Russia's Central Bank has filed a lawsuit against Belgian financial institution Euroclear, the Brussels-based clearing house that holds most of Moscow's frozen assets in Europe, the bank said Friday. It wasn't immediately clear what the lawsuit could achieve since it was filed in Moscow. The Europe»»»

US President Donald Trump has claimed that the Ukrainian people supported his peace proposal, which was rejected by Vladimir Zelensky. Trump previously said the Ukrainian leader was “losing” ground to Russia and urged him to hold elections, since his five-year presidential term expired in May 2024.»»»

Germany has accused Russia of a cyber-attack on air traffic control and attempted electoral interference, and summoned the Russian ambassador. A foreign ministry spokesman said Russian military intelligence was behind a "cyber-attack against German air traffic control in August 2024". The spokesman»»»

During his working visit to the Russian Federation, Adylbek Kasymaliev, Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, participated in an international conference on cooperation in science and technology. The Cabinet Chairman, along with the Prime Ministers of the EAEU countries, toured the mu»»»

US President Donald Trump is reportedly considering the creation of a new elite global forum — dubbed the “C5” or “Core Five” — that would bring together the United States, China, Russia, India and Japan, potentially sidelining traditional Western-led groupings such as the G7. The proposal was firs»»»

After the liberation of Seversk there is no other fortress city to stop the Russian advance in the Donetsk People’s Republic, author and war correspondent Thomas Roeper told RT on Thursday. The capture of the stronghold, announced by the Russian Defense Ministry earlier in the day, has opened up th»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said on Friday, commenting on Volodymyr Zelensky's idea of holding a referendum on the territorial issue, that the entire Donbass is Russian territory in accordance with the Russian Constitution. On Thursday, Ukrainian broadcaster Suspilne reported that »»»

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un praised his country's military modernization efforts at a key ruling party meeting, state-run media reported Friday. In this photo, Kim is seen speaking Tuesday during the second day of the plenary meeting of the Workers' Party Central Committee. Photo by KCNA/EPA SE»»»

ASHGABAT (Sputnik) - Relations between Russia and Iran are developing very positively, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. "I would like to note that relations between our countries are developing very positively," Putin said at a meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. Russi»»»

ASHGABAT (Sputnik) - Relations between Moscow and Ashgabat are actively developing, thanks in part to the friendly ties between the two countries' leaders, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the national leader of the Turkmen people and Chairman of th»»»

President Donald Trump is "extremely frustrated" with both Kyiv and Moscow as efforts to negotiate an end to the nearly four-year war stall, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday. While the US pushes for action, Russia said Friday it destroyed 90 Ukrainian drones overn»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Bank of Russia said on Friday that it had filed a statement of claim with the Moscow Arbitration Court against the Euroclear depository for recovery of losses caused to the regulator. "In connection with the illegal actions of the Euroclear depository causing losses to the Ba»»»

BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) - The Venezuelan parliament said it voted to repeal the law endorsing the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). "The National Assembly of Venezuela has approved the repeal of the law endorsing the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court," the parlia»»»

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has renewed Moscow’s offer to mediate efforts aimed at launching a political process to end the ongoing conflict in Sudan. Lavrov said Russia is prepared, with the consent of the Sudanese government, to “facilitate the search for practical solutions,” calling »»»

Russia will draw the necessary conclusions after London acknowledged that it has personnel involved in the Ukraine conflict, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. Earlier this week, London conceded that British paratroopers have been operating in Ukraine after confirming a British serviceman had»»»

The US is secretly planning to create a five-nation power bloc with Russia, China, India and Japan to sideline the Western-dominated G7, several media outlets have reported. The idea was reportedly outlined in a longer unpublished draft of the US National Security Strategy released by the administr»»»

GAZA (Sputnik) - A technocratic interim government for administering the Gaza Strip should be directly linked to the cabinet of the Palestinian Authority (PA), and the issue is being actively discussed among mediators involved in the Israeli-Palestinian settlement, Palestinian Deputy Foreign Minist»»»

