The Kiev regime was the first to strike energy targets, hitting Russian energy and power facilities and oil depots, retired Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) lieutenant general Leonid Reshetnikov tells Sputnik. Ukraine "believed this would both damage Russia and somehow halt its advance, disruptin»»»

An FBI most wanted poster is displayed during a press conference with Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel and other government representatives at the Department of Justice Headquarters in Washington, D.C., on November 19. Patel announced the arrest of Ryan Wedding on murder and drug»»»

The US has completed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), but still owes the agency roughly $260 million in outstanding membership fees, according to media reports citing WHO calculations. Washington had long been one of WHO’s largest contributors, but US President Donald Trump »»»

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has joined US President Donald Trump’s Ukraine team as a “prosperity adviser,” US envoy Steve Witkoff has announced. After a similar project failed last year, Fink will once more be tasked with pulling Western capital into Ukraine. Speaking at the World Economic Forum’s ann»»»

Kyiv: Four people were killed and five others wounded Friday in a Russian drone strike targeting eastern Ukraine. Local sources reported that the strike targeted the city of Cherkasy in the Donetsk region, killing four people, including a child, and wounding five others. Two houses were also damage»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic said on Friday a European Parliament (EP) delegation that had paid a two-day visit to Belgrade had demonstrated it had come to support pro-blockade activists from the former government, and noted that the visit was "absolutely a political mission." »»»

Italian leader Giorgia Meloni said Friday she hoped US President Donald Trump would end the conflict in Ukraine so she could nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize. Meloni revels in her cordial ties with Trump, who has expressed frustration at failing to win the prize. "I hope that one day we can a»»»

Raipur: India continued their dominant run in the T20 series, defeating New Zealand in the second match to take 2-0 lead. A brilliant innings from Ishan Kishan, followed by a composed finish from skipper Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dube, ensured India chased down a challenging target of 209 with ea»»»

Spanish prosecutors have dropped an investigation into complaints of sexual abuse against the singer Julio Iglesias. They ruled that Spanish courts had no jurisdiction and were therefore not competent to investigate crimes committed abroad involving complainants who were not Spanish citizens or res»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Parliament Speaker Marina Ragus said on Friday a delegation of European Parliament (EP) members that had visited the Serbian parliament earlier in the day had not wanted to discuss the human and civil rights of Kosovo-Metohija Serbs and the daily terror against them at the»»»

Tunis, Jan. 23 (TAP) – The stock market sharply accelerated its rebound compared with the previous session (+1.15%), topping the 14,000-point mark. The benchmark index thus lifted its annual performance to +5.1%, according to stockbroker Tunisie...»»»

The president of Somaliland has held separate talks with his Israeli counterpart, as well as the second son of the US leader, as the breakaway region continues to seek international recognition and foreign investment. Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi met Isaac Herzog and businessma»»»

US officials have been pressuring Iraq to disarm Iran-backed armed factions, reported the Financial Times on Friday. “In tense meetings with senior Iraqi political leaders tasked with forming the next government, US officials have in recent weeks also pushed the Iraqis to produce a ‘credible’ plan »»»

A Turkish court rejected on Friday a lawsuit from jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu challenging the cancellation of his university degree, his legal team said, in a further blow to his plans to run for the presidency in the next election. Imamoglu, who is President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main po»»»

Greece is set to suffer a new round of rainstorms and gale-force winds in coming days, paradoxically accompanied by unseasonably high temperatures of up to 20 degrees Celsius, forecasts said Friday. Following a relatively warm weekend, the wet, windy weather is expected mostly on Monday and Tuesday»»»

Protesters against Immigration and Customs Enforcement action march after groups from competing protests confronted each other in downtown Minneapolis on Saturday. The people of Minnesota are participating in a one-day strike to protest federal enforcement in the state. Photo by Craig Lassig/UPI | »»»

The issue of ISIS detainees transferred from prisons in northeastern Syria to Iraq has moved to the forefront of Baghdad’s security and political agenda, coinciding with intensified efforts to form a new government and determine the next prime minister. Long confined to narrow security and technica»»»

