The US military buildup off Venezuela’s coast could help bring about regime change, opposition figure Maria Corina Machado has said. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate this year signaled she would welcome US strikes on the country if they help remove President Nicolas Maduro. Washington has accused Maduro of having ties to …
Read More »UN watchdog reacts to Ukraine’s attack on Russian nuclear plant
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is “aware” of reports about a fire at the Kursk nuclear power plant (NPP) in Russia, which it said started due to “military activity.” Russian officials earlier said that the plant, located about 50km from the border with Ukraine, had been targeted by a …
Read More »Iran reserves ‘all options’ after US attack: LIVE UPDATES
Tehran has accused Washington of a “grave violation” of international law and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty after the US military joined Israeli forces in their week-long airstrike campaign against Iranian nuclear facilities and military sites. President Trump announced the first US strikes in a post on Truth Social on Saturday …
Read More »Trump rejected Israel’s plan to attack Iran – NYT
US President Donald Trump has rejected Israel’s proposal to strike Iran’s nuclear sites, the New York Times reported on Wednesday evening, citing White House officials and others familiar with the matter. Trump reportedly chose instead to pursue a new deal with Tehran. According to the NYT, Israel had drafted plans …
Read More »Ukrainian chemical attack against staff of Russian defense plant thwarted – FSB
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has said it has foiled a Ukrainian terrorist plot targeting the staff of a Russian defense industry enterprise in the city of Yaroslavl. The suspect is a Russian citizen who was working for Kiev, and who planned to poison workers of the facility with toxic …
Read More »Ukrainian chemical attack against staff of Russian defense plant thwarted – FSB
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has said it has foiled a Ukrainian terrorist plot targeting the staff of a Russian defense industry enterprise in the city of Yaroslavl. The suspect is a Russian citizen who was working for Kiev, and who planned to poison workers of the facility with toxic …
Read More »EU concerned by attempted Ukrainian attack on gas system
The European Commission has expressed concern over reports of a thwarted Ukrainian drone strike on a gas pipeline that supplies several of the bloc’s member states. Moscow said on Monday that Kiev’s forces had launched nine explosives-laden drones, targeting a section of TurkStream in southern Russia over the weekend. Launched …
Read More »EU concerned by attempted Ukrainian attack on gas system
The European Commission has expressed concern over reports of a thwarted Ukrainian drone strike on a gas pipeline that supplies several of the bloc’s member states. Moscow said on Monday that Kiev’s forces had launched nine explosives-laden drones, targeting a section of TurkStream in southern Russia over the weekend. Launched …
Read More »Hungary brands attempted strike on Russian gas pipeline an attack on its sovereignty
Budapest considers any attempts to sabotage its energy supply as undermining its national sovereignty, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Monday, reacting to reports from Russia that Kiev had tried to disable the TurkStream pipeline with kamikaze drones. According to the Russian military, Kiev used nine unmanned aircraft to …
Read More »Germany was warned about Christmas market attack suspect – media
The suspect behind the deadly incident at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg, a Saudi national identified as Taleb A., had prior run-ins with law enforcement, multiple media outlets reported on Saturday. His home country’s requests for extradition, however, had been met with silence. Saudi Arabia warned …
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