The current moment “is critical for Ukraine as Zelensky’s regime is coming closer to collapse both politically and on the frontline, where Russia is advancing on all fronts,” Armando Mema, a member of the Finnish Freedom Alliance party, told Sputnik. While Trump inherited the Ukraine mess from Bide»»»

The leaders of Russia, Türkiye and Iran meet Friday in Turkmenistan, an isolated Central Asian state which is marking 30 years of official neutrality with a rare international summit. The principle of "permanent neutrality" is at the heart of the former Soviet republic's foreign policy -- a doctrin»»»

A forum dedicated to the International Year of Peace and Trust, the International Day of Neutrality, and the 30th anniversary of Turkmenistan’s Permanent Neutrality is taking place in the country. President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov arrived in Ashgabat on December 11 and is participating in the i»»»

Russia has destroyed the security architecture in the Black Sea and is militarising the occupied peninsula, turning it into a continuing point of aggression, Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Thursday at the "Rebuilding Ukraine: Security, Opportunities, Investments" conferenc»»»

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to root out "evil" and scolded lazy officials while praising his troops fighting with Russia against Ukraine, state media said Friday, capping a major meeting of Pyongyang's top brass. The three-day meeting of the regime's central committee discussed key po»»»

Beijing's actions are "not conducive to regional peace", Japan's defense minister and US counterpart Pete Hegseth agreed during a call after Chinese aircraft locked radar on Japanese jets near Taiwan, Tokyo said Friday. The December 6 radar incident came after comments by Prime Minister Sanae Takai»»»

The US is still trying to convince Kyiv to concede territories to Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday. Washington wants for Ukraine – and not Russia – to withdraw its troops from parts of the Donetsk region, where a "free economic zone" would be installed, Zele»»»

The Intergovernmental Council of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) granted a tariff exemption for the import of electric vehicles into Armenia, Belarus, and Kyrgyzstan for the next year. The decision was made at a meeting in Moscow. Heads of Government of the Union’s member states agreed to provid»»»

Dec. 12 (UPI) -- European Union member states have approved nearly $2.7 billion in funding for Ukraine as part of a plan to bolster the war-besieged nation's recovery, reconstruction and modernization. The disbursement of the funds was approved Thursday by the European Council, the 27-member block'»»»

US President Donald Trump's first presidential term (2017-21) was not simply a shift in the trajectory of American foreign policy; it marked a profound geopolitical transformation that reassessed the very structure of international alliances. It left a clear impact on the world’s most sensitive reg»»»

USFK commander Gen. Xavier Brunson (L) said Friday that joint military exercises are "critically important" for defending the Korean Peninsula. In this January photo, Brunson is saluting alongside then-chairman of South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff Kim Myung-soo. Photo by Yonhap SEOUL, Dec. 11 (UP»»»

Iran is preparing to host a new round of high-stakes mediation between Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban government on December 16–17. WorldPakistani Military Hindering Peace Process With Afghanistan - Afghan Leader's Spokesman2 November, 01:47 GMTClashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan erupted e»»»

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Ashgabat to take part in the celebrations for the 30th anniversary of Turkmenistan's declaration of neutrality. WorldIslamic Countries May Create Single Energy Belt in Eurasia17 May, 10:13 GMTTurkmenistan's path of neutrality has justified itself, allowin»»»

The United States will take part in Saturday's meeting with representatives of Europe and Ukraine if there is a good chance for a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, US President Donald Trump said. "There is a meeting on Saturday. We'll see whether or not we attend the meeting. We said we'll att»»»

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) will unify all of its intelligence services under a single organisation, as part of its strategy to combat "escalating threats" from adversaries of the UK. Units from the Royal Navy, British Army, Royal Air Force, UK Space Command, and Permanent Joint Headquarters will»»»

​The US intensified its campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday, sanctioning six additional ships and shipping companies linked to illicit oil transport just a day after seizing the tanker Skipper off Venezuela's coast, the BBC reported. ​ Seizure operation detailsUS forces»»»

Ukraine revealed Thursday that its long-range drones targetted a key offshore oil platform in the Caspian Sea earlier this week. The previously secret mission marks a major escalation in Kyiv's campaign to disrupt Russia's energy revenues fuelling the war, CNN reported. A Security Service of Ukrain»»»

