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795 storiesKremlin says Russia has not been asked to mediate between Houthis and Saudi Arabia
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said no one has asked Russia to act as a mediator in the conflict between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia. He said the situation is “extremely alarming” and that Moscow is watching developments in the Persian Gu…
Kremlin thanks India for readiness to help settle Ukraine conflict
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia is grateful to India for its readiness to help settle the conflict around Ukraine and for the ideas India has voiced. He was commenting on reports that India proposed a three-point truce covering …
Kremlin calls French ballistic missile test a “loud and clear message”
The Kremlin said it regards France’s test launch of a ballistic missile as a “loud and clear message”, echoing the words of President Emmanuel Macron, and that such problems should be settled through dialogue rather than demonstrative launc…
Russia strikes Dnieper bridge in Zaporizhzhia, five reported injured
Russian forces struck one of the bridges over the Dnieper in Zaporizhzhia overnight into 6 October, according to the head of the region's military administration, and traffic on the damaged crossing was closed. Meduza reported that five peo…
Kremlin: Russia informed WHO of Irkutsk region situation after worker death
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia has informed the World Health Organization about the situation in the Irkutsk region, following the death of an employee of the Irkutsk anti-plague institute. Peskov also said he had no informatio…
Russia says no current plans for Russia-US-Ukraine trilateral meeting
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said there are currently no plans for a trilateral meeting between Russia, the United States and Ukraine, adding that further steps do not depend on Moscow. Ryabkov said no pause had occurred i…
NATO Military Committee members hold talks in Kyiv, Russian outlets report
Members of the NATO Military Committee held talks in Kyiv on Wednesday, according to reports carried by Russian outlets citing the Italian agency ANSA. TASS said the committee “secretly” visited Ukraine, and that its chairman, Italian Admir…
Rospotrebnadzor calls Irkutsk region situation stable after reports of plague
Rospotrebnadzor said the sanitary-epidemiological situation in Irkutsk Oblast, including the cities of Irkutsk and Shelekhov, is stable, in connection with the case of an employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia and the Far …
Lavrov takes part in CIS foreign ministers' council meeting in Turkmenistan
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is taking part in a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the CIS countries on 7 October. The meeting is being held in Avaza, a centre on the Caspian Sea coast near the city of Turkmenbashi in…
Kremlin urges reliance on official statements amid Irkutsk infection rumors
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Rospotrebnadzor is the competent agency on the situation in the Irkutsk region and that people should follow its official statements rather than rumors and speculation. The comments follow the death of a…
Japan air force drone Global Hawk salvage off Tottori to start in earnest Oct 13
Japan's Air Self-Defense Force says full-scale recovery of a Global Hawk reconnaissance drone that crashed off Tottori Prefecture will begin on Oct. 13, when a civilian salvage vessel is due at the site. An object believed to be part of the…
Typhoon No. 27 moves away from Japan; JMA warns of high waves off Tohoku
Typhoon No. 27 moved northeast away from Japan on October 7 and is expected to become an extratropical cyclone. The Japan Meteorological Agency warned the Pacific off Tohoku would stay rough with swells up to 4 metres through the morning of…
One killed, three wounded in Luhansk region attacks, regional head says
One person was killed and three others wounded in the Luhansk People's Republic over the past day, according to the region's head, Leonid Pasechnik. Pasechnik said a drone struck a passenger car on the Antratsyt–Dolzhansky road, killing a 2…
Girl, 11, killed and four wounded in rocket attack on Belgorod region village, officials say
An 11-year-old girl was killed and four civilians, including another child, were wounded in a rocket attack on the village of Printsevka in the Valuysky district of Russia's Belgorod region, the regional operational headquarters said. Two p…
WHO and Russia say no further plague infections after Siberian lab worker's death
A female worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia and the Far East died last week from pneumonia of undetermined origin, according to Russian authorities and the WHO. Russia's Rospotrebnadzor said 60% of the identified contact…
Crew rescued after tanker Aframax Rio attacked in Black Sea, Russia says
Unmanned boats attacked the tanker Aframax Rio, carrying oil under the Liberian flag, in the Black Sea, according to RBC. The vessel caught fire. Russia’s Ministry of Transport said the crew was rescued and brought ashore, TASS reported, ad…
Kremlin says Europe obsessed with militarising EU, Russia ‘on guard’
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Europe is obsessed with the idea of militarising the EU and turning it from an economic union into a military bloc, calling that path a dead end. He said Russia is ‘on guard’ and is monitoring those plan…
Israel marks three years since Oct. 7 attack with memorials and protests
Israelis gathered on Wednesday to mark three years since the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023 attack, which killed more than 1,200 people and saw 251 taken hostage, with ceremonies, memorials and protests at more than 400 locations. A national moment…
EU's Kallas says Transnistria will not block Moldova's EU accession
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said at a Brussels press conference that the unresolved Transnistrian conflict will not be an obstacle to Moldova's integration into the European Union. She said the situation in the region remains fragil…
Russia quarantines hospital as lab worker’s death puts nearly 200 under observation
A female employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East died last week of pneumonia of unknown cause, Russian authorities said, and a hospital in the town of Shelekhov was placed under quarantine. Officia…