Новости за 24.05.2024

Poland and Greece on one side and EU behemoth Germany on the other have presented competing visions of a common European air defense system. Sputnik asked respected Polish political observer Mateusz Piskorski about the hidden tectonic political, economic and geostrategic tensions that the rival plans have laid bare.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold an urgent phone consultation with key ministers and the attorney general of Israel following the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling that orders Israel to stop its operation in Rafah, media reported on Friday.

In its Grain Market Report, the International Grains Council (IGC) has increased its forecast of Russian wheat exports by 1 million tons to a record 53.1 million. That means Russia will occupy almost 26 percent of the market for the first time in history, Sputnik explains.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited Russia in September 2023. On September 13, Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with him at the Vostochny space center.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - It is unlikely that Russia will attack a NATO country and talks about the "Russian threat" are nothing but a maneuver of the West to prepare for a war, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday.

BISHKEK (Sputnik) - The West wants to gain a foothold in Central Asia and influence the region in any way, including by putting pressure on the leadership of the CIS countries, Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Alexander Bortnikov said.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Former President Donald Trump says US President Joe Biden doesn't know he's alive while asserting during a rally in South Bronx that he can make the people of New York happy.

DOHA (Sputnik) - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced $10 billion in investment in promising sectors of Pakistan's economy, according to a statement following talks between UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif in Abu Dhabi.

TEL AVIV (Sputnik) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday visited the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Northern Command Headquarters, where he received an operational briefing on offensive and defensive activity on the border with Lebanon; after the visit, he announced “detailed” plans to restore security there.

On Thursday, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain said that for the first time, the Arab League is united in calling for an end to the war and Gaza and that a peace conference should be held. He said that Russia was the first country he asked to support the initiative, calling Moscow “the most influential country on the international stage.”

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Joe Biden is at risk of being excluded from the Ohio ballot in the upcoming presidential election for failing to meet certain criteria in the state law, experts told Sputnik.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US is launching a comprehensive review of bilateral cooperation with Georgia over the passing of a "foreign influence" law in the country, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement.

MINSK (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that he plans to discuss with his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, during his visit to Minsk security issues and the participation of Belarus in the upcoming exercises on the use of non-strategic nuclear weapons.

Earlier this month, Israel seized the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing in Gaza, the main crossing between Gaza and Egypt. Since that time, humanitarian aid coming into Gaza has slowed to a crawl, despite the much-hyped US-built pier constructed off the coast.

TEHRAN (Sputnik) - The General Staff of the Iranian armed forces published on Thursday the preliminary results of the investigation and found no bullet marks were found on the crashed helicopter of late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.

DOHA (Sputnik) - Yemen's rebel Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis, has started operations against Israeli-linked vessels in the Mediterranean Sea by attacking a ship earlier this week, Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi said on Thursday.