Новости за 04.05.2024

Orthodox Christians mark Easter - a pivotal holiday for Christians that symbolizes triumph over death and victory over evil - in accordance with the Julian calendar.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Hamas will agree to a complete ceasefire deal with Israel "in stages," Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday, citing an official source in the Palestinian movement.

Douglas Macgregor earlier warned that the breakdown of the rule of law and a massive flow of illegal immigrants are factors that add to undermining the US's clout.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Thomas Bach, head of the International Olympic Committee, has said he is ready to venture a dip in the Seine to demonstrate that it is safe for athletes who will swim in its waters during the Paris 2024 Summer Games.

Russia's Interior Ministry has put Volodymyr Zelensky on its wanted list, according to the department’s database.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Holy Fire descended at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Saturday, ahead of the Eastern Orthodox Easter.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Pro-Palestine protesters on college campuses across the United States are unlikely to produce the same political impact ahead of the presidential election as their Vietnam War-era peers, as their political demands lack vested interests and are influenced rather by the growing radicalization of academia, experts told Sputnik.

WASHINGTON, (Sputnik) - A host of US Air National Guard leaders from various states in the United States on Friday spoke during a conference call against Legislative Proposal 480 that would transfer the Air Guard's space units to the US Space Force without the consent of the governors of the impacted states.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The death toll from the flooding in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to 39, with 74 people injured, the G1 news portal has reported, citing the local government.

On Thursday, the US State Department confirmed that it is meeting with Nigerien officials to discuss “an orderly and responsible withdrawal of US forces” from the country after Niger’s government requested that the US troops leave. It followed the expulsion of French troops following the coup in the country last year.

UNITED NATIONS, (Sputnik) - Algeria has requested a closed-door UN Security Council meeting for Tuesday on the subject of mass graves discovered in the Gaza Strip in late April, a source told Sputnik.

WASHINGTON, (Sputnik) - The United States has told Qatar that it should oust Hamas if the group continues to turn down ceasefire agreements with Israel, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing US officials.

TUNIS, (Sputnik) - Hamas will send a delegation to Cairo on Saturday with a goal to reach an agreement on ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian movement said on Friday.

DAMASCUS, (Sputnik) - A US military base came under missile fire in the Omar oil field in the province of Deir ez-Zor in eastern Syria, local source has told Sputnik.

ANKARA, (Sputnik) - Turkiye will raise the question of urgent pressure measures against Israel amid the situation in the Gaza Strip at the upcoming summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), a diplomatic source in Ankara told Sputnik.