MOSCOW, (Sputnik) - The Russian armed forces struck a container ship carrying supplies for the Ukrainian military at the port of Chernomorsk, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. "As a result of strikes on the port of Chernomorsk, a container ship that had delivered cargo intended to sup»»»

MOSCOW, (Sputnik) - Russians know what the country is fighting for and what the duty of every citizen is, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. "We know what Russia is fighting for and what the duty of every one of its citizens is," Putin said in an address to Russians ahead of the up»»»

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said Bulgaria considers Russian Patriarch Kirill and businessmen Vagit Alekperov and Iskander Makhmudov matters of national interest, explaining that Sofia maintained reservations about their inclusion in the European Union's 21st sanctions package against Russi»»»

Opposition lawmakers have called for government action to address soaring fuel prices, with Democratic Bulgaria (DB) proposing a universal compensation of €0.20 per liter and We Continue the Change (PP) warning that rising energy and commodity costs could trigger a serious inflationary shock. Ivayl»»»

Five people were killed and at least seven more were injured in a Russian drone attack on a passenger bus near the frontline in Ukraine's southeast on Wednesday, the regional governor said. A Russian drone attack on a passenger ​bus killed five people and wounded at least seven more in Ukraine»»»

Velichie political party submitted documents to the Central Election Commission (CEC) to register Ivelin Mihaylov as its presidential candidate and Yuliana Mateeva as vice-presidential candidate for the October 25, 2026 presidential election. The party submitted 7,000 signatures in support of its r»»»

The partnerships bring flydubai’s interline network to 46 airlines over 125 destinations Dubai: flydubai has signed interline agreements with Air India and Uzbekistan Airways, giving the Dubai-based carrier access to more than 80 additional destinations across Asia, Australia and Europe. The partne»»»

YEKATERINBURG (Sputnik) - Russia does not intend to attack Europe, but if it attacks Russia, the war will be short, as Russian President Vladimir Putin warned, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday. "I would like to emphasize that we have no interest in engaging in this [attackin»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - There is currently no dialogue between Russia and the United States on strategic stability, and its resumption depends on whether the US recognizes the need to improve relations with Russia, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Wednesday. On Russia-US Relations"»»»

The German Defense Ministry has a secretive military unit dedicated solely to facilitating cooperation between Berlin and Kiev, including meeting Ukraine’s weapons demands, the Financial Times has reported. Dubbed Sonderstab Ukraine (Special Staff Ukraine), the unit processes arms procurement contr»»»

BEIJING (Sputnik) - The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) advocates for a legally binding international document to prevent an arms race in space and supports the safe and responsible use of artificial intelligence, SCO Secretary-General Nurlan Yermekbayev said on Wednesday. Speaking at the 1»»»

The Czech Republic is offering Bulgaria medium-class drones that meet NATO specifications and can be equipped with Bulgarian technology, Czech Ambassador to Bulgaria Miroslav Toman told bTV ahead of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’s official visit to Sofia. Toman said energy, transport, defense and new»»»

“The West is doing everything in its power to literally root out and kill democratic institutions,” Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Zakharova said on Sputnik radio, replying to a question about the country’s upcoming parliamentary elections. Russia is fully prepared for this, she emphasized."M»»»

BELGRADE - Serbia's caretaker FM Marko Djuric met with Russian Ambassador to Belgrade Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko on Tuesday to discuss bilateral relations and the situation in the region. The parties reviewed the Serbia-Russia bilateral relations, assessing the current dynamics of political contac»»»

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen used her 2026 State of the Union address on Wednesday to propose a new form of association between the EU and Canada, alongside measures on competitiveness, security, artificial intelligence, climate resilience and migration. Speaking to the Europe»»»

"Over these ten-plus years, our level of independence in oil and gas equipment from imported supplies has risen from around 43% domestic solutions to nearly 80% by the end of last year," Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Anton Alikhanov announced. Under the national project for the sector, Rus»»»

Emirati Supplier Programme drives 38% rise in SME contracts, backing D33 goals Dubai: Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE, and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, has honoured a group of government»»»

