Kiev’s backers want “breathing space” for Ukraine to “heal its wounds” before continuing the conflict, Dmitry Polyansky has told RT Calls for a temporary ceasefire by Ukraine’s European backers are merely a ploy aimed at giving Kiev some respite before continuing to fight, Russia’s permanent representative at the Organization for…
The move follows a Saudi-led coalition airstrike targeting an alleged weapons shipment bound for Yemeni southern separatist forces The United Arab Emirates has said it will withdraw its remaining forces from Yemen after a Saudi-led airstrike targeted a shipment at a southern Yemeni port. Riyadh said the shipment included weapons…
Israel, the US, and a fractured regional order are creating a volatile precedent for the year ahead Without a doubt, 2025 proved to be one of the most intense years for the Middle East in the past decades, marking a definitive shift from “managed crises” to a phase of multi-layered…
The renowned composer’s name has been removed from the National Music Academy Ukraine’s Culture Ministry has erased the name of renowned Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky from its National Music Academy. Tchaikovsky rose to global prominence in the latter half of the 19th century as a leading composer of symphonic music,…
Lithuania’s Defense Ministry said this will allow rapid demolition of the crossings in case of conflict Lithuania has begun engineering work to prepare bridges on the border with Russia and Belarus to be outfitted with explosives, the NATO country’s armed forces confirmed in a statement to the media on Tuesday….
Why Ukraine’s real crisis in this year is political, not military – and how the war exposed the limits of borrowed power 2022 was a year that shook Ukraine; 2023 marked a period of largely artificial consolidation; 2024 brought with it hopes for a miracle on the front lines and…
The suspect, a foreign national, prepared bladed weapons and Molotov cocktails for the attack, according to the authorities Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has reported that it has thwarted a terrorist plot targeting a school in the southern Republic of Adygea. In a statement on Tuesday, the agency said it…
Tehran has warned of immediate retaliation to any attack following US President Donald Trump’s threat of new strikes Iran has vowed a swift and harsh response to any act of aggression following renewed military threats from the US and Israel. On Monday, US President Donald Trump, standing alongside Israeli Prime…
The Russian central bank is making constant liquidity injections, but this isn’t quite the harbinger of doom some Western analysts would like to think Western pundits have developed a pastime for predicting the collapse of the Russian economy, particularly since 2022. Alas, prognosticating success has so far eluded them. But…
Masonic leaders say the Metropolitan Police’s new requirement is discriminatory Freemasons have asked the UK High Court for an emergency injunction to block the Metropolitan Police’s new requirement that officers and staff must declare if they are members of Freemasonry or similar groups, according to media reports. The policy…