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Russian President Vladimir Putin says the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis will only be possible if Kiev remains neutral and Moscow’s control over the Crimean Peninsula is formally recognized. The Kremlin cited Putin as making the remarks in a telephone call with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, on Monday, during …

China has reiterated its opposition to the use of illegal and unilateral sanctions against Russia in the wake of a Western move to block a certain number of Russian banks from the SWIFT interbank system amid the conflict in Ukraine. Speaking at a regular daily news briefing in Beijing on …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has blasted the West as the “empire of lies” over plans to impose sweeping sanctions against Moscow to cripple the country’s economy, following its large-scale military operation in Ukraine. Putin was quoted as making the comment in a meeting on Monday when he discussed the Russian …

North Korea has hailed as “great significant” a test of for developing a reconnaissance satellite, state media reported Monday, a day after Seoul said it had detected a ballistic missile launch. The test, which took place on Sunday, “is of great significance in developing the reconnaissance satellite,” the state-run Korean …

Some 59% of attendees at the CPAC conservative conference in Florida want former Republican President Donald Trump to be the party’s 2024 presidential candidate, according to a straw poll released on Sunday. Underscoring the unparalleled sway Trump enjoys over the Republican base, his closest rival, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, garnered …

Talks between Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Belarus have begun on Monday, with Ukraine’s delegation including several high-ranking officials, but not Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky himself. According to Press TV, the country demanded an “immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of Russian troops” in the lead-up to the meeting. The Ukrainian delegation …

The United Kingdom has taken further measures against Russia, cutting off Moscow’s major financial institutions from Western financial markets in response to Russia’s military actions in Ukraine. The government said Monday that it banned any British entities from conducting transactions with the Russian central bank, finance ministry and wealth fund. …

Talks between Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Belarus have begun on Monday, with Ukraine’s delegation including several high-ranking officials, but not Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky himself. The country demanded an “immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of Russian troops” in the lead-up to the meeting. The Ukrainian delegation arrived at the border …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the European Union (EU) to grant Ukraine membership into the bloc. “It is a crucial moment to close the long-standing discussion once and for all and decide on Ukraine’s membership in the EU,” Zelensky wrote on Twitter on Saturday. On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir …

Republican Senator Tom Cotton, a US foreign policy hawk, has urged the United States to impose sanctions on “all Russian financial institutions,” in response to Moscow’s military actions in Ukraine. “I know that they say they sanctioned 80% of the banks in Russia,” Cotton told ABC’s This Week on Sunday. …

Democrats are preparing to spend record sums on lawyers, advertising and other protect-the-vote efforts in a bid to fight Republican voting laws. According to Press TV, the move comes in the run-up to the 2022 midterm elections as Democrats are hoping to stave off Republican efforts they believe will choke …

An adviser to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has stressed that Western countries left Russia with no choice other than to launch a military operation in Ukraine as they failed to honor their commitments and the US-led NATO kept expanding eastward. According to Syria’s official news agency (SANA), Bouthaina Shaaban said …

Iran’s President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi says the Islamic Republic welcomes any diplomatic effort aimed at peaceful settlement of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. “The Islamic Republic of Iran supports any effort that would lead to peaceful settlement of the [ongoing] conflict in Ukraine and is ready to play …

The enormous aircraft, named “Mriya,” or “dream” in Ukrainian, was parked at an airfield near Kyiv when it came under attack, Ukrainian authorities said, adding that they would rebuild the plane, CNN reported. There has been no independent confirmation of the aircraft’s destruction. A tweet from the Antonov Company said it could not verify the …

Former US President Donald Trump says American leaders are very “dumb” while Russian President Vladimir Putin is “smart,” doubling down on his praise for the Russian leader earlier this week. Trump earlier this week praised Putin and called his actions in Ukraine “genius” and “pretty savvy.” Trump went on to …

Russia’s Defense Ministry has pointed to the likely presence of US drones in the air directing an attempted attack on the Russian Black Sea Fleet by Ukrainian gunboats. “I would like to point special attention to the fact that during the attack by Ukrainian vessels, strategic US RQ-4 Global Hawk …

The Japan’s military says North Korea has fired an apparent ballistic missile in its first test since launching a raft of projectiles in January. Japan’s coast guard reported the launch on Sunday while South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff also reported that the North had fired at least one “unidentified projectile” …

The Russian military has been ordered to attack the Ukrainian territory “from all directions” after authorities in the former Soviet state refused negotiations with Moscow over a ceasefire agreement, with official reports saying Russian troops had entered Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kharkiv. Russian Defense Ministry Spokesperson Igor Konashenkov said late …

The United Nations has warned that severe funding shortages pose a threat to the flow of humanitarian assistance to Yemen, saying food rations have already been cut by half for eight million people in the impoverished country. “Aid agencies are doing everything they can to respond to people’s needs, but …

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says al-Quds will remain as Palestine’s capital forever, dismissing claims by France’s Prime Minister Jean Castex. Hamas said the French prime minister’s words will not give the illegal Zionist entity any legitimacy, adding they will only encourage the regime to increase its aggression towards al-Quds …