The extent of damage to the Syrian military base in Ash Sha'irat in the Homs province as a result of the US missile attack is less than it was estimated promptly right after the strike, a base employee told Sputnik on Friday.| Sputnik International
Previous to the US election results, Barack Obama wrote on X that it could take days to learn who won while Hillary Clinton also hinted the count would take time as in 2020. However, the 2024 presidential election didn’t become a repetition of 2020. Donald Trump was declared the winner the next day.| Sputnik International
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it attacked a command and control center of Palestinian movement Hamas, located in a school in the northern Gaza Strip.| Sputnik International
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Newly appointed French Prime Minister Michel Barnier announced his intention to resume discussions on the controversial pension reform.| Sputnik International
The United Kingdom will extend its training program for Ukrainian soldiers until the end of 2025, the UK Ministry said.| Sputnik International
The positions of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has been shelled by dozens of times by both the Hezbollah movement in Lebanon and the Israeli Defense Force.| Sputnik International
Around 15,000 people have been convicted in Ukraine for cooperation with Russia.| Sputnik International
According to local media, the next prime minister of Japan will be elected during an extraordinary session of the Japanese parliament, which may be called on October 1.| Sputnik International
The US Justice Department said in a statement that it has charged a 20-year-old Pakistani man with plotting a terror attack in New York City.| Sputnik International
New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan delayed sentencing in former US President Donald Trump's "hush money" case until after election in order to not interfere with the 2024 presidential election.| Sputnik International
Boeing's malfunctioning Starliner spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station to return to earth, leaving its crew behind due to numerous malfunctions.| Sputnik International
Emmanuel Macron managed to secure a prime minister without resorting to appointing one from the populist left that allied with his coalition to stop the populist right.| Sputnik International
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar told Sputnik the increasing use of Cyprus military bases by the UK and the US, particularly during the Gaza conflict, presents risks to the island in case of possible retaliation.| Sputnik International
The US is urgently gathering information about the circumstances of the death of US citizen Aysrnur Egzi Eygi in the West Bank, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said.| Sputnik International
German automotive giant Volkswagen's announcement on possible unprecedented emergency measure is the result of years of foolhardy policy by Brussels and Berlin, Bundestag lawmaker Dirk Spaniel tells Sputnik.| Sputnik International
French politics were brought to a boiling point after President Macron delayed the appointment of a new PM for two months after July’s snap elections.| Sputnik International
As a result of the Russian missile attack on a training center in Poltava, about 500 military specialists were killed and wounded, a high-ranking military source reported.| Sputnik International
President Joe Biden’s son Hunter has pleaded guilty to all nine counts against him in a sprawling, $1.4 million tax evasion case highlighting his history of indulgence in drugs and hookers.| Sputnik International
Western media publications are zealously continuing to flog the ‘Russian meddling in US election’ narrative.| Sputnik International
Russia's battlegroup Sever destroyed the position of a French-made Caesar self-propelled gun in the border area of the Kursk region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.| Sputnik International
The Durov saga in France and the continued efforts by countries around the world to crack down on his popular private messenger and social media software has divulged a string of embarrassing details.| Sputnik International
The Russian armed forces have eliminated more than 10,400 Ukrainian servicemen and 81 tanks during military operations in the border areas of the Kursk Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.| Sputnik International
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry has run out of money to cover September payments to the Ukrainian armed forces, Roksolana Pidlasa, the chairwoman of the Verkhovna Rada budget committee, said.| Sputnik International
BRICS has no rules that would ban members of certain organizations from having relations with this association, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, commenting on the prospects for Turkey's rapprochement with BRICS given its NATO membership and EU candidate status.| Sputnik International
This week brought further developments in the Biden administration’s ongoing war against alternative media in the United States just days after the Federal Bureau of Investigation promised “more searches” of figures connected to Russian media.| Sputnik International
President Emmanuel Macron has appointed Michel Barnier, a right-wing politician who played a major role in the 2016 Brexit Task Force, as the new prime minister of France, on Thursday. In July, Macron accepted the resignation of Gabriel Attal following the president's electoral defeat. Attal was the country's youngest ever prime minister, and held the position for eight months.| Sputnik International
Restrictions on the dissemination of information by US media outlets in Russia will follow in response to Washington's sanctions against the Rossiya Segodnya media group, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Sputnik.| Sputnik International
The US Justice Department’s sweeping crackdown on Russian media on Wednesday to the thunderous applause of the legacy media will leave Americans a little less informed, less safe and a lot less free.| Sputnik International
The US Treasury Department announced a new raft of sanctions on the Rossiya Segodnya media group which includes RIA Novosti, RT, Sputnik and Ruptly. Russia has vowed to respond in kind.| Sputnik International
President Putin outlined Russia’s plans for the expansion of economic ties with the new global economic center in Asia, calling the Russian Far East the country’s “standard-bearer.”| Sputnik International
A Russian bomb squad has found and destroyed a warhead of a Patriot missile in the Kursk Region, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM) said on Thursday.| Sputnik International
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday that he had received an invitation from Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the BRICS outreach summit in October.| Sputnik International
US billionaire Elon Musk said on Thursday that he is ready to serve his country with no salary or title, amid reports that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump intends to accept his proposal to establish a government efficiency commission if he wins.| Sputnik International
Ever since the snap elections in July produced a hung parliament in France, President Emmanuel Macron has delayed appointing a new prime minister. Amid the standoff in the French parliament, where none of the major factions control an...| Sputnik International
