Agencies

Oslo: Several current and former European politicians addressed the Norwegian Nobel Committee with a request to nominate Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022, and for this reason extend the nomination procedure until March 31."We...

Kabul: The Taliban has officially banned the broadcast of all foreign TV series in Afghanistan, a person familiar with the situation told Sputnik."The Taliban clearly said to stop showing any foreign TV series translated into Dari or Pashto...

Baghdad: Four Katyusha rockets on Thursday struck the Balad Air Base, Iraq's largest military air base in north of the capital Baghdad, a local security source said.The rockets landed at the Balad Air Base in Salahudin province, some...

Canberra: Australia has imposed sanctions on 11 Russian banks and many governmental entities, including those responsible for managing the Russia sovereign debt, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday.The sanctions have been introduced over the Russian military operation in...

Tokyo: Japan has imposed sanctions on 15 Russian persons and nine more entities over the military operation in Ukraine, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said on Friday.The list of the sanctioned persons includes among others Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman...

Washington: The United States is providing Ukraine with intelligence that is making a difference in its fight against Russia, US Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security Ronald Moultrie said during a hearing."I would say that the...

Moscow: The total amount of US funding for military biological work carried out in the laboratories of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense amounted to $32 million, Igor Kirillov, the head of the radiation, chemical and biological defense of the...

Beijing: NATO's eastward expansion is directly linked to the current Ukrainian crisis, and the key to resolving it is in the hands of the alliance and especially Washington, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Thursday."The key...

Cairo: The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Thursday the discovery of five 4,000-year-old ancient tombs in the Saqqara archaeological sites southwest of Cairo."The Egyptian archaeological mission uncovered five tombs about 100 meters northwest of the...

Moscow: Russia will not be able to take into account the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the need to suspend a special military operation in Ukraine, there can be no agreement here, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry...