Tulsi Gabbard resigned Friday as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, saying she is stepping down to support her husband after his diagnosis with a rare bone cancer. Her departure marks the fourth Cabinet-level exit of Trump’s second term and comes amid growing tensions over »»»

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson's call to help Ukraine in guiding drones reflects Russophobic sentiment and Sweden's desire for militarization, the Russian Embassy in Stockholm told Sputnik. Earlier, Kristersson, commenting on incidents involving Ukrainian drones flying into NATO countries, »»»

PARIS: France has drafted a UN Security Council resolution on setting up an international mission to restore movement in the Strait of Hormuz and could submit it if conditions are right, the foreign ministry said on Friday, as Washington struggles to bring to a vote a text Russia and China may say »»»

US President Donald Trump has decided not to resume strikes against Iran for now to give diplomacy a chance, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing US officials. The report said Trump hosted a meeting of top US national security officials on Friday morning to discuss next steps on Iran, and made »»»

THE UNITED NATIONS, United States: Talks at the UN to reaffirm nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament goals failed on Friday, according to the leader of the talks, after four weeks of negotiations held amid low expectations. Vietnam’s Do Hung Viet, the president of the conference, said that “desp»»»

The White House is weighing possible renewed military action against Iran amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, Axios reported, citing US officials familiar with the discussions. President Donald Trump with senior national security advisers as key signs of escalation toward war are once agai»»»

KYIV, Ukraine: Hundreds of Ukrainians marched through the capital Friday to demand that the government repeal a recent law that families of missing soldiers say could lead to their loved ones being prematurely declared dead. The protesters gathered In Kyiv to oppose legislation passed in February o»»»

WASHINGTON: Tulsi Gabbard resigned as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence on Friday, saying she needed to leave office as her husband battles cancer. She is the fourth Cabinet member to depart during Trump’s second term, all of them women. In her resignation letter, which she»»»

Trump is putting pressure on Cuba - why and to what end? 10 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GooglePascal Fletcher,Latin America specialist, BBC Monitoring,Duncan WalkerandAlicia Curry ReutersSince returning to the White House, US President Donald Trump has made clear his desire to change Ha»»»

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told the Defense Ministry to plan responses to the Ukrainian drone attack on a high school dormitory in Starobelsk in the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR). Russia has several options, National Defense magazine editor-in-chief Igor Korotchenko tells Sputnik. 1.Hit»»»

Ahead of the Memorial Day weekend, gas prices are at a four-year high, averaging $4.55 per gallon Friday. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo May 22 (UPI) -- Gas prices in the United States were at a four-year high Friday, and those traveling for Memorial Day weekend should expect a bl»»»

Soldiers of the “Black Jack” brigade ritually furled and packed their unit’s colours in Fort Hood, Texas, in early May, as the tank unit’s 4,000 troops prepared to deploy to Poland to help defend NATO against the Russian threat. “When an armoured brigade combat team deploys forward, it sends a clea»»»

KYIV: Diplomatic efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine should be reinvigorated, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday, adding that he expected new US proposals on how that diplomacy will be conducted. Zelensky, speaking in his nightly video address, also said the frontline situation was favo»»»

BRUSSELS: The EU ‌will temporarily lift customs duties on key nitrogen-based fertilizers such as urea and ammonia for one year to mitigate the knock-on effects of the Iran war, the Council of the EU said on Friday. Global fertilizer prices have jumped following the near total closure of the Strait »»»

KYIV: US-brokered talks with Russia are gradually reaching ​the point of exhaustion, Ukraine’s foreign minister Andrii Sybiha said on Friday, adding that European engagement ‌could bring ‌a ​new ‌dynamic ⁠to ​the process. “My ⁠impression is that this format is gradually reaching the point where dis»»»

Ukrainian drones struck a college dormitory in the Russian-occupied region of Lugansk early Friday, killing six people and wounding dozens of others, Russian officials said. As many as 15 others remained missing as of Friday afternoon, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in televised comments, de»»»

European Union nations moved Friday towards imposing sanctions on Iranian officials and others responsible for blocking the Strait of Hormuz, the EU said. Tehran effectively closed the key shipping lane for global gas and oil in retaliation to US-Israeli strikes launched in February. Deeming the bl»»»

