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Associated Press: U.S. forces in Europe do not have enough Patriots to stop a sustained Russian ballistic attack, and ‘very limited’ ability to stop even a single strike
The U.S. military is facing a “beyond critical” shortage of Patriot missiles in Europe, a U.S. defense official in Europe and a NATO official told The Associated Press on conditio…
'We don't want to speak to them': Trump on negotiations with Iran
The Strait of Hormuz is open and loads of barrels of oil pass through it, said US President
Patriot missile shortage in Europe reaches 'beyond critical' level — media
The Associated Press linked the situation primarily to the transfer of US missile stocks from Europe to the Middle East amid the US war with Iran
Reuters: Russian-speaking hackers breached seven companies by tricking the AI agent in Cursor, the coding tool now owned by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, into thinking the attacks were a test
Russian-speaking hackers from Aur0ra, a new ransomware group, used the AI coding assistant built into Cursor — a code editor that Elon Musk’s SpaceX recently bought — to break int…
Ukraine resumes missile-interception counts after Zelensky says some Patriots arrived from ‘Coalition of the Willing’ allies
Exports of Russian and Kazakh oil through Novorossiysk plummeted in August compared with July, the Russian business daily Kommersant said, citing a review by the independent prici…
Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America
Trump's order comes after the trade talks between the US and Canada collapsed late last week.
Prize named for murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya honors a Trump envoy with a special award for talks that freed almost 500 political prisoners in Belarus
The Kamerton Prize — named for Anna Politkovskaya, a slain journalist for the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta — was awarded in Moscow for the 14th time. The prize take…
Netanyahu urges Ben Gvir, Smotrich to unite as poll shows Winter’s new party surging
Times of Israel poll gives Winter 6 seats, pushing Religious Zionism below the threshold; PM warns fractured right could sink the whole bloc, but Ben Gvir accuses him of planning …
US Patriot missile stocks in Europe ‘beyond critical’ due to Iran war, officials say
American defense, NATO, figures warn shortage of interceptors means forces unable to stop sustained Russian ballistic missile attack, would have to 'take punch after punch' like U…
China’s Green Exports to Europe Are a Bright Spot Amid Trade Tensions
Climate change and the Iran war are driving many European consumers to Chinese-made electric vehicles despite EU tariffs.
Trump directs federal government to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America
President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday directing the federal government to rename Lake Ontario amid an escalating trade dispute with Canada .
US does not plan to restore memorandum with Iran — media
The US authorities are currently focused on increasing economic pressure on the Islamic Republic, the newspaper said
Belugas and dolphins rescued from closed Canadian park arrive in Spain
Two beluga whales and four dolphins rescued from a struggling Canadian marine park arrived in Spain as part of an effort to relocate the animals and avoid euthanasia.
Russian stocks close mixed on Thursday
The MOEX Index added 1.07% to 2,093.4 points, while the RTS Index fell by 0.9% to 767.23 points
US Open men’s draw pits Russian Safiullin against defending champ Alcaraz in opener
Andrey Rublev will begin the tourney against Croatia’s Marin Cilic
Russian, US intel chiefs on good terms, talk regularly — Trump
The US president downplayed Ratcliffe’s recent trip to Moscow, calling it "routine"
Penza police call reports of forced recruitment raids ‘false’ but concede some men may have posed as officers
Residents of the Penza region are “increasingly standing up for lawbreakers” and preventing police officers from detaining them, the Interior Ministry’s regional department said. …
France relaxes strict cheese-making rules after prolonged drought
Makers of some of France's most famous cheeses get waivers on where herds graze due to the lack of grass.
Von der Leyen admits EU economy relied on energy from Russia, exports to China
The European Commission president chose not to point out that the disruption of global trade and the blocking of energy supplies from Russia were a direct result of sanctions draf…
Trump's 'miscalculations' throw Middle East into chaos — Iranian parliament speaker
Mohammad Ghalibaf also expressed confidence that the US economic blockade of Iran "would yield no results"
Allan Little: I met dangerously fanatical Mladić early in Bosnian war
BBC special correspondent Allan Little met the "Butcher of Bosnia" in the early months of the Bosnian war.
Visa, Mastercard process first international card payments in Syria after more than a decade
Transactions come days after US removes Damascus from State Sponsors of Terrorism list, as the country seeks to reconnect with the global financial system The post Visa, Mastercar…
UEFA not to back Infantino’s candidacy if he runs for another FIFA presidential term
The FIFA presidential election will take place in March 2027 in Rabat
EU condemned Mladic, but remains silent about nationalism in Ukraine — senior legislator
Konstantin Kosachev said that even before the start of the special military operation, at least 16,000 people had been killed in Donbass by "the heirs, adherents, followers and ad…