Abu Dhabi: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan met today with the heads of delegations participating in the US-Russia-Ukraine trilateral talks hosted by the UAE as part of ongoing efforts to foster dialogue and explore political solutions to the Ukraine crisis. Also Read: »»»

A fracture in a straight section of track "occurred prior to the passage" of a high-speed train that derailed, causing last Sunday's rail disaster in which 45 people died, an initial report has found. A train run by private company Iryo derailed last Sunday and its rear carriages crossed on to the »»»

Bulgaria's Constitutional Court has declined a petition to declare unconstitutional a National Assembly resolution refusing to resolve on the conduct of a national referendum on a postponement of the adoption of the euro by Bulgaria, the Court said on its website Friday. The Court was petitioned by»»»

“Kiev’s attempts to talk about [Greenland’s] security in the face of its own territorial losses can only be met with skepticism,” Russian military and political analyst Ivan Konovalov told Sputnik, commenting on Zelensky’s claims at Davos that Ukraine “would solve the problem” in Greenland if it wa»»»

Elon Musk is getting to ready throw his full weight behind the Republican Party ahead of the crucial midterm elections, despite his recent falling-out with US President Donald Trump, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing sources. People familiar with the matter told the paper Musk, a»»»

Police have arrested a 22-year-old man suspected of having repeatedly filmed himself driving a red motorbike dangerously in Athens and posting the videos on social media to show off. A police statement Friday said the suspect was charged with reckless driving and incitement to reckless driving, and»»»

Rumen Radev has ceased to perform the duties of President after the Constitutional Court terminated his powers following his resignation, making him the first democratically elected head of state in Bulgaria to step down before the end of his term. Radev served as president from January 22, 2017, t»»»

Makassar, Indonesia: Rescuers have found the bodies of all 10 people were on board a chartered plane that crashed into a mountain in Indonesia at the weekend, a local official said Friday. The turboprop plane, chartered by the fisheries ministry, was carrying seven crew and three civil servants, wh»»»

The United Nations called Friday on Iranian authorities to immediately end their "brutal repression", after a crackdown on nationwide protests left thousands dead, including children. Speaking at an urgent UN Human Rights Council meeting on the situation in Iran, UN rights chief Volker Turk voiced »»»

Dubai: For millions of Muslims around the world, Ramadan in 2026 is expected to arrive with a relative sense of ease, at least in terms of fasting hours. Ramadan Prayer Time Table 2026Astronomical calculations indicate that the holy month, which is expected to begin on Thursday, 19 February 2026, w»»»

The assault on a journalist in the Thessalian city of Volos on Thursday evening has drawn widespread condemnation from institutions, political groups and individuals across the region. Archimidis (Dimitris) Kareklidis, the owner of the Magnesia newspaper, said he had just parked his car outside his»»»

BELGRADE - The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has extended until February 20 an operating licence issued to the Serbian oil company NIS, Tanjug learns. NIS is under US sanctions due to its Russian majority ownership. In a letter to the Serbian Ministry of Finance, the OFAC said the lice»»»

Doha, Qatar: Weather conditions inshore until 6am on Saturday will be relatively cold during the daytime, with scattered clouds, turning cold to very cold at night, the Department of Meteorology said in its daily weather report. The department also warned of strong winds. Offshore conditions are ex»»»

Dubai: The Emirates Airline Festival of Literature opened on Thursday at the InterContinental Dubai Festival City, bringing together senior officials, cultural leaders and global literary figures for one of the region’s largest celebrations of the written and spoken word. The opening was attended b»»»

Abu Dhabi: The UAE security force participating in the Joint Tactical Exercise of the security agencies of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Arabian Gulf Security 4) has arrived in the State of Qatar to take part in the exercise, which will be held from January 25th until February 4th. The exercise is »»»

Five people have been arrested in connection to the shooting of an Indiana Judge and his wife in their home on Sunday afternoon. File Photo by Justin Lane/EPA-EFE Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Five people have been arrested in connection to the shooting of an Indiana judge and his wife in their home on Sunday. »»»

