President Donald Trump claims that the US has already taken out “about nine” Iranian oil tankers and threatened to attack “a lot more,” as the two countries trade strikes on commercial and military vessels around the Strait of Hormuz. US Central Command has confirmed that it destroyed eight Iranian»»»

Eight F-15 fighter jets were damaged and an A-10 Thunderbolt was hit and lost a wing in Iranian strikes on a US air base in Jordan, according to a report by the American CBS network. The disclosure came after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard announced on Wednesday that it had launched intensive and decis»»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Senior advisers to US President Donald Trump have warned him of the risk that the conflict with Iran could drag on until the end of his presidential term in January 2029, media reported, citing sources. US Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other offi»»»

Paris, France: French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday called on Europe to develop its own crewed spaceflight capability within a decade as part of a broader push to strengthen the continent's space sector. Macron made the call during an international space summit held in Paris this week, whic»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Several US military aircraft were damaged at the US Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan as a result of Iranian strikes overnight into Wednesday, CBS correspondent Jennifer Jacobs reported on Thursday, citing sources. The US Central Command said late on Tuesday that the US forces ha»»»

VLADIVOSTOK (Sputnik) - New countries may join the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement signed by Pakistan, Turkiye and Saudi Arabia, Pakistani Ambassador to Russia Faisal Niaz Tirmizi told Sputnik in an interview. "So, of course, there is a possibility that other countries will join it and they will be p»»»

The leader of the United Arab Emirates began a state visit to Germany on Thursday, during which deals worth billions of euros will be signed in sectors including energy and technology, Emirati diplomats said. Berlin rolled out the red carpet for Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who was received »»»

Eco Green adds Italian recycling capacity to EGA’s global low-carbon aluminium business Dubai: Emirates Global Aluminium has completed its acquisition of an 80% stake in Italian aluminium recycling company Eco Green, expanding its recycling footprint in Europe and taking its global recycling capaci»»»

New York, Sept. 10 (SANA) Oil prices surged above $100 a barrel Wednesday as escalating fighting between the United States and Iran and attacks on energy facilities and shipping routes heightened concerns over global supplies and rising costs for consumers and businesses. Brent crude, the internati»»»

HEADLINES Judicial appointments and the presidential election feature prominently in the supplied coverage. Capital, bTV and Bulgarian National Television (BNT) examine nominations for the Supreme Judicial Council and the prospects for choosing a new prosecutor general. Telegraph, BNT and Nova TV f»»»

The United States is genuinely interested in a peace process on Ukraine, but America is not united, Russian Presidential Aide Nikolai Patrushev said. “I think they are indeed interested in a peace process beginning, but America is not united either — there are Republicans and Democrats, and things »»»

Yemen's Houthi rebels reported dozens of Saudi airstrikes on Wednesday as daily attacks continued in a conflict that has reignited during the Middle East war, with hundreds of people killed in fighting near the Red Sea. More than 40 attacks targeted several regions including the flashpoint areas of»»»

Yemen's Houthi rebels reported about 40 airstrikes launched by Saudi forces on Thursday in a fresh salvo following attacks by the Iran-backed group against the kingdom. "The Saudi enemy's air force conducted around 40 strikes in recent hours in the governorates of Taiz, Hodeida, Al-Jawf and Marib,"»»»

An Israeli strike killed at least four people in northern Gaza. Two children were among the dead after Israel carried out a new strike in the northern Gaza community of Beit Lahiya, according to Shifa hospital, where the bodies were taken. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military on»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia's Armed Forces struck a Ukrainian drone depot in Nikolayev (Mykolaiv), the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. "As a result of strikes by attack drones, the following were hit: a warehouse for unmanned aerial vehicles intended to supply the armed forces of Ukrain»»»

NEW DELHI (Sputnik) - Russia and India will soon hold meetings to discuss the certification of the Il-114-300 aircraft in India, Dmitry Yadrov, head of the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya), said on Thursday. "As for the Il-114, its great appeal is, of course, due to its performan»»»

