Beijing urges Seoul to be cautious of deploying US missile defense in South Korea

One of the facility’s security guards was killed, Iran’s AEOI said

Top stories from the Russian press on Friday, June 3rd

Governor Yevgeny Balitsky said that emergency blackouts have affected almost all localities in the Zaporozhye Region

The spring mission will take to the orbit Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, Belarusian cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya and NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson

Donald Trump called on Iranian leaders to open the Strait of Hormuz, claiming that otherwise the country "will be living in hell

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian invited the world to judge which side engages in terrorism

Kirill Dmitriev stressed that "legacy media’s silence speaks volumes about bias and a lack of genuine truth-seeking"

Russia is home to 47 indigenous minority groups, the Russian president noted

Akil Akilov was dismissed

In Vyacheslav Shurshakov' estimates, typical length of space missions to ROSS would be about 10-11 months

Earlier, the Iranian supreme leader said that the United States has no place in the future of the Persian Gulf

Tehran’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe Amir Hossein Hosseini also expressed hope that the conflict would be resolved diplomatically

The United States and Israel launched a military operation against Iran on February 28

Previously, the Colorado Supreme Court banned Trump from taking part in the local elections for nomination as the Republican candidate for 2024 presidential election

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stressed that Iran respects the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and considers it a brotherly nation

The Russian leader and his Chinese counterpart will also discuss the most important issues related to the Middle East, the upcoming G20 summit in South Africa, and the APEC summit in South Korea

Control of Korchakovka pushes the enemy away from the borders of the Sudzha district of Russia’s borderline Kursk Region and expands the security zone in the Sumy Region

According to the US leader, Washington is not going to leave early and then have the problem arise in three more years

The senior Russian diplomat reiterated Russia’s principled position in favor of preserving Sudan’s unity, sovereignty, and territorial integrity

Its notional enemies were small missile ships Onega and Naryan-Mar

Boris Rozhin noted that most major urban centers remained under Malian government control

"It will drop like a rock," the US leader said

It is noted that the membership will take effect from January 1, 2024

Russia’s State Space Corporation is determined to make sure that Russia regains its leadership in space, the corporation’s head says

The IRGC Navy will control "almost 2,000 km of the Iranian coastline in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz", the statement reads

According to CBS News national security analyst Aaron MacLean, the pilots of the downed fighter had sidearms

According to the TV channel, all states are divided into three categories — "hostile," "neutral," and "friendly"

Forces of the Black Sea Fleet destroyed 14 unmanned Ukrainian Navy boats over the past week, the Russian Defense Ministry said

Rosaviatsiya defined the accident as a crash

The ex-chief of EU diplomacy said the situation is similar with the approval of new sanctions against Russia

Abbas Araghchi briefed them on the Islamic Republic’s position and latest initiatives as regards "putting an end to the war and aggression" of the United States and Israel

Alexey Pushkov noted that the question of whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will use nuclear weapons in Iran has been actively discussed on American television in recent days

US President said he was sure that the duties is an important tool in the foreign policy for his administration

According to the ministry, "all necessary measures are being taken decisively and without hesitation against any threat directed at Turkey's territory and airspace"

According to Petar Volgin, culture, sports, and science must not be "victimized by ideological intolerance"

The Iranian military also advised "host countries of US military bases to force the Americans to leave their territory, if they want to avoid damage"

Russian President said he wished the Donbass problem could be settled through talks and the implementation of the Minsk agreements, but "regrettably, this is no longer relevant"

The change in the destination of Pin Shun appears to be payment-related, Sumit Ritolia, Lead Research Analyst at Kpler, noted

Earlier on February 26, the US carried out airstrikes near the Syrian-Iraqi border

Earlier, the IDF press service reported the completion of a 60-hour raid in the city of Jenin

According to the newspaper, the main political decision-making body of NATO has so far held no discussions regarding the partial US troop pullout from Germany

According to the preliminary information, there are no survivors in the crash

Andrew Napolitano opined that US President Donald Trump "is in bad shape politically"

Rodriguez Parrilla also said US actions "demonstrate an intention to impose, once again, collective punishment on the Cuban people"

According to the Roscosmos chief Dmitry Bakanov, the high precision of payload delivery into near-Earth orbit is what makes the carrier rocket special, and its carrying capacity is 17 tons

The prime minister wondered why Brussels wouldn't simply engage in dialogue with Moscow on its own in that case

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said that Iran will attack US infrastructure in the Persian Gulf region

The Milli Majlis approved the decision at its session on May 1

According to Bloomberg, if the plan comes to fruition, this will be the first time that the US has deployed hypersonic missiles

This led to a partial power outage in populated areas of the region, reported regional governor Yevhen Balitsky

At this point, the US state debt burden exceeds $39.1 trillion

Chuck Schumer noted that the military operation against Iran is illegal

Abbas Araghchi noted that "Israel First always means America Last"

