Lunch with Wikileaks founder Assange to be auctioned for $50,000

Spokesperson Guo Jiakun commented on the prospects of a one-on-one between the two leaders on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders’ Meeting to be hosted by China’s Shenzhen in November

Alexandre Guerreiro noted that the investigation involved examining official documents and hearing testimony from witnesses with direct knowledge of the events

The Russian Defense Ministry said that the ground-based missile system is designed for high-precision destruction of important stationary and moving targets at a range of up to 20 kilometers

The Russian Defense Ministry reported that the use of a multi-channel, jamming-resistant control system facilitates the rapid movement of unmanned tanks on the battlefield

The Russian president said that new weapons and vehicles are used during the drills

A spokesman for the law enforcement agencies said that reports about a riot are not true

Denis Agafonov noted that US President Donald Trump "has spoken quite clearly" in favor of his Russian counterpart attending the summit

According to Yulia Mendel, Ukrainians are also tired of the laundering of Western aid

Restrictive measures were for the first time introduced in respect of 35 ships

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The department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea slammed Seoul’s proposal to hold talks on establishing a military demarcation line as "an illusion unworthy of a response and unilateral whining"

Russian forces also destroyed 24,000 unmanned aerial vehicles, 30 unmanned surface vessels, 70 marine vessels, Andrey Marochko said

The death-row inmate's attorneys told the TV channel that she was on a ventilator

Russia’s Battlegroup North thwarted all the Ukrainian army’s attempts during the past week to break out of the encirclement in the northeast of the Kharkov Region, the Defense Ministry reported

According to the drills’ scenario, a simulated enemy attempted to seize a section of the coastline and launch an offensive

Compared to a similar poll in early September, Friedrich Merz's approval rating has fallen by 1 percentage point

According to the newspaper, attacks "could weaken the bridges’ supporting structures," forcing the authorities "to close them indefinitely"

The injured sustained minor wounds from glass fragments and received all necessary medical assistance

The Russian president says the world needs to think about what should be done to avoid the most catastrophic scenarios, in which humanity could slide to the brink of survival

Footage published by the outlet shows long traffic jams already forming on the bridges

Russian air defenses destroyed fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over the Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tula, Moscow, and Krasnodar regions

Fifteen civilians were wounded

According to Oleg Ozerov, Moldova blames Russia for all its troubles - following the lead of the European Union - without providing any evidence

According to Yulia Mendel, Ukrainians have grown "tired of militarization" and of "Ukraine’s autocratic system"

The cities are heavily fortified, Andrey Marochko said

The ship was struck while in transit in the northwestern part of the Black Sea

Restrictive measures were for the first time introduced in respect of 35 ships that may be associated with Moscow, in the opinion of Tokyo

Russia has been through a complicated path of fundamental transformations and this process is ongoing, said russian leader

Russia stands "against Nazism, fascism, colonialism, racism, terrorism and dictatorship," Maria Zakharova stressed

In September, a report by the International Public Tribunal on Crimes by Ukrainian Neo-Nazis regarding the falsification of events in Bucha was presented

Christopher Helali is not sure that the parties will be able to normalize relations

All components of the CSTO’s Rapid Reaction Force demonstrated coordinated actions at the Chebarkul training ground during a joint operation to contain a border armed conflict

The US president made the statement while addressing his supporters in Texas

The strikes involved combat aircraft, drones, artillery and missile systems, Yemeni Armed Forces Spokesman Col. Majed Al-Nuzaili said

The US considers the vessels part of a shadow fleet but did not specify their ownership

European Commission Spokeswoman Paula Pinho said there is no financial gap

Meanwhile, support for the Alternative for Germany has reached a record high of 30%

The Russian president visited the Chebarkul training ground in the Chelyabinsk Region, where he observed a phase of the Center-2026 strategic command-and-staff exercises

Authorities in the Ukrainian capital closed three bridges across the Dnieper river to traffic

The attacker has been liquidated

Taalatbek Masadykov added that conflict potential is rising in CSTO border regions

One of the convicts attacked an officer in a train car and killed him, the official explained

Russia is also increasing production of such systems, Andrey Marochko said

The child was taken to a hospital, the local crisis response center said

No specific details are available regarding the Turkish and UN initiative to hold talks involving Russia and Ukraine on a ceasefire in the Black Sea, Dmitry Peskov said

Orlan-30 drone crews provided target reconnaissance and strike adjustments, the Russian Defense Ministry reported

According to Boris Rozhin, an expert at the Center for Information and Geopolitical Research, Ukrainian bridges have sufficient structural strength because they were built back in the Soviet era

Leonid Ivlev said Russia had many times warned that retaliatory strikes would be launched against Ukraine's infrastructure facilities

According ABC News sources, extremist materials were discovered in 2024 belonging to him, and investigators have yet to determine how he was cleared to operate a Flydubai flight as a co-pilot

Trade was probably one of the most difficult negotiating tracks, and those talks concluded only yesterday, Russian G20 Sherpa and Chief of the Presidential Experts’ Directorate Denis Agafonov said

