Russia pushes for greater energy security within BRICS assembly

The true goal of the US actions unprovoked by Russia are to study the theater of military operations in case of the use-of-force scenario in the southeast, Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement

The Belarusian leader stressed that the United States should pause and recognize that, beyond their own interests, there were nations that had their own priorities

Iran’s ban on the passaged through the Strait of Hormuz is still in force for warships from any country, the Iranian state television said, citing a military source

Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova points out that the Kiev regime is purposefully turning Ukraine "into a military tool against Russia"

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that the passage of ships through the strait will be carried out according to the route agreed with Iran

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif invited Iranian and US delegations to talks in Islamabad on April 10 to "reach a final agreement to resolve all disputes"

According to the newspaper, head of the parliamentary faction of the National Rally Marine Le Pen called on the deputies to keep their distance from the United States in the wake of the Hungarian elections

Maria Zakharova recalled that from the very beginning of the large-scale escalation in the Middle East, Moscow had called for an end to the armed confrontation and a transfer of the conflict to a political and diplomatic settlement

During a briefing, Maria Zakharova spoke about "another wave of Russophobia" in the Baltic country

If the Russian officers try to leave Transnistria for Moldova, he added, they will be deported back to Russia without the right of return

The US President said on April 16 that Israel and Lebanon had introduced a 10-day ceasefire

Leading Russian reconnaissance aircraft of the Orlan series will also be on display in Malaysia

Maria Zakharova noted that the Russian Foreign Ministry is keeping a close eye on this matter in close coordination with State Duma Deputy Chairwoman Anna Kuznetsova and presidential children’s rights commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova

Mikhail Mizintsev said that Russia had opened humanitarian corridors in the Kiev, Chernigov, Sumy, Kharkov and Mariupol regions

Rogozine said last month that Russia and US would continue cooperation in missions to the ISS

Adnan at-Tamimi says that another reason is related to Washington's actions towards Israel and a possibility of suspending the war in Lebanon

The Slovak PM noted that the main topic dividing the member countries of the regional association is Ukraine

Russia’s Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov said that Russian-Mongolian cooperation is carried out in the spirit of comprehensive strategic partnership

Citing two US officials and two other sources, the report says the United States is demanding that Iran hand over "all its nuclear material"

Iran can defeat the United States in the sense that it will not allow the US to achieve the goals it has set for itself in the war, Alexey Pushkov noted

The agreement regulates not only the deployment of military personnel and equipment but also logistics

According to the US leader, an agreement to end the war that was unleashed by the United States and Israel in late February, is largely complete

Iran has not yet commented on the statement by the US leader

The Defense Ministry recalled the operating principle of the latest Russian interceptor drone, emphasizing that it carries no warhead and that it destroys targets with kinetic energy in a direct collision

Vladimir Zelensky regularly signs decrees on sanctions against Russian individuals and legal entities, as well as citizens of Ukraine and other countries whom Kiev accuses of cooperating with Russia

The Russian troops gained control of the settlement of Volchanskiye Khutora in the Kharkov Region and Zybino in the Kharkov Region

Ukraine has transferred 41 bodies of Russian servicemen

According to Andrey Marochko, the Russian troops are completing the consolidation of units in the Ozernoye-Krivaya Luka-Kaleniki sector

"Any country interfering in Somalia's internal affairs and compromising its territorial integrity and sovereignty will face repercussions, including potential restrictions on access to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait," Somalian permanent representative to the African Union Abdullahi Warfa stressed

The ambassador also noted that along with the security aspects, the economic side of the issue also occupies an important place in navigation through the strait

Earlier in the day, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that following the enforcement of a ceasefire in Lebanon, Iran has opened the Strait of Hormuz for the passage of commercial vessels

Transnistrian Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiyev says these actions have a negative impact on the course of the peacekeeping operation

Ali Mojtaba Rouzbahani noted that the Strait of Hormuz was no longer just a geographical route for ships to pass through

After completing the combat mission, the tank crew quickly withdrew and left the firing position

Alexander Grushko said that Russia takes the negotiations on the Ukrainian settlement "very seriously"

According to the ambassador, the regime will be based on three key provisions: ensuring sustainable maritime security, preventing military abuse of this strategic waterway, and establishing a balance between the freedom of navigation and the right for sovereignty of the coastal states

More than 240 drones have already been shot down over the Leningrad Region since the beginning of the year

According to Shalva Papuashvili, he will carefully examine the information about the impending unrest in Georgia with the involvement of a Czech organization

During the visit, Chinese and Russian navy men, including officers, will visit each other’s ships, conduct professional exchanges, and participate in sports competitions

The Russian foreign minister drew attention to the demand for the six-side dialogue mechanism that is "developing successfully, dynamically, with the benefit for all the participants"

According to a senior US administration official cited by The Wall Street Journal, President Donald Trump’s team engaged in the talks are in a standby regime ahead of the negotiations

The state tech corporation Rostec said that the Su-35S fighter is designed to achieve air superiority and engage ground infrastructure targets at significant distances from the base airfield

Joseph Aoun said the government position is to ensure the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the occupied territories and the release of prisoners

The launch proceeded normally

Israel Katz acknowledged that the new security zone south of the Litani River in southern Lebanon has not yet been demilitarized and pledged that "it will be cleared through a diplomatic arrangement or by returning to fighting" after the ceasefire expires

The liner is now going to Muscat in Oman

The Russian Geographic Society will have its own research ship already in 2012, Emergency Situations Minister

