Foreign trade in live animals and livestock products in Kyrgyzstan has shown significant changes. According to data from the National Statistical Committee, in the first five months of 2026, the country recorded an increase in imports of livestock and poultry, while export supplies declined. Where »»»

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky late on Tuesday sacked his Soviet-trained army chief Oleksandr Syrsky following a political crisis triggered by the removal of a popular, young and tech-savvy defence minister. The Ukrainian leader announced he was appointing joint forces commander Mykhailo Dr»»»

The tit-for-tat missile war escalated at the weekend after Ukraine hit the largest distribution centre belonging to Wildberries, the “Amazon of Russia.” The Kremlin hit back the next day with a massive drone and missile barrage. The war has entered a new and brutally destructive phase with both sid»»»

Inventory of Turkish fashion retailer Koton (KOTON) held at fulfillment centres belonging to Russian ecommerce giant Wildberries has been damaged by Ukrainian drone attacks, Koton said on July 20. The apparel group said the damaged stocks at two major Wildberries logistics facilities was equiv»»»

KYIV, Ukraine: President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday fired Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi as commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces and named his replacement, following days of mass protests in Kyiv, the country’s capital, and other cities across the nation demanding his removal. It was the second »»»

1 of 2 | Demonstrators hold signs Saturday in support of Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's former defense minister, during a protest in central Kyiv, Ukraine. On Tuesday, President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed military commander Oleksandr Syrskyi and said he's offered Fedorov a new position. Photo by Ser»»»

Inventory of Turkish fashion retailer Koton (KOTON) held at fulfillment centres belonging to Russian ecommerce giant Wildberries has been damaged by Ukrainian drone attacks, Koton said on July 20. The apparel group said the damaged stocks at two major Wildberries logistics facilities was equiv»»»

WASHINGTON: The State Department has informed Congress that it plans to move ahead with the potential reopening of the US Embassy in Libya, proposing to allocate nearly $41 million to restore America’s formal diplomatic presence in the North African nation after a near 14-year absence. The departme»»»

LONDON: Antonio Guterres will become the first UN secretary-general to visit Syria since 2009 when he travels there this week for meetings with officials and to endorse the political changes in the country since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024. “I’m pleased to inform the Security Coun»»»

Russia carried out its largest ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv on the night of July 18, as the brutal tit-for-tat missile war continues to escalate. “Last night’s attack was one of the largest Russian ballistic missile attacks to date. Kyiv and the Kyiv region were the Russians’ primary target,”»»»

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday dismissed Ukraine's military leader Oleksandr Syrsky following public pressure and named Major ​General ‌Mykhailo ⁠Drapaty, an ally of ousted defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov, as new commander-in-chief. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said T»»»

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved another tranche of its loan to Ukraine despite acknowledging that Kiev isn’t on schedule implementing reforms aimed at tackling corruption. In a statement issued on Monday, the IMF said its Executive Board had completed the first review of Ukraine’»»»

Ukrainian Serhii Kuznetsov, who has been charged in Germany over the Nord Stream pipeline explosions, allegedly said that he had served in the Ukrainian Armed Forces and worked for the country's Security Service, Stern reports, citing an indictment by Germany’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office. “Kuznets»»»

There are several internal reasons why Ukrainian intelligence services have been experiencing more operational failures in Russia, Andrey Popov, a veteran of the Alpha counterterrorism unit, tells Sputnik. Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) and Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) operatives are si»»»

New York, July 21 (SANA) The UN Security Council on Tuesday held a briefing on Syria’s political and humanitarian developments, with Syria’s Permanent Representative Ibrahim Olabi saying the country was moving from war and destruction toward institutional recovery, transitional justice and a more a»»»

MOSCOW: Russia summoned the Moldovan ambassador to the ​foreign ministry on Tuesday after it said employees of its embassy in Chisinau were subjected to “force and threats ‌of detention” ‌by ​Moldovan ‌police. In ⁠a ​statement, the Russian ⁠Foreign Ministry named two recent incidents in which its s»»»

NEW DELHI: India said it had summoned a senior Russian diplomat and expressed “grave concerns” after amissile strike killed four Indians on a Black Sea cargo ship that was leaving a Ukrainian port. Ukraine said Russia hit the Golden Leo – ‌a Guinea-Bissau-flagged ship ‌manned by a crew ‌from ⁠India»»»

LONDON: New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham gathered his Cabinet for its first meeting on Tuesday and vowed to take a “one-team approach” despite purging allies of predecessor Keir Starmer from the government. Burnham told his top team that he would lead a “cost-of-living government” focused on easi»»»

Deputy Parliament Chair and Democratic Bulgaria MP Atanas Atanassov has submitted a parliamentary question to Prime Minister Rumen Radev seeking an explanation of why Bulgaria requested that Iskander Makhmudov be excluded from the European Union's 21st sanctions package against Russia, the press ce»»»

Moscow, July 21 (SANA) Russian regions, including Lipetsk and Volgograd, came under overnight missile and drone attacks launched from Ukraine, targeting industrial facilities and triggering large fires, while Russian drones struck a major energy facility in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy. »»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia appreciates the role that Laos is playing in promoting the strategic partnership between Russia and the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday. "I am glad to see you and your team here at the »»»

Russia’s success in cutting off the Black Sea supply route for the Ukrainian military was secured through precise missile and drone strikes against transport ships and port infrastructure, military analyst Vasily Dandykin tells Sputnik. Instead of a one-time retaliation for earlier Ukrainian attack»»»

Britain's new Prime Minister Andy Burnham took office on Monday, reshuffling the cabinet to remove allies of predecessor Keir Starmer and appointing John Healey as finance minister, Ed Miliband as foreign minister and Wes Streeting as defence minister. Burnham pledged a 10-year plan to tackle cost-»»»

The first six months of 2026 saw a steep rise in the number of civilians killed or wounded in the war between Russia and Ukraine, the UN said Tuesday. Both Moscow and Kyiv have increased the number of air strikes targeting vital infrastructure as the Russian invasion grinds into its fifth year. The»»»

LONDON: A Russian naval ship carried out a live-fire weapons exercise in international waters in the Channel south of the UK port city of Plymouth, the British defense ministry said Tuesday. The ship located around 40 miles (74 km) south of the English coast on Monday informed a British naval patro»»»

After a week of chaos, scandal and protest, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy may sack the controversial military commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi and reportedly has acknowledged the effectiveness of ousted ex-Defence Minister Fedorov who has been offered an expanded national security rol»»»

Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan may soon have to rethink their plans to develop nuclear energy. Rosatom, the Russian nuclear entity that has agreements to build nuclear plants in both Central Asian nations, is experiencing major financial difficulties. Alexei Likhachev, Rosatom’s boss, has announced the »»»

Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan may soon have to rethink their plans to develop nuclear energy. Rosatom, the Russian nuclear entity that has agreements to build nuclear plants in both Central Asian nations, is experiencing major financial difficulties. Alexei Likhachev, Rosatom’s boss, has announced the »»»

Germany will stop granting automatic temporary protection to Ukrainians fleeing conscription, German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has said. Kiev imposed general mobilization shortly after the escalation of the conflict with Russia in February of 2022, barring all able-bodied men aged 22 to »»»

BELGRADE - Serbia is