Ukrainian drone flyovers over NATO members’ territory could lead to uncontrollable military escalation if Western leaders continue to refuse direct dialogue with Russia, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has warned. Since mid-March, Ukrainian long-range drones have repeatedly crossed Baltic and Nor»»»

The “Time of Heroes” program is being implemented by the Higher School of Public Administration of the Presidential Academy in cooperation with the presidential platform Russia – Land of Opportunity. Sputnik brings you a live broadcast from the “Time of Heroes” project, where Russian President Vlad»»»

Russia calls on international structures, national governments and the world community to condemn the terrorist attack by the Ukrainian armed forces on a college and dormitory in Lugansk People's Republic (LPR), the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday. "We call on international structures, nati»»»

HELSINGBORG: NATO allies and defense officials expressed bewilderment on Friday at US President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would send 5,000 US troops to Poland just weeks after he ordered the same number of forces pulled out of Europe. The apparent change of mind came after weeks of statem»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The West, led by the United States, continues to pursue a policy aimed at preserving its dominance and expanding NATO eastward, while seeking to create difficulties for its competitors, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday. "For many years, Western countries led »»»

UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - Russia has requested an emergency UN Security Council meeting following Ukraine's attack on a college and dormitory in the Lugansk People's Republic, Yevgeny Uspensky, the press secretary of the Russian Mission to the United Nations, said on Friday. "Russia has requested »»»

A court in Kazakhstan has inserted itself into the Russia-Ukraine conflict, ruling in favour of Ukrainian state gas entity Naftogaz in a $1.4-bn dispute with Russian energy behemoth Gazprom. The judgement and order issued by the court of Astana International Finance Center (AIFC) endorses last year»»»

A court in Kazakhstan has inserted itself into the Russia-Ukraine conflict, ruling in favour of Ukrainian state gas entity Naftogaz in a $1.4-bn dispute with Russian energy behemoth Gazprom. The judgement and order issued by the court of Astana International Finance Center (AIFC) endorses last year»»»

The United States’ indictment of former Cuban leader Raul Castro has pushed the long-running tensions between Washington and Havana into dangerous new territory, raising a question many thought belonged to the Cold War era: could the US actually intervene in Cuba? The immediate crisis was triggered»»»

Ukrainian forces attacked an ​oil refinery in Russia's Yaroslavl region, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday, the ​latest ‌in a series of strikes ⁠by Kyiv on Russian oil facilities. Authorities in Ukraine's Russian-controlled Luhansk region on Friday said a Ukrainian drone attack on a stu»»»

GERB leader Boyko Borissov denied any involvement in the appointment of former Bulgarian European Prosecutor Teodora Georgieva and rejected accusations linking him or his party to the so-called “Eight Dwarfs” affair and fugitive former investigator Petyo Petrov. Speaking to reporters in parliament,»»»

Bulgaria and the United Kingdom are set to deepen cooperation in defense industry development, security policy, and Black Sea stability, following talks between Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov and British Minister for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories Stephen Doughty, according to BG»»»

In the first quarter of 2026, frozen fish imports to Kyrgyzstan reached $2,602,600. According to the National Statistical Committee, frozen fish accounts for the main share of demand on the foreign market. Where the fish comes from and in what volumes The geography of frozen fish supplies shows a h»»»

Russian officials said at least four people had been killed and 35 children wounded in an overnight Ukrainian drone attack on a student dormitory in the Russian-controlled Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine. Reuters was not able to verify what happened independently and there was no immediate commen»»»

A Ukrainian naval drone found off a Greek island earlier this month could have sunk a civilian ship and led to mass casualties, Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias has said. The unmanned surface vessel (USV) was reportedly a Ukrainian Magura V3 kamikaze drone, capable of carrying an explosive payl»»»

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has proposed granting Ukraine a limited “interim” status within the EU as a way to deal with its accession ambitions, according to media reports on Thursday that cited a letter by Merz to bloc leaders. Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has repeatedly demanded full members»»»