The Russian Defense Ministry views the decisions by several European countries to supply drones to Ukraine as a deliberate move leading to an escalation of the military-political situation and a "creeping transformation" of those countries into Ukraine’s strategic support base

The Pentagon continues to increase US troop numbers in the region, the Russian Security Council said

"The situation will differ from country to country," Fatih Birol noted

The US leader emphasized that the Irainian side wanted to make a deal

At the same time Minsk responded with satisfaction to Poland’s promise “there are no claims to the sovereign territory of Belarus”

The sides also discussed international steps toward restoring Libya’s unity with the United Nation’s pivotal role

This deal is in no way subject to Lebanon, either, Trump added

The US delegation to the last weekend’s round of negotiations with Iran was led by Vice President JD Vance

The operator Nord Stream company argues that it is entitled to an indemnity of 580 million euros from the insurer Lloyd’s of London

Kirill Dmitriev made the comment in response to a post by Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who said that Slovakia is filing a lawsuit with the Court of Justice of the European Union over the ban on imports of Russian gas

Particular attention was paid to practical implementation of agreements reached at the top level

According to the report, Donald Trump’s statement on a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon indicates that "he badly wants" to end the conflict with Iran

Tehran’s decision to fully open the strait "guarantees that about twenty tankers will be able to sail from Iraq already in the near future, which are capable to transport about 23 mln barrels of oil produced in Basrah to the global market," the news portal said

Volunteers continued efforts on Friday to prepare the whale for a possible lifting onto a floating platform and towing to open waters

The company said that Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland had net withdrawals on April 14, while gas was lifted from the single UGS in Baltic countries on April 15

Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Spokesman Ebrahim Rezaei said Washington aims at advancing the project of destruction and fragmentation of the Islamic republic

The UN chief reiterated his full support for the diplomatic efforts "to find a peaceful path forward out of the current conflict in the Middle East"

The Su-35 (NATO reporting name: Flanker-E+) is a Russian generation 4++ multirole supermaneuverable fighter with a thrust-vectoring system codenamed the Su-35S in Russia’s Aerospace Forces

The officials also discussed the implementation of the agreements reached at the second Central Asia-Russia summit in Dushanbe in 2025, including the large-scale initiatives put forward at the summit

Leonid Slutsky pointed out that Europe was not only arming the Kiev regime but also actively building up its own military potential in preparation for a conflict with Russia

Russia will not attack Europe, Frederik Vansina noted

Robert Fico condemned the European Commission’s attempts to secure an EU-wide decision to abolish member states’ veto rights on foreign policy issues

According to Joseph Aoun, the talks do not mean a waiver of rights

The Admiral Vladimirsky has covered a distance of 38,500 nautical miles of 156 days of its current voyage

The official yuan rate was reduced by 2.43 kopecks to 11.15 rubles

The 2026 Madrid Open is an ATP-1,000 Masters tournament played on clay courts at the Park Manzanares in the Spanish capital between April 22 and May 3

The US president called it the "Strait of Iran"

The ban applies to RD-180 engines that are used on US Atlas V launch vehicles as the main propulsion systems and RD-181 thrusters operated as the first stage of Antares rockets

The plant will become another symbol of friendship and cooperation between the two countries, Russian President stressed

The criminals attacked a minibus and drove the school graduates in an unknown direction

The Krasukha mobile EW system is designated to protect command posts, groupings of forces, air defense capabilities and vital industrial and administrative-political facilities

The current portfolio of orders of Zvezda shipyard provides for construction of 26 transport ships for cargo carriage along the Northern Sea Route, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev noted

The ruble holds quite a small share in global trade and international foreign exchange conversion transactions

Saeed Khatibzadeh added that ongoing contacts through intermediaries "are being implemented precisely for this purpose"

Maria Zakharova called all the stories about the alleged killings of civilians in Bucha by the Russian military in April 2022 "nonsense"

Viktor Orban stressed that Fidesz would have to learn from the April 12 vote and move forward

General Frederik Vansina said earlier that the EU intended to continue the conflict in Ukraine until 2030

According to the president, the US and Iran "have a lot of agreement"

The US president said this process should go very quickly

Donald Trump separately said oil prices stood at $89 or $90, while previously forecasts were $250-$300 per barrel

The US president says Iran and the United States are maintaining contacts

Ukranian partners do not acknowledge the debt, although being billed according to active contract, Minister of Energy of Russia Alexander Novak says

Dmitry Peskov said the direct involvement of European countries in the conflict in Ukraine is growing, and all the details were mentioned in a statement by the Russian Defense Ministry

The branches of Ukrainian companies producing drones for strikes on Russia are located in cities of eight European countries, including London, Munich, Prague and Riga

The United States ranked first with its LNG supplies, accounting for 30.5% and 1.8 bln euro

Ruslan Pukhov said the target detection and engagement range is crucial for the success of combat operations in the air and the Su-35S is unrivaled in its class in this regard

In its statement, the Russian Defense Ministry said that European countries are increasing the production of drones "amid rising losses and worsening manpower shortages in the Ukrainian armed forces"

According to Robert Fico, European countries believe that through supporting Ukraine they will weaken Russia

Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicted roughly 190 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed two enemy armored combat vehicles in its area of responsibility over the past day, the Defense Ministry reported

According to the regulator, in February Turkey imported a total of 1.09 bln cubic meters of gas from Russia via the TurkStream and Blue Stream pipelines

Earlier, the Russian government had repeatedly voiced its readiness to negotiate with Ukraine to reach a settlement of the conflict

Alexey Pushkov said this aggressive stance is justified in a cynically superficial manner