Russian FM, African Union envoy discuss terrorist threat in Africa

According to the movement’s military spokesman Yahya Saree, during the Houthi strike, the US aircraft carrier group was preparing to attack the Houthi-controlled Yemeni territory

"The American imperialism has entered a phase of madness and revenge," the Venezuelan president noted

"Kiev didn’t make it a secret that they intended this step to improve their own negotiating positions in the future, which Mikhail Podolyak, an adviser to the chief of staff at Zelensky's office, stated on August 8 without any hesitation," Maria Zakharova stressed

It is planned to launch it in general circulation in early 2025

Leading Russian historian says there is evidence that Grad Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna might have escaped execution in 1918, lived up to 83 years and died in the US under the surname of Manahan

According to the WDR broadcaster, passengers at Dusseldorf Airport have been forced to wait for about two hours, while entry from countries outside the Schengen area is not currently possible amid the outages

Seventeen crewmembers were managed to be found during the rescue operation, with two of them died, NHK said

Finland became the party to the Ottawa Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in 2012

Scholz himself dismissed Kiesewetter’s claims as "untrue" and "extremely indecent"

Ahmed аl-Sharaa expressed hope for building strategic relations with Lebanon

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed that the list was not prepared by Hamas but handed over by Israel last summer

According to the ministry, the UK military "will be in command of all of NATO’s land forces in the exercise

The Kremlin official noted that additional details will be provided later

Maria Zakharova earlier said that the interview with Russia’s top diplomat turned out to be "very interesting" and it included questions regarding the present-day relations with the United States, Ukraine as well as other issues

"We are thinking of writing an application to court for extension of the arrest warrant today. We plan to listen to the position of the National Office of Investigation and submit the application," the agency said, citing high-ranking CIO official

Earlier, it was reported that, on Monday morning, Kiev attempted to strike the two airstrips with Soviet-made jet drones in order to disable Russian long-range aviation planes

According to Alexander Stepanov, strikes are systematic efforts to gradually wipe out the military capabilities of Ukraine

Battlegroup West units thwarted 35 counterattacks of the adversary from December 28, 2024 to January 3, 2025, defense expert Andrey Marochko said

The ministry specified that the adversary has lost up to 535 troops

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, it was taken down by combat aviation

"Two drones each have been downed over the Belgorod and Kursk regions," the ministry said in a statement.

"Pope Francis strongly condemns the strikes on Donetsk and strongly calls for talks," Leonid Sevastyanov, chairman of the World Union of Old Believers, said, adding that the pontiff thinks that conflict in Ukraine has reached a deadlock

Secondly - Europe, then the talk with Russians can take place, Vladimir Zelensky said

TASS has assembled the main information about the incident

Control over Kurakhovo hinders supplies to Ukrainian troops

The conditions for safe operation of power units of the Novovoronezhskaya NPP have not been violated

The UN opposes any attacks on journalists, Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary General, Farhan Haq

On December 26, 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, is not against Slovakia becoming a platform for talks on Ukraine

According to the statement, the investigation will comply with the Russian rules of investigating air accidents

Top stories from the Russian press on Saturday, December 28th

The court hearing on January 6 will be held upon an address of the EU office of prosecutor

According to IDF, over the weekend, Hamas fired a number of projectiles from the Gaza Strip toward Israeli territory

This is the first missile launch by Pyongyang this year

The Marine Rescue Service has started to collect the oily mixture, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said

"Israel has not received any names of abducted citizens at the [resumed] negotiations," the Israeli prime minister’s adviser Dmitri Gendelman said

Combat for the plant’s administrative building is underway.

According to the Russian serviceman, four troops were captured and the rest retreated

On December 16, Trump said during the first press conference after his election victory that he plans to stay in contact with Putin in order to settle the conflict in Ukraine

Arshak Karapetyan has been put on the international wanted list under a number of articles of the Criminal Code, law enforcement bodies told TASS

Russia has celebrated New Year and Christmas with decorated fir trees since Peter the Great’s reign

Yury Borisov announced that throughout next year, Roscosmos will continue working on the development of projects such as creating multi-satellite clusters, new launch vehicles, and Russia’s future orbital station

At the same time, Lavrov noted that Moscow has not received any official signals from the United States on the Ukrainian settlement at the moment

According to John Mearsheimer, Russia has become much stronger over the past two to three years because it has managed to become "a truly sovereign country"

The inauguration and taking of the oath will take place at noon at the Federal Legislative Palace

The IOC’s tenth president will be elected at an upcoming session scheduled to be held in Greece in March 2025