The pause of a trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur exposes deep internal divisions within Europe over agriculture and trade liberalization. Patrick Seeger/EPA-EFE BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- The trade agreement between the European Union and the Mercosur, hailed as one of the»»»

The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on nine vessels of what is ​known as the shadow fleet and eight related firms, the US Treasury Department said in a statement, as Washington sought to escalate pressure on Iran over the recent killing of protesters. "Today’s sanctions target a critical »»»

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has blasted Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky, saying his criticism of European nations that support Kiev shows a lack of gratitude. Zelensky accused Europe of being indecisive on Thursday, contrasting it with the US under President Donald Trump, who made similar r»»»

National Bank of Greece has complied with a court order to provide data on transactions made with a pre-paid bank card allegedly linked with the Predator phone spyware scandal that targeted politicians, journalists and others. The judge presiding over the ongoing trial in Athens said the card had b»»»

Parliamentary Committee on European Affairs and Foreign Policy has discussed and approved on Friday amendments to the Criminal Code in the absence of opposition lawmakers, who were in the field preparing for Saturday’s protest. Under the approved changes, double parking of vehicles — previously pun»»»

Chair of the NATO Military Committee (CMC), Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone attends a press conference of Military Committee in Chiefs of Defence, at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, 22 January 2026. Photo by OLIVIER MATTHYS/ EPA Jan. 22 (Asia Today) -- South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff vice»»»

French prosecutors said Friday they opened an investigation into an oil tanker intercepted in the Mediterranean Sea by the French navy and suspected of shipping Russian petroleum in violation of sanctions against Moscow. The Grinch, an oil tanker that came from Murmansk in northwestern Russia and i»»»

The relationship between the EU, NATO, and the Trump administration can be summed up briefly: America is severing its military, economic, and political ties with Europe, while Europe scrambles to maintain those connections. Negotiations, flattery, endless meetings, summits, and declarations come in»»»

The UAE Foreign Ministry announced on Friday the start of the negotiations between the delegations of Russia, the United States, and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi, adding that the talks will continue on January 24. "The talks commenced today in Abu Dhabi and are scheduled to continue over two days, as part »»»

Warning: This story contains details which some readers might find distressing. An Iranian woman who witnessed the bloody crackdown on protests in Iran has described how her neighbourhood turned into a "war zone" as security forces opened fire at crowds with live ammunition. A government-imposed in»»»

Mexican influencer Nicole Pardo Molina, known online as "La Nicholette," was kidnapped in broad daylight in Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa. File Photo by Ulises Ruiz Basurto/EPA Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Mexican influencer Nicole Pardo Molina, known online as "La Nicholette," was kidnapped in broad daylig»»»

The UN children's agency (UNICEF) told AFP on Friday that it was able to bring recreational supplies including notebooks, crayons and art materials into the war-scarred Gaza Strip for the first time in more than two years. Since the start of the war sparked by Hamas's October 2023 attack on Israel,»»»

Dubai: Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has urged motorists to plan their journeys in advance, warning of possible traffic delays around Alserkal Avenue as Quoz Arts Fest returns this weekend. The two-day cultural festival will take place on Saturday, January 24, and Sunday, January 25, »»»

Ryan Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder and one of the FBI's ten most wanted fugitives, has been arrested and charged with running a transnational drug trafficking operation, US media report. The reported arrest ends a years-long search for Wedding, 44, who was wanted on drug and murder»»»

The Constitutional Court has dismissed an application by 49 members of Parliament challenging the constitutionality of the decision of the legislature to elect a Prime Minister, as well as the structure and composition of the Council of Ministers, adopted on January 16, 2025, according to a stateme»»»

1 of 3 | President Donald Trump said that he is sending an “armada” to Iran in response to its regime’s killing of more than 5,000 protesters. Photo by Francis Chung/UPI | License Photo Jan. 23 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump said that he is sending an "armada" to Iran in response to its regime's k»»»

Tunis,23 janv. (TAP)- President of the Republic Kaïs Saïed Friday met in Carthage with Ambassador of Portugal to Tunisia Nuno Bello who paid him a farewell visit at the end of his mission to Tunisia. The Head of State said Tunisia wants stronger...»»»