A leaked intelligence assessment prepared for Australia’s secret service claims that former Western special forces personnel were recruited to train Russian citizens, including active-duty servicemen, at private training centers in Bulgaria and Serbia, according to The Telegraph, which obtained a c»»»

MOSCOW, September 10 (Sputnik) - Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said the Kiev regime, in the interest of self-preservation, is even prepared to carry out acts of sabotage and terrorism even against its own strategic allies. "The Russian FSB draws the attention of the UK and other sponsors »»»

There is a more than 10% chance that artificial intelligence could wipe out humanity within the next ten years, a senior Anthropic researcher has warned amid mounting concerns over increasingly powerful systems slipping beyond human control. Evan Hubinger, who works on aligning advanced AI systems »»»

Kyrgyzstan has ordered the necessary certification procedures to be carried out to ensure uninterrupted exports to Russia of fish raised using domestically produced feed. The Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry reported. The issue was discussed at a meeting between Depu»»»

Conflict shifts into Gulf shipping lanes, pushing oil above $100 The six-month US-Iran war has entered a new phase, with the fight moving directly into commercial shipping lanes near the UAE, oil prices breaking above $100 a barrel and Iran facing renewed international scrutiny over its nuclear pro»»»

Iran and the US on Wednesday traded their biggest wave of attacks on shipping since the war began, with Iran saying it struck 10 vessels near the Strait of Hormuz after US forces sank five Iranian oil tankers. Brent crude oil surged above $100 a barrel as fears grew over global energy supplies. Ira»»»

Verification gaps and hardened sites complicate US response to Iran’s nuclear moves The Pentagon is examining how US forces could strike and destroy Iran’s deepest underground nuclear facilities, as satellite imagery shows construction accelerating at a suspected site beneath Pickaxe Mountain near »»»

The government has reduced the state budget deficit by approximately 1,000 billion forints in three months, the Prime Minister announced on Wednesday in a video posted on his Facebook page. Before Wednesday’s cabinet meeting — at which 38 items are on the agenda — Péter Magyar said that while the F»»»

Kyiv, Chisinau downplay claim Zelensky’s plane nearly hit by Russian drone Ukraine and Moldova on Wednesday played down claims from Norway's prime minister that a plane carrying President Volodymyr Zelensky was almost hit by a drone as it flew to Oslo. Jonas Gahr Store told Norwegian public broadca»»»

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that Washington would seek $45 million in additional security funding for Ecuador and provide military equipment as the two countries deepen cooperation against drug trafficking. During a visit to Quito, Rubio also announced new sanctions and a terro»»»

Iran leans on Houthis, Iraqi militias as Hezbollah and Hamas emerge weakened Dubai: Iran is reshaping its network of armed allies across the Middle East, increasingly relying on groups in Iraq and Yemen after Hamas and Hezbollah suffered major losses — and there are signs that these forces are now »»»

Iran widens maritime ‘prohibited zone’ as clash with US sends oil above $100 Iran said it attacked more than a dozen vessels trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, as it announced an expansion of a "no-go" zone outside the strategic waterway it has blockaded for months. The fresh»»»

Putin eager to reach a peace agreement to end the war in Ukraine: Trump Washington, DC: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (local time) that Russian President Vladimir Putin is eager to reach a peace agreement to end the war in Ukraine, but argued that deep personal animosity between Putin»»»

EU candidate countries should cut ties US President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement as they conflict with Brussels’ long-term interests, European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos has said. Speaking at a Centre for European Policy Studies event in Brussels on Tuesday, Kos warned that prospective »»»

New satellite images show Iran expanding fortified underground site near Natanz Satellite imagery has revealed a significant increase in construction activity at Pickaxe Mountain, a deeply buried Iranian facility near Natanz that has attracted growing attention from US and Israeli intelligence offi»»»

Iran said it attacked more than a dozen vessels trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, as it announced an expansion of a no-go zone outside the strategic waterway it has blockaded for months. The fresh attacks and fighting with the United States have sent oil prices above $100 pe»»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday described his conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin as great. On Tuesday, Putin and Trump held an hour-long telephone conversation, during which the Russian president outlined to his US counterpart steps that Washington coul»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russia-Vietnam partnership actually contributes to global and regional stability, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, Putin and Vietnamese President To Lam held talks at the Kremlin and then made statements to the media. On Monday, the Viet»»»