Pentagon watchdog says $22.3b in weapons expenditure has strained strategic inventories Washington: The United States is facing a shortfall in ammunition as a result of its war against Iran, the Defence Department’s inspector general confirmed Monday, contrasting with President Donald Trump’s asser»»»

Diesel prices in Bulgaria could reach €2 per liter by the end of September as fuel costs continue to climb, according to Dimitar Hadzhidimitrov, Deputy Chairman of the Association of Bulgarian Fuel Traders, Producers, and Importers. The price of diesel rose by 3 cents per liter on Wednesday morning»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Belgrade has been defending its position of refusing to impose sanctions on Russia for several years and will never change its mind, former Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin told Sputnik. "For five years now, we have firmly stood by not imposing sanctions on Russia. »»»

Hundreds of protesters gathered in central Sofia on Tuesday evening to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Rumen Radev’s government, citing concerns over the budget deficit, new foreign debt, corruption, organized crime, youth violence and the cabinet’s policy toward Russia. The demonstration »»»

European Union envoys have pushed back the expiry of EU Russia sanctions listings by ​seven days until September 22, a spokesperson for the EU's Irish presidency said on Monday, after failing to agree on a six-month renewal. At issue is whether to de-list Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov. »»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian armed forces carried out drone strikes overnight against Ukraine's defense industry enterprises and ports, as well as against naval vessels used for the Ukrainian army, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. "Tonight, the Russian armed forces carried out stri»»»

France's incoming ambassador to the US has been cleared to take up his post after Paris apologised for criticism of Washington over a UN vote. Aurelien Lechevallier, chosen by President Emmanuel Macron to replace Laurent Bili, is expected to arrive in Washington in the coming weeks following the di»»»

The strategic Tu-95MS bombers were escorted by Su-33 fighter jets and intercepted by a pair of Norwegian F-35s scrambled from Evenes Air Base to monitor the Russian aircraft. The flight, which took place over the Barents and Norwegian Seas early on Tuesday morning, 15 September, lasted five hours, »»»

Yaoundé: The Association of Amateur Football Clubs of Cameroon (ACFAC) has requested a government probe into the Cameroonian Football Federation (FECAFOOT) and its chief Samuel Eto'o following media reports of alleged graft linked to foreign match payments. Eto'o has been accused of improperly rece»»»

The Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received the credentials of six new ambassadors to the State at the Amiri Diwan on Tuesday. HH the Amir received the credentials of Ambassador of Sweden HE Josefin Simonsson Broden, Ambassador of the European Union HE Antonino Maggiore, Ambassad»»»

The United States has confirmed for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space, a remarkable revelation after previous warnings about countries such as Russia possibly weaponizing a global frontier long agreed in treaties to be used for only peaceful purposes. FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell »»»

Tribune News Network Doha Visit Qatar signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with TT-Travel LLC (FUN&SUN), one of the leading tour operators on Russian and CIS markets, on the sidelines of the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2026 in Dubai. The partnership will launch a dedicated charter f»»»

NATO scrambled fighter jets overnight to ​shoot down a drone over Lithuania after the latest incursion on the alliance's eastern flank. In a separate incident, Denmark said a Russian warship fired two emergency flares at a Danish helicopter in the Baltic Sea, adding that the Russian ambassador»»»

The European Union accused Russia on Tuesday of the "reckless" firing of flares at a Danish frigate which, with the shooting down of a drone over Lithuania, heightened the continent's anxiety over the Ukraine-Russia war. Danish analysts are calling for NATO and the EU to step up their response to R»»»

NATO fighter jets shot down a drone that entered Lithuanian airspace and Denmark accused a Russian frigate of firing flares at a Danish military helicopter on Tuesday, in incidents that heightened tensions along the alliance’s eastern flank. NATO fighter jets shot down a drone that entered Lithuani»»»