Donald Trump also said that the United States is not satisfied with Iran’s response to the proposal about a deal

The politician emphasized that Russia’s conflict with the West was an existential one

The Civil Aviation Organization of the Islamic Republic called on all international bodies to take appropriate measures in response to this incident

Earlier, Sergey Lavrov also met with Foreign Minister of Indonesia Retno Marsudi and Foreign Minister of Lebanon Abdallah Bou Habib on the UN sidelines

They target Cuban officials "responsible for repression and threats to US national security and foreign policy"

No information on casualties or damage has been reported yet

There was no information about casualties or damage

It is perfectly clear that the West needs a dangerous, neo-Nazi Ukraine solely as a sacrificial lamb to slow Russia’s development, in the hope of creating excessive internal tension there with the aim of fracturing society, Mikhail Sheremet said

The EC assures that there is currently no risk to supplies, though markets are feeling the impact of rising Brent crude oil prices, which has led to higher gas and oil prices in Europe

Among European leaders, he sent greetings only to Viktor Orban and Aleksandar Vucic

A total of 15 cities and settlements in southern Lebanon came under Israeli airstrikes over the past 24 hours

Iran has fired almost 1,200 ballistic missiles and 4,000 Shahed drones at the Gulf states since the start of the war

Berlin expects Washington to be more responsible towards its allies

The oil tanker Voyager is expected to arrive at the port of Kikuma on Shikoku Island where a Taiyo Oil refinery is located on May 3

Deputy Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force Pavel Yelizarov also added that Ukraine was apparently planning to once again send some members of its mobile air defense teams to serve in assault units

"We always want to be ready", US president added

They were attempting to enter Taksim Square, using tear gas, according to Halk TV

The Russian leader supported the candidacy of the head of the Supreme Court of Dagestan, Fyodor Shchukin, for the post of head of the region

The US President said on March 5 that Washington intends to work out a further course of action against Cuba after the completion of the military operation against Iran

"During combat operations, our military will not be clearing out whether or not each particular jet of this class is equipped to carry nuclear weapons," the minister added

The US Senate unanimously voted to appoint Nelson to the post of NASA chief in late April

38,000 of them are in Germany

This was reported by the Telegram channel "Alexander Butyagin's Lawyer," created by the scholar's relatives, friends, and colleagues to spread information about him and raise funds for his defense

Mohammad Reza Sabouri, Iran’s ambassador to Italy, called on European countries to address the root causes of the current situation

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Sergey Melik-Bagdasarov noted that Russian-Chinese strategic cooperation, based on the principles of equality, mutual respect and non-interference in internal affairs, has served an example of responsible partnership throughout decades

According to IRNA, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei named ending the conflict and establishing peace as the Islamic Republic’s top priorities

The report says that "Musk’s rapid-fire messages - which included numerous false claims about the contents of the spending bill - ricocheted" across Washington

During the operation, 800 Russian soldiers advanced through the pipeline over six days, covering nearly 15 kilometers to emerge on the surface behind enemy lines

The European Union is not complying with a fully agreed to trade deal, the US president said

On December 18, North Korea held successful trials of the Hwasong-18 ICBM in response to hostile actions by the US and South Korea

When asked if the conversations were meaningful, the Russian top diplomat replied in negative

The IRGC Navy also congratulated the air defense forces of the Islamic republic’s army on intercepting an US F-15E fighter jet and an A-10 attack aircraft in the skies over Iran

According to a decree of the Russian government, the list includes various types of radars and air defense systems, helicopters and planes, ships and boats, and electronic warfare equipment

Andrey Belousov also emphasized that the escalation of the Ukrainian crisis continues, while most European countries refuse to abandon an extremely hostile anti-Russian course and continue to use provocative rhetoric

Valentina Matviyenko emphasized that this intervention has destabilized the Middle East, triggering an energy crisis, yet it ultimately changes nothing

"You can't start that discussion today with America in such a weak position," Brian Hughes said

Hungarian prime minister recalled that Hungary has always adhered to the ‘one China’ principle

The withdrawal is to be completed over the next six to twelve months, Assistant to the US Secretary of War for Public Affairs Sean Parnell said

Iran also fired at two US UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters conducting a search and rescue operation

In Lebanon, the strikes targeted military facilities of the Shiite organization Hezbollah

According to the statement, the King "has been advised by doctors to postpone public-facing duties"

Power engineers and emergency services are working at the scene

It is reported that the seventh package of sanctions comprises the ban on gold purchases from Russia in the form of semi-finished products and scrap

Vladimir Zelensky’s increasingly frequent and skeptical remarks about the EU, marked by disappointment, are undermining efforts to reach a compromise, the Financial Times reported

Donald Trump said this, referring to the seizure by the US military of two Iranian tankers, Majestic and Tifani, which were carrying a total of 3.8 million barrels of oil