North Korea fires short-range ballistic missile in Sea of Japan — media

US Special Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff and businessman Jared Kushner will hold bilateral talks with Iranian delegates in the morning, and will attend a trilateral meeting with Russian and Ukrainian delegations in the afternoon

At the same time, Matthew Whitaker expressed hope that the additional defense expenditures, which European allies had to undertake under the US pressure, have made the alliance stronger

Russia’s ministry of economic development has recommended Russian tourists refrain from visiting Cuba amid the "fuel emergency" in the country

Epstein was detained by New York State law enforcement on July 6, 2019

Ukrainian drones struck the village of Tsentralny in the Perevalsk Municipal District

Munich Security Conference Chairman Wolfgang Ischinger said the forum would also like to declare its commitment to peace

The add-on protection system has already been successfully tested by artillery crews, and work is currently underway to improve it, taking into account feedback from soldiers on the front lines

On Thursday, a funding bill for the department failed to secure the necessary votes in the US Senate

Viktor Orban emphasized that Hungary will maintain its independent position on these issues despite pressure from Brussels

We're going to continue to do everything we can to play this role of bringing this war to the end, Rubio added

According to the statement, the US Department of Commerce has issued "a preliminary affirmative determination"

The US leader stressed that Tehran "does a lot of talking and no action"

This is when a new reality began, which necessitated "decisive measures" from Moscow, Dmitry Peskov said

BRICS was established to create, if you will, an alternative for anything that could be shut down with the push of a button, as we’ve already seen, the diplomat said

Ukraine blocked supplies of Russian oil via the Druzhba pipeline to Hungary to create difficulties for the Hungarian government ahead of parliamentary elections, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Economic Relations Peter Szijjarto said

According to Ryabkov, "this is simply an indication that BRICS - without being some kind of ‘magic wand’ - can truly help address challenges"

The Russian Northern Fleet consists of more than 40 submarines and over 40 surface ships and boats

"This fact is of great significance and should not be overlooked," Dmitry Peskov said

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov noted that there is also an idea to create a platform designed to work in special economic zones

Ilham Aliyev emphasized that more than six months the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border is calm

Governor of the Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina said the peak of inflation was in December 2024 and in January 2026

Mikhail Shaidorov won the Olympic gold in men’s singles with 291.58 points

According to the head of the Officers Union for International Security, Paris is being caught red-handed, and Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso are no longer what they were five years ago

The developer Anthropic’s user guidelines prohibit the use of the technology to facilitate violence, the newspaper said

One European official said that without American participation, the talks "lacked substance"

Britain is currently the headliner of this initiative, noted a military specialist at the Institute of Law and National Security of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Alexander Rahr pointed out that at the Munich Security Conference French President Emmanuel Macron made emphases that differed from those of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz

In 2025, the Pentagon redeployed a brigade from the 101st Airborne Division of the US Army from Romania back to its home base

According to Alexander Nozdrachev, Russia's key advantage was that it offered not just to supply tanks, but also to transfer technology

As part of this project, Tehran and Moscow are jointly building the Rasht-Astara railway section

In particular, 41 UAVs were intercepted over the Bryansk Region

The negotiations will be held between Russia, Ukraine and the United States

Kirill Dmitriev commented on French President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to establish a direct channel of communication with Russia

The British prime minister believes Europe should replace excessive dependence on its transatlantic partner with greater regional cooperation

Vladimir Zelensky added that he could speak about this because the incident occurred some time ago

Georgy Zinovyev noted growing interest in the Northern Sea Route from other countries, such as China and India

The company added that India, for its part, has received advanced technologies and mastered the assembly of Russian tanks at domestic facilities

French President Emmanuel Macron stressed that "this dialogue is important by itself"

Russian lugers Daria Olesik and Pavel Repilov with their assisting staff arrived at the Moscow Vnukovo airport

Rubio added that Washington needs strong allies who are proud of their culture and heritage and are prepared to defend a shared civilization

Washington expects Iran’s retaliation, which may increase the risk of a regional conflict, the news agency said

Washington is opening up the red Volodymyr Zelensky to Kyiv, which wants to change the world as quickly as possible

The German Chancellor emphasized the disintegration of the rules-based international order

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi highlighted that the agency had established "imperfect, complicated and extremely difficult" dialogue with Tehran

The US president is trying to concentrate on the upcoming midterm elections in the Congress

The attacks caused no damage to residential buildings and civilian infrastructure sites

During a panel discussion at the conference, the moderator asked her to comment on reports of Rubio’s absence from the meeting

Russian troops also deliver seven strikes on Ukrainian military sites over week

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova recalled Vladimir Zelensky's words, expressing horror at the large number of Russians at the Winter Olympics in Italy and demanding the same from other countries

According to the region's governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, the strike targeted an infrastructure facility