VLADIVOSTOK, (Sputnik) - The postponed visit to Russia by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will take place before the end of 2026, Pakistani Ambassador to Russia Faisal Niaz Tirmizi told Sputnik. "We are very close to this. The Prime Minister was supposed to arrive on March 3, when the war b»»»

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio pledged closer security cooperation with Bogota on the first stop of his three-nation tour of pro-Washington Latin American nations. Rubio hailed the election of Colombian President Abelardo De La Espriella as part of a growing alignment with US interests acro»»»

MOSCOW, (Sputnik) - Iran, Russia and China have demanded guarantees against further attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, Iran's mission in Vienna said on Wednesday. "China, Iran, and Russia, in a joint statement to the [IAEA] BoG [Board of Governors] today, condemned repeated attacks against Iran»»»

MOSCOW, (Sputnik) - Russia and Vietnam signed 17 documents during Vietnamese President To Lam’s state visit to Russia, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Wednesday. The documents include a memorandum of understanding between the Russian Economic Development Ministry and the Vietnamese Finance Mini»»»

The EU General Court has dismissed Hungary’s legal challenge against a decision to use extraordinary revenues from frozen Russian state assets to support Ukraine’s armed forces. However, the court did not rule that Hungary’s legal arguments were unfounded: it said it had no jurisdiction to review t»»»

Move seen as symbolic as Russia, China poised to block new sanctions on Iran The IAEA board of governors on Wednesday voted to refer Iran to the UN Security Council over its nuclear "non-compliance" in a diplomatic move to pile pressure on the Islamic republic. The International Atomic Energy Agenc»»»

Moldova has preserved the Taraclia region as a separate administrative-territorial unit and transformed it into a municipality, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova said following talks with Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mihai Popsoi in Sofia. The Taraclia region is ho»»»

Gaza: The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) murdered at least 73,669 Palestinian civilians and injured at least 174,652 others since the beginning of the genocide that the Israeli occupation has been committing against the Gaza Strip in October 2023. The health authorities in the Gaza Strip said on W»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia and Vietnam are consistently switching to national currencies in mutual trade, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. "Russia and Vietnam are consistently switching to national currencies in financial settlements and building reliable channels for credit and b»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called his conversation with Vietnamese President To Lam productive and noted that key issues were discussed. "I would like to inform you that Comrade To Lam and I have already begun work and negotiations. We had a very productive mee»»»

Gaza, Iran and Gulf security give the UAE-Germany partnership new strategic weight UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan began a state visit to Germany on Wednesday, meeting German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Friedrich Merz in a trip whose economic headl»»»

Protecting national security, pursuing an independent foreign policy and restoring dialogue with Russia and China are among the priorities of presidential candidate Georgi Dimov and his running mate Dimitar Shivikov. The two presented their platform at a news conference held by the People's Power I»»»

US destroys five Iranian tankers as Tehran retaliates and tensions rise around Hormuz The US-Iran conflict has entered another dangerous phase, with Washington destroying five Iranian oil tankers and Tehran responding by claiming attacks on shipping and launching ballistic missiles towards a base u»»»

Yemeni military media released a footage showing the repelling of advances by Saudi-regime forces east of Al-Jawf, resulting in the killing and capture of a number of their troops and the destruction of their vehicles. Video shows Yemeni strikes on pro-Saudi militias east of Al-Jawf, resulting in t»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Vietnamese President To Lam said on Wednesday that he considered Russian President Vladimir Putin to be a great friend and a brother of the Vietnamese people. "Dear Comrade Vladimir Putin, I am very pleased to meet with you. You are our great friend, a close brother to the Vietna»»»

The string of drone strikes on the Starokozachye border crossing between Ukraine and Moldova will “seriously hinder – or at least temporarily delay” the shipment of arms into Ukraine, and exports going out, Institute of CIS Countries senior fellow Alexander Dudchak told Sputnik. Combined with the r»»»