Key Takeaways From Putin's Speech at Eastern Economic Forum| Sputnik International
Russia's Battlegroup Yug eliminated up to 745 Ukrainian servicemen over the past 24 hours, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Thursday.| Sputnik International
The use of national currencies in settlements between Russia and BRICS partners is approximately 65%, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.| Sputnik International
The 9th Eastern Economic Forum is taking place on the campus of the Far Eastern Federal University between 3 and 6 September in Russia's Vladivostok.| Sputnik International
Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) has claimed that most agents who were present during the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in July were not USSS agents, but were in fact HSI agents.| Sputnik International
The Russian military is increasingly effectively attacking foreign instructors in Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said| Sputnik International
The Biden administration signaled that it would continue to clamp down on alternative media Wednesday with the announcement of several measures against figures connected to Russian outlets.| Sputnik International
Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter, who works as a political analyst now, said that US sanctions force him to end his cooperation with RT and Sputnik, and thanked his Russian colleagues for the professionalism they have shown over the past few years.| Sputnik International
The four activists are associated with the African People’s Socialist Party and the Uhuru Movement with locations in the US cities of St. Petersburg and St. Louis.| Sputnik International
The United States’ persecution campaign against journalists and political dissidents with ties to Russian media accelerated Wednesday when new repressive measures were announced against several entities.| Sputnik International
Ukraine’s economic crisis is showing early signs of spiraling out of control, with the cabinet of ministers ordering a partial halt to the servicing of the country’s Eurobond obligations last week, and Kiev becoming hopelessly reliant on Western economic and military aid to keep the economy afloat and the conflict with Russia churning.| Sputnik International
Fierce battles are underway between the Russian and Ukrainian armies for the approaches to Pokrovsk (formerly Krasnoarmeysk), a key city in the Ukrainian-occupied Donbass about 60 km northwest of Donetsk. Here's what's important to know about the city.| Sputnik International
Sputnik sat down for an interview with independent journalist, political commentator and influencer Jackson Hinkle, who shared his impressions on the sorry state of free speech in Biden's America for alternative media, as well as life in Russia's liberated territories.| Sputnik International
The Kremlin confirmed on Wednesday that Moscow is working on an updated nuclear doctrine, taking account of the actions of the collective West. Veteran military analyst and retired Russian Army Colonel Viktor Litovkin breaks down the details of Russia’s current nuclear doctrine, and comments on what the updated document may entail.| Sputnik International
International delegations are planning to visit polling stations and territorial commissions during the September elections in Moscow, Olga Kirillova, chairwoman of the Moscow City Election Commission, told Sputnik.| Sputnik International
Ukraine’s cabinet reshuffle appears to reflect the behind-the-scenes power tussle between the centers of influence over the failed regime: London and Washington, Alexander Dudchak told Sputnik.| Sputnik International
During the liberation of the village of Prechistovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, units of the 58th Independent Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fled chaotically, abandoning weapons and ammunition in their forward positions.| Sputnik International
The global trend to abandon the increasingly weaponized US dollar has been gaining steam. A new currency transaction platform being developed by BRICS is set to further advance the digitalization trend and transition to other currencies in mutual settlements, the financial expert noted.| Sputnik International
Kiev's plans to use a "dirty bomb" and blame Moscow for this were revealed back in 2022 by Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, who heads the Russian Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Defense Troops. Russia’s Defense Ministry had well-sourced information about the planned attack, Kirillov said at the time, with Moscow repeatedly reiterating the warnings.| Sputnik International
BRICS countries will consider Turkiye's application for a full-fledged participation in the association, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said on Wednesday.| Sputnik International
The Eastern Economic Forum began on Tuesday and will run through Friday. It is being hosted by the Far Eastern Federal University in the Russian Pacific coast city of Vladivostok.| Sputnik International
Global demand for gas is set to increase by at least 10–12% over the next 20 years, with the possibility for even higher growth, Russian First Deputy Energy Minister Pavel Sorokin has said.| Sputnik International
The Dassault Falcon 900EX aircraft was seized in the Dominican Republic and transferred to the Southern District of Florida upon the request of the US who said they had based their decision on US export control and sanction laws.| Sputnik International
Russia is aware of Malaysia's interest in joining BRICS and supports this interest, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.| Sputnik International
“Jakarta has been engulfed in fiery unrest in recent days, as thousands of protesters attempted to storm parliament in response to controversial changes to election laws,” notes the website Orinoco Tribune, acknowledging large demonstrations taking place in the Indonesian capital recently.| Sputnik International
At the invitation of Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay a state visit to Mongolia on September 2-3, with meetings between two sides would be devoted to key issues of bilateral relations and promising areas of cooperation.| Sputnik International
The Eastern Economic Forum kicked off in Vladivostok on Tuesday, with the four-day event serving as a platform for the discussion of initiatives aimed at developing the Russian Far East, and expanding regional cooperation with and between Asia-Pacific region countries. Economists tell Sputnik about the special significance of this year’s forum.| Sputnik International
The United States has shown complete disregard for international legal norms by seizing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's airplane, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said| Sputnik International
Israeli Prime Minister halted a flight to evacuate sick and injured Palestinian children in Gaza, with local media claiming it was due to the Golan Heights attack.| Sputnik International
The US is constructing a global system of bilateral and multilateral alliances to assist it in more efficiently projecting power throughout the 21st century. As the world moves towards multipolarity, the US is prepared to exploit this...| Sputnik International