The rifle is reliable with precise and dense fire

"Russia understands and supports China’s position on Xizang-related issues, and it supports China’s efforts toward peace, stability, prosperity and development in Xizang," Zhang Hanhui stated

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said earlier that the US will soon prepare sanctions against NIS and that he plans to send a request for a conversation with the Russian president for January 25-27

Armenian producers are proactively discussing new names to substitute for the word

Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has refuted the claims of German Bundestag Roderich Kiesewetter

Ukrainian attempt to break through in Kursk area thwarted

He pointed out that, previously, the authorities of Transnistria have repeatedly asked Moldova to reject economic pressure measures

On the morning of January 6, the regional headquarters reported a Ukrainian projectile shot down in the skies over the Kursk Region

The press service of the ZNPP noted that Ukrainian attacks at the nuclear facility were in direct violation of the principles of nuclear safety established by the International Atomic Energy Agency

The yuan slowed its growth to 13.764 rubles

The treaty, which was signed in Pyongyang on June 19, 2024, has been posted to the legislature’s database

The department noted that the army aviation pilots destroyed armored vehicles and personnel of the Ukrainian troops

Last year, Serbia’s trade with the EAEU countries reached 3.4 billion euro, with exports standing at 1.1 billion euro and imports - 2.3 billion euro

Data obtained from satellites in the Resurs-P series are used to study natural resources and monitor pollution and environmental degradation, water protection areas and natural reserves

Previously, nine law enforcement officers were killed by gunfire during an operation to detain a high-ranking former officer of the previous government

According to the Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Alexander Moiseyev, reinforcements of more ships and weapons will keep coming in 2025

Alexander Novak noted that gasoline production in Russia exceeds the level of demand in the country by approximately 10%, so some of it needs to be exported

"This draft agreement was initialed by the head of the Kiev negotiation team. He put his signature there. Here it is," the Russian president said

"Before any real elections, we need to hold a general census," Ahmed Sharaa pointed out

These include more than 600,000 foreign aircraft

He noted that Jordan and Turkey as Syria’s neighboring states welcome the transitional political process in the Arab republic and would like to see stability restored there

Scholz said he would hold another phone conversation with Putin only when he has confidence that 'it will make any use'

The launch was from the Pyongyang area towards the Sea of Japan, according to South Korea

Dmitry Peskov emphasized that Moscow respects the peacekeeping efforts of various countries

Zakharova recalled that on January 4, as a result of a targeted drone attack by militants of the Kiev regime, Izvestia freelance correspondent Alexander Martemyanov was killed

Maria Zakharova stated that the US-NATO construction project, ongoing for nearly a decade with complete disregard to Russian security concerns, has consistently been a focus of Russia's attention

Upon receiving confirmation from reconnaissance personnel that the Ukrainian manpower and strongpoint were destroyed, the crew safely returned to the airfield of departure

In his opinions, Western partners were to attempt to "intimidate" Moscow by sanctions and arms supplies to Kiev even before February 24, 2022

According to Alexey Belogoryev, Research Director at the Institute for Energy and Finance Foundation, the relaunch of the Nord Stream gas pipeline is much easier to do than it was with its initial putting into operation

Director General of Russia nuclear corporation Rosatom Alexey Likhachev noted that despite the ongoing shelling of both the coastline and the territory of the nuclear power plant, the city of Energodar is being revived

During the year, 97,303 people in Gaza sustained various degrees of injuries

Many online retailers have already removed the devices from their product listings or changed their status to "out of stock," the website notes

Vinnik has entered a plea deal in the US, and pleaded guilty in May

The meeting was attended by US Vice President-elect James David Vance

Earlier on Friday, police computer systems suffered almost four hours of outage at airports across Germany

"Maintaining competitive skills is key. Therefore finding good sparring partners is important for tactical reasons," he added

Фn electromagnetic pulse lasts a fraction of a second and reaches the target almost immediately, travelling with the speed of light

Top stories from the Russian press on Friday, December 27th

According to the spokeswoman, such statements negatively affect the relations between Chisinau and Moscow

"Tokyo can get a clear idea what these steps will be like by studying Russia’s updated principles of nuclear deterrence policy," Maria Zakharova stressed

Regis Chamagne added that Ukrainian men were now being chased on the streets and sent to fight 'as cannon fodder'

Slovakia's Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak said that both leaders were invited to take part in the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising in Bratislava in August

Ukrainian troops are leaving their duties, as "bone-tired by the constancy of war, they are psychologically and emotionally scarred," the article reads

It is noted that opinions are changing not only about relationships with colleagues, but also about romance between a subordinate and a supervisor