According to the source, Ksenia Grashchenkova has been placed under arrest and is now in custody in a pretrial detention facility in Moscow

The meeting was held on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference

The US leader emphasized that Washington "gets along very well with Europe"

A member of the Finnish national-conservative party, the Freedom Alliance, Armando Mema noted that normalizing conversations about nuclear issues in the country is becoming the new norm

13 of them were destroyed over the Republic of Crimea

Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov won the gold

Vladimir Zelensky says basic questions in the security guarantee deal with the US "remain unsolved"

Pyotr Gumennik scored 184.49 points for the free skate

According to the publication, at the conference that kicked off on February 13 in Munich, the US has been making efforts at de-escalation

According to him, Washington faces a number of "long-term challenges" that "are going to be irritants" in its relationship with Beijing

Kazem Jalali also stressed that in exchange for inspections and agreements, the United States must lift its sanctions

The UK Defense Ministry noted that "Britian’s new long-range weapon programme with Germany is progressing rapidly"

Total losses in real GDP from 2020-2026 amount to €940 billion, the Cologne Institute for Economic Research reported

The French leader pointed out that there is no consensus on this issue

He noted that the US has not halted arms deliveries to Ukraine

Leonid Slutsky advised Western leaders to take note of US President Donald Trump’s remarks that Vladimir Zelensky "is going to have to get moving" toward a peace deal

Central Bank chief Elvira Nabiullina added that the regulator is not expecting a new inflation wave in Russia

Dmitry Peskov noted that everybody found it reasonable and convenient

Earlier, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced that a new round of talks between Russia, the United States and Ukraine would take place in Geneva on February 17-18

French President emphasized the importance of ensuring that there is "no peace without the Europeans"

Alice Weidel argued that Germany should stop "feeding" the Ukrainian regime and instead pressure it into negotiations

"The focus is now on the talks that Iran is currently conducting with its partners, on the work with the Americans, which Iran is carrying out indirectly, primarily through Arab mediators," Sergey Ryabkov said

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto reported that, to date, about 100 Transcarpathian Hungarians who held dual Ukrainian and Hungarian citizenship have been killed as a result of the conflict

Viktor Orban noted that the previous US administration under President Joe Biden interfered in Hungary’s internal affairs in a manner similar to the EU leadership today

According to Konstantin Basyuk, the energy sector is a matter of sovereign choice for states and their economic security

Japanese expert on Russia Taisuke Abiru opined that this will happen if talks on Ukraine produce result and the process of lifting economic sanctions begins

According to Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, many countries have long been convinced that the current system of international relations "isn’t working"

In her opinion, "sanctions should be lifted immediately"

According to Vincent Pery, ArianeGroup's director of defense programs, the aerospace company is holding "preliminary discussions with several countries" about how the weapon would fit into the geopolitical context

One protest is underway at Odeonsplatz, with another scheduled to begin later at Karlsplatz

As part of the upcoming activities, the corvettes and tanker will conduct a series of exercises in the region and make routine port calls at friendly nations

No US servicemen were harmed

According to Alexander Stepanov, the higher-ups within Lasar's Group, which has a broad network of industrial sites, has until now been "greatly favored by Kiev’s leadership, not least due to corruption-related interests"

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said earlier that Russia's national debt is one of the lowest among major developed countries

According to the report, the territorial issue remains "the main sticking point" at the talks

Nikol Pashinyan also highlighted that during US Vice President JD Vance’s visit to Yerevan, Armenia joined the 123 Agreement on civil nuclear energy cooperation

At the Munich Security Conference, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Hungarian Prime Minister was "growing a belly" instead of building up his army

This will happen if Tokyo decides to use military force in the situation around Taiwan, clarified the ministry's official representative Jiang Bin

"The moment when a supposed president of a country says something like this, thousands of international officials should shout ‘catch the nazi’ in unison, and millions of human rights advocates organize protests against neo-Nazism," Maria Zakharova said

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov emphasized that BRICS is not a military union and not a collective security organization and has never been planned as such

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has dismissed claims that blogger Alexey Navalny was poisoned with frog-derived poison

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The spokesman of the Ukrainian President Sergey Nikiforov noted that the meeting will take place on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference

Europe has taken its set of steps moving forward, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said

Ukrtransfta is technically ready to resume oil pumping via the Druzhba oil pipeline to Hungary and Slovakia

Matthew Whitaker also added that "it's an incredibly dangerous world right now"

According to him, the United States must maintain sufficient military capabilities in the Middle East to ensure that Tehran does not "come after" Washington

First he's urging everyone to organize the electoral process, and then in a split second he either changes his mind or postpones them, Maria Zakharova has told the media

Andrey Marochko says that the servicemen are clearing the territories of the towns

"Russia wants to make a deal, and Zelensky is going to have to get moving, otherwise he's going to miss a great opportunity," the US leader stated