistan and Russia have enormous potential to expand their bilateral partnership in…
“Legislative and regulatory acts aimed at protecting traditional values need to be improved,” the Russian president said The need to improve state policy to protect traditional spiritual and moral values, strengthen social unity, and preserve the historical memory of the Great Patriotic War were the main topics of a meeting of the Russian Security Council…
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council warned in a statement that any Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities will be met with a direct response targeting Israel’s concealed nuclear infrastructure. The statement follows what Iranian officials described as a “complex intelligence operation” conducted by the country’s intelligence forces. According to the council’s statement on Monday, the…
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Ukraine would be helpless without Britain’s support Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday accused Britain of being 100% involved in Ukraine’s “terrorist attacks” against Russia. Speaking at the Future Forum-2050 in Moscow, Lavrov said Ukraine would be “helpless” in its “terrorist attacks” without Britain’s support. “These threats are serious…
