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'Moonies' church leader jailed for two years over bribery offences
Han Hak-ja, 83, gave South Korea's former first lady two Chanel bags and a diamond necklace, a court found.
Djokovic in tears during US Open first-round exit
An emotional Novak Djokovic suffers a US Open first-round defeat which provides further evidence that age is catching up with the 39-year-old great.
Kazakhstan’s parliament votes to appoint Karin as vice president
Erlan Karin’s candidacy, proposed by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, was supported by 141 of the 145 deputies present
US sole factor destabilizing Strait of Hormuz — Iranian Foreign Ministry
The Iranian Foreign Ministry added it will respond to all US actions with "a crushing blow"
Western officials fear Putin is preparing to escalate beyond Ukraine. Bild and The Telegraph outline possible Russian moves against NATO.
Fears are increasingly being voiced in the West that Vladimir Putin does not want peace talks and is planning another escalation, not only in Ukraine but against NATO countries as…
Price of futures contracts of Brent oil up 2.9% amid Middle East escalation
As of 5:35 a.m. Moscow time, the Brent price was up by 2.94% at $90.69 a barrel
Jerusalem dance event struggles with boycott pressures, but moves ahead
Jerusalem Solo International Dance Festival will celebrate five years, hosting 17 artists from 11 countries The post Jerusalem dance event struggles with boycott pressures, but mo…
Arab bus driver beaten unconscious in Beit Shemesh after refusing to stop between stations
Khaled Asiwat is latest Arab bus driver assaulted in wave of attacks by racist youth; union calls for greater protection for drivers; police probe incident, but no arrests The pos…
Trump posts AI videos of key Iranian oil hub ‘being blown to smithereens’
US President Donald Trump has published AI-generated clips showing a missile strike on Iran’s Kharg Island amid a new escalation with Tehran Read Full Article at RT.com
Kiev loses 9,600 soldiers, mercenaries in special op zone last week — expert
Andrey Marochko added that over the past week, the Russian military also destroyed nearly 6,000 unmanned aerial vehicles, three uncrewed boats, three tanks, 47 field artillery guns
MOEX Index up as morning trading session opens
As of 7:10 a.m. Moscow time the MOEX Index was up by 0.04% at 2,115.81 points
Rescue efforts continue on both sides of Nepal-Tibet border
Rescue dogs searched for flood victims in Tibet while authorities worked through the night at a Nepal power plant where hundreds are missing.
Russia drops criminal case against businessman and ‘Putin friend’ Ilya Traber
Russia’s Investigative Committee has dropped its criminal case against St. Petersburg businessman Ilya Traber “due to his complete lack of involvement” in the murder of entreprene…
IRGC says supertanker hits mines in Strait of Hormuz — agency
The vessel attempted to use an "illegal route" in the southern part of the Strait of Hormuz
India, UK Fire Up Defense Cooperation With Joint Development
An inter-governmental agreement to develop and incorporate integrated full electric propulsion for the Indian Navy’s four landing platform docks is underway.
The Black Garden review – haunting study of growing up in war-torn Nagorno-Karabakh
Alexis Pazoumian’s documentary follows Samvel and Avo, two preteen boys whose lives will be unavoidably scarred by brutal conflictAfter the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, a decad…
Goodbye to Babylon Berlin, the 1920s TV drama that has eerily foreshadowed real-life politics
The long-running drama reaches Hitler’s rise to power in its final season as its creators reflect on the unsettling parallels between Weimar Germany and the present dayIt’s the gl…
Performance and belonging: Rio de Janeiro’s ballroom scene – photo essay
A look at the ballroom scene across Maré, Lapa, Gamboa and the city centre. The photographer Juliana Bizzo has documented a movement born from Black and Latinx LGBTQ+ communities …
Iranian lawmaker warns US of retaliation over Middle East escalation
Ebrahim Azizi noted that the United States will pay "a heavier price"
Netanyahu warns Winter’s party could ‘bring down’ his coalition, urges meeting
Winter hits back, saying current government is the 'real danger' due to poor handling of war, failure to draft Haredim; PM claims Eisenkot government would establish Palestinian s…
Death toll from northern Nepal flooding exceeds 900
Nearly 4,200 people, including 592 foreign nationals, remain missing
Moscow, Bishkek cooperate fruitfully in various areas — Russian president
"Relations between our countries are developing dynamically in the spirit of strategic partnership and alliance," Vladimir Putin said
Car bomb reportedly targets Dmitry Neelov, Ukraine war crimes suspect linked to Olenivka POW deaths, in occupied Donetsk
A car belonging to Dmitry Neelov — first deputy head of the Olenivka penal colony in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (“DNR”) — was blown up in occupied Donetsk overn…
Russia’s Defense Ministry says it is preparing large-scale strikes on Ukraine’s energy facilities in response to Ukrainian attacks on Russian infrastructure
Russia’s Defense Ministry said on its Telegram channel that, “in accordance with instructions received,” it has begun preparing massive strikes on Ukraine’s energy facilities.