France is pressing the EU to lift sanctions on Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov in exchange for several of its citizens detained in Azerbaijan, including a man convicted of spying for Paris, according to media reports. Last week, France unexpectedly broke ranks with most EU members and joined Sl»»»

AMMAN — Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply Yarub Qudah said Jordan has reached an understanding with the United States that will keep more than 60 per cent of Jordanian exports to the US market subject to zero tariffs, while the remaining exports will face an additional tariff of just 10 per ce»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian armed forces struck a tanker carrying fuel and lubricants for the Ukrainian military at the port of Izmail, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. "As a result of drone strikes, a vessel of the 'tanker' type in the port of Izmail — which had delivered fuel and lubr»»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - A decline in US dollar reserves has been observed following a reduction of Russia's and China's holdings of the currency, US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent acknowledged on Tuesday. "We have seen a diminishment in the reserve assets, and that is just through the decre»»»

A senior Spanish naval officer stationed with NATO in the UK became the subject of a counterintelligence investigation over his relationship with a British woman who was born in Soviet Russia, The Telegraph has reported. The unnamed officer eventually had his security clearance revoked and was ostr»»»

China urges US to ‘stop preparing for war’ in space Washington: The United States has weapons deployed in space, the US Space Force said on Monday, confirming the presence of such capabilities in orbit for the first time. “The US has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the Joint For»»»

Trump compared the fears of AI taking control to warnings about climate change Washington: US President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed fears that artificial intelligence could wipe out humanity, repeatedly calling them a hoax and rejecting global calls to put guardrails around the fast-moving tec»»»

Reports of a US-deployed “on-orbit” weapon confirm that the West has already turned outer space into an extension of the Ukraine battlefield, air defense historian Yuri Knutov tells Sputnik. US and French reconnaissance satellites are already feeding battlefield intel to Ukraine’s military, with Fi»»»

The US has for the first time acknowledged that it has weapons in space amid ongoing tensions with Russia and China. US Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink revealed the deployment on Monday during the opening of the Air & Space Forces Association’s 2026 Air, Space & Cyber Conference at National H»»»

Doha: A strategic memorandum of understanding with TT-Travel LLC (FUN&SUN), one of the leading tour operators in the Russian and CIS markets, on the sidelines of the Arabian Travel Market 2026 in Dubai, UAE, which continues until 17 September. Qatar Tourism confirmed in a statement today that, unde»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) is a quasi-judicial body that has little in common with justice, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday. "The International Criminal Court is an entity that we should not even bother criticizing in great detail. Everyone know»»»

The IFS officer drew attention after appearing with Modi, Putin and Xi at the BRICS Summit A photograph of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the 2026 BRICS Summit has become one of the most widely shared images from the mee»»»

RAK ties up with Emirates as it courts international travellers back to the emirate Dubai: There is a particular confidence to Ras Al Khaimah right now. The past six months could easily have forced a tourism destination into defensive mode. Instead, the emirate leaned into what it knew it could del»»»

YEKATERINBURG, Russia (Sputnik) - Terrorist drone attacks against Russia are directed by those who declared a hybrid war on the country, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday. "Every day we are subjected to drone attacks directed against us by those who declared this »»»

YEKATERINBURG (Sputnik) - Russia is actively negotiating with China to launch cross-border routes for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), with a pilot project planned for Blagoveshchensk, Dmitry Yadrov, the head of the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya), told Sputnik. In early September, Russ»»»

EU leaders have called for a stronger presence in the Arctic as NATO expands its military activities in the region, citing what they describe as a growing security threat from Russia. Moscow has repeatedly dismissed such accusations, saying that NATO is undermining traditional regional cooperation »»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Outer space must be free from the deployment of any weapons, Russia will continue to promote this position and expects broad international consolidation on this issue, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. On Space DemilitarizationOn Monday, US Secretary of the Air For»»»

Washington, United States: US President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed fears that artificial intelligence could wipe out humanity, repeatedly calling them a hoax and rejecting global calls to put guardrails around the fast-moving technology. "I am the Hoax Buster, and I'm right now breaking anoth»»»