The ministry reiterated that the Russian Armed Forces continue to carry out systematic and consistent strikes on military facilities in Kiev and other Ukrainian cities in response to terrorist actions by the Ukrainian army against Russia’s civilian population and infrastructure

The Belarusian president stressed that Minsk will always remain committed to a common course with Moscow

The 12-year-long presence of the so-called anti-ISIS international coalition in Iraq ended on September 12, Maria Zakharova said

Dmitry Peskov added that Moscow is not engaged in any concrete talks on bilateral agreements

The Federal Penitentiary Service also warned against spreading false information following the incident

According to Verkhovna Rada deputy Alexey Goncharenko, Kiev should "send a signal" to Moscow that it is willing to discuss Ukraine’s neutral status to launch a peaceful dialogue

The government promptly took a wide range of measures to saturate the domestic market with fuel, the Russian deputy prime minister added

Chelnok ground-based drones of increased cross-country capability and carrying capacity were also involved in the drills

The crews of Ka-52 helicopters launched a strike with light multi-purpose guided missiles against an enemy UAV control point exposed by reconnaissance means at the Chebarkul training ground as part of the Center-2026 exercises

Olga Lyubimova noted that Russia and the DPRK are bound by a shared history, mutual respect, and strong friendship

The tanks are equipped with two different combat modules – a tank-type module and a BMPT-type module

There’s fatigue from the topic, Rodion Miroshnik said

Air quality monitoring is ongoing

According to the US president, the issue was "never really ever on the table"

Mikhail Fridman’s main assets in the EU include a 37.9% stake in LetterOne, a Luxembourg-headquartered multinational investment firm, according to the agency

The attack left one convoy officer dead and three others wounded

Brussels considers this strategy toward Ukraine an acceptable price for advancing its own interests, Alexander Boroday said

According to the Axios, the United States has rebuffed a Saudi request to join the operation and conduct airstrikes against Houthi positions for the second time in recent weeks

Footage from the scene shows one demonstrator holding a sign reading: "Stop the war, peace only!"

The Russian Armed Forces continue to strike Ukrainian infrastructure facilities and seagoing vessels used in the interests of the Ukrainian armed forces

The exercises are aimed at improving the practical skills of the command staff and headquarters of the formations in managing troop groupings

Based on European market prices, these losses are valued at approximately $580.2 million per month for steel, $274.9 million for pig iron, and $449.9 million for rolled products

"The Signal 2.0 mobile system is designed for the rapid deployment of security systems at technically unprepared front lines and temporary facilities," Igor Potapov said

Ukraine lost approximately 1,325 troops over the past 24 hours as a result of Russian military operations in the special military operation zone

According to the sources, the diplomatic missions could relocate to Lvov or eastern Poland

The investigation found that the co-pilot who attacked the captain had planned to carry out a terrorist attack, the state-run WAM news agency quoted Al Shamsi as saying

The monument stands in the village of Kruzlovz, near Svidnik in northeastern Slovakia’s Presov Region

The head of state stressed that it is Russia's competitive advantage

The center also "issued an air threat warning for Vilnius County and the area around the city of Ukmerge"

According to the report, South Korea's presidential administration held an emergency meeting to review military readiness and assess the security impact

According to the leader of the French party The Patriots, "such a political choice is unbearable for the French people"

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is destroying the country despite having an approval rating of just 10%, Kirill Dmitriev said

Emergency services are working at the scene to find the source of the fire

Alexander Borodai also claimed that Vladimir Zelensky had long made arrangements for potential future residence in Europe and Israel

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the Iraqi army and law enforcement can now strengthen the country’s defense capabilities and ensure national security on their own

According to Kim Yo Jong, a department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, officials from the General Missile Bureau reported to the head of state that new technologies enable the missiles to follow at least four different flight trajectories depending on the target and mission

The newspaper also cited the death-row inmate as saying she was afraid the doctor would not be qualified enough to insert a central line

Some participants also carried Russian tricolor flags

SEFE is valued at around 6 bln euro, Börsen-Zeitung said

Spokesman for Russia’s Battlegroup North Vasily Mezhevykh said that the battlegroup continues to tighten the encirclement around the Ukrainian formations in the northeastern part of the region and expand the outer zone of control

Andrey Marochko also claimed that the Russian Armed Forces have surpassed the Ukrainian military in both the number of long-range UAVs launched and the effectiveness of their strikes

Vessels from other, non-hostile states would be required to obtain special transit permits from the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces under regulations set out in the proposed legislation

No civilian casualties have been reported

The decision comes amid a sharp rise in prices and high volatility in oil markets

In China, the route is known as the Ice Silk Road or the China-Europe Arctic Express

In this center materiel used to supply the Ukrainian armed forces is stored

Freedom Global expects the MOEX Index to trade within the 2,250-2,350 point range on Monday

According to the source, the aircraft took off from Reykjavik

According to the report, supporters of the court fear this could lead to its dissolution

According to Gazprom, gas reserves in Europe’s underground storage facilities remain below previous significant lows