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has said NATO states should help Kiev “direct” its drone attacks “in the right directions,” blaming a string of Ukrainian UAV incursions into the airspace of the US-led bloc on Moscow. Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service said this week that Latvia allowed Uk»»»

Egypt, the biggest buyer of Russian wheat, aims to create a global grain trading and storage hub, Supply Minister Sherif Farouk said on Friday, speaking at a grains event in the Russian city of Sochi. Faruk said that Egypt is pursuing an ambitious ⁠and comprehensive strategy to ⁠transform the count»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is pursuing an unfriendly policy towards Moscow, cynically using Russia's capabilities, Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin said on Friday. "Politically, all decisions by Pashinyan have already been made. I want to emphasize that»»»

POLITICS - JUSTICE Standart writes that the National Assembly made the first step towards restoring the commission for countering corruption after MPs passed the bill on first reading. The move comes amid pressure linked to blocked European funds under the Recovery and Resilience Plan, including ar»»»

Passenger car imports to Kyrgyzstan in January—March 2026 rose to 38,639 units, an increase of 38.3 percent compared to the same period in 2025. In value terms, purchases totaled 26,620,188,600 soms (nearly $304.4 million). Data from the National Statistical Committee say. China became Kyrgyzstan’s»»»

President Donald Trump and America's top diplomat on Thursday again raised the specter of US military intervention in Cuba, a renewed threat that takes on greater weight a day after the administration announced criminal charges against the island's former leader, Raúl Castro. Trump said previous US»»»

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping set out an expansive vision for their bilateral relationship in a joint statement issued during a state visit to Beijing this week, marking 30 years of strategic partnership and 25 years since the signing of the 2001 Treaty of Good-N»»»

The Russian Northern Fleet’s intelligence-gathering vessel Yuri Ivanov is loitering in the Norwegian Sea as NATO conducts its anti-submarine warfare exercise, Dynamic Mongoose. While Russia on Thursday concluded a three-day nuclear weapons exercise involving ballistic and cruise missile launches in»»»

Poland offered Hungary support in reducing its dependence on Russian energy on May 20, as Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar pledged to work together to advance shared interests in Brussels and revive Central European cooperation. The meeting in Warsaw marke»»»

At the least a PR disaster for the UK around its Russia sanctions regime. At the worst the UK has been pushed by Trump’s war on Iran to easing up sanctions on Russia. So here is the bad news: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/general-trade-licence-for-sanctioned-processed-oil-products/gene»»»

In this paper we will discuss the story of gas in all its details from beginning to end Will Egypt actually import Israeli gas? What is the reality of the Convention? What advantages does Egypt have? Who are the biggest affected by Egypt in the gas market? What are the latest developments, expansio»»»

Russia has made clear its concern about growing US and European Union moves to gain access to rare earth ​and critical mineral resources in Central Asia. Izvestia newspaper on May 20 reported the Kremlin’s displeasure, as outlined by Deputy Foreign ‌Minister Mikhail Galuzin. G7 countries are mounti»»»

Russia has made clear its concern about growing US and European Union moves to gain access to rare earth ​and critical mineral resources in Central Asia. Izvestia newspaper on May 20 reported the Kremlin’s displeasure, as outlined by Deputy Foreign ‌Minister Mikhail Galuzin. G7 countries are mounti»»»

The Embassy of Kyrgyzstan in Russia is working on repatriating the body of Aigerim T., brutally murdered in Moscow, to her homeland. The press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported. The ministry also reported that a suspect, Kyrgyz citizen S.Zh., 31, has been detained in connection wi»»»

US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday renewed suggestions of possible military action against Cuba, a threat amplified by Washington's criminal charges a day earlier against former Cuban leader Raúl Castro. Trump said US presidents had long considered intervention»»»

Russia and the United States, as the largest nuclear powers, bear a special responsibility for the fate of the world, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said. In an interview with the Vedomosti business daily, he noted that the current Republican administration has largely departed from»»»

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump and America’s top diplomat on Thursday again raised the specter of US military intervention in Cuba, a renewed threat that takes on greater weight a day after the administration announced criminal charges against the island’s former leader, Raúl Castro.Trump said »»»