Agencies

Jerusalem: The Israeli Air Force's F-16 fighter jets attacked a research center near the Syrian northwestern city of Masyaf and the port of Baniyas, Rear Adm. Oleg Zhuravlev, the deputy head of the Russian center for reconciliation of opposing...

Helsinki: Finland will probably apply for NATO membership on Wednesday, Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said.Russian President Vladimir Putin had an exchange of views with his Finnish counterpart, Sauli Niinisto, on Helsinki's intention to apply for NATO membership in...

Kyiv: Weapons supplied to Ukraine by Western countries may end up in the hands of terrorists or lead to the emergence of new terrorist organizations, Iraqi security experts told Sputnik on Sunday."The American weapons currently being supplied to Ukraine...

Kiev: Ukraine and Russia are negotiating the evacuation of 60 people from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, the state-run Ukrinform news agency reported Saturday.At the current stage, the evacuation concerns severely injured soldiers and medical workers,  Ukrainian Deputy...

Helsinki: The Party Council of the leading Finnish Social Democratic Party on Saturday endorsed the plan for making Finland a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).The Party Council is the party's highest decision-making body between party conventions,...

Tblisi: Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday assured citizens that the country will maintain a long-lasting peace with Russia and ruled out any military conflicts between both nations."We guarantee our residents that peace will be long-lasting. There will...

United Nations: The United Nations is aware of "shocking” video showing violence during the funeral of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jerusalem and calls on the Israeli government to protect freedom of peaceful assembly, UN spokesperson Farhan...

Muscat: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres missed the opportunity to reach a peaceful settlement on Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday."To my great regret, the secretariat of this organization, including its general secretary, missed the opportunity...

Washington: US consumer prices rose 8.3 per cent in the year to April, easing slightly from March while keeping inflation in the world’s largest economy not far from the four-decade highs seen in recent months, the Labor Department said...

Beijing: Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom (AUKUS), which condemned China and the Solomon Islands for a security cooperation deal, are the ones militarizing the South Pacific and provoking a new arms race in the region, Chinese...