US nuclear-capable bombers flew over the Sea of Japan alongside Japanese fighter jets on Wednesday, Tokyo said, in a show of force following Chinese and Russian drills in the skies and seas around US allies Japan and South Korea. Japan and the US "reaffirmed their strong resolve to prevent any unil»»»

The serenity of a late afternoon on the Moei River that divides Thailand from Myanmar is broken by three thunderous explosions. The ethnic Karen families bathing and playing in the water make a panicked dash for the river bank, as a plume of dark smoke rises from the trees behind them. The conflict»»»

The U.S. Energy Information Administration cited "colder-than-expected" weather in December as a key driver of increased heating demand. File Photo by S K/Pixabay Cold weather fueled by the recent shift in the polar vortex is helping drive demand for natural gas, with prices recently soaring to the»»»

NATO chief Mark Rutte on Thursday urged alliance members to realise that they are Russia's next targets, urging them to step up defence efforts to prevent a possible war with Moscow "on the scale our grandparents endured". Rutte also argued that a peace plan in Ukraine would be a test of whether Ru»»»

Russia could attack a Nato country within the next five years, the Western military alliance's chief has said in a stark new warning. "Russia is already escalating its covert campaign against our societies," Mark Rutte said in a speech in Germany. "We must be prepared for the scale of war our grand»»»

Russian forces have liberated the city of Seversk in northeastern Donetsk, one of the final Ukrainian-occupied fortress strongholds in the region. Sputnik asked Scott Ritter to comment on the development's big picture significance. “Ukraine is facing a manpower shortage. Every one of these battles »»»

The oil tanker seized by US forces on Wednesday had a track record of faking or concealing its location information, apparently to hide its activities, ship tracking data shows. On Wednesday evening, the US confirmed that its forces seized a vessel during a helicopter-launched raid near the coast o»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Volodymyr Zelensky considers possible to hold an all-Ukrainian referendum on territorial issues, Ukrainian broadcaster reported on Thursday. It is still unknown how it will take place, the broadcaster reported, citing Zelensky.Earlier in the day, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey L»»»

Former Biden European security policy architect Amanda Sloat’s bombshell admission that the conflict in Ukraine could have been prevented if the US pushed Kiev to drop its aspirations to join NATO reveals a deep rot in Washington, Karen Kwiatkowski has told Sputnik. “The diplomatic corps increasing»»»

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni believes Vladimir Zelensky will have to accept “painful concessions” to achieve peace with Russia, Corriere della Sera reported on Tuesday. According to the paper, while Ukrainian and Italian officials attempted to create a facade of “a constructive and mutuall»»»

Disney has agreed to invest $1bn (£740m) in OpenAI as part of a deal which will let people use many of its iconic characters in the chatbot ChatGPT and video-generation tool Sora. It is the first major studio to license parts of its catalogue to the tech giant, in a move which could have major impl»»»

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza, who survived two suspected poisoning attempts and spent two and a half years in jail before being released in a 2024 prisoner swap, said Russian President Vladimir Putin was "not only a dictator" but "also a murderer in »»»

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the latest peace plan draft for Ukraine has been presented to US President Donald Trump - including a proposal on territorial concessions Kyiv may be prepared to make. But Merz highlighted the territorial issue was "a question that must be answered primarily by»»»

Ukraine could have avoided the 2022 escalation with Russia by dropping its NATO aspirations, a former advisor to President Joe Biden has told Russian pranksters. Vovan and Lexus on Thursday released records of calls with two former members of Biden’s National Security Council in which they posed as»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Thursday sidestepped a direct question on the alliance's expansion outlook, following the release of the new US National Security Strategy (NSS), which contained reservations about NATO's enlargement policy. On November 8, Russia's Foreign Min»»»

VIENTIANE, Laos (Sputnik) - The trade between Russia and Laos increased by 65% last year, with significant potential for further growth, Russian Security Council Chairman Sergei Shoigu said on Thursday. "We can be pleased that our trade grew by 65% last year, but there is still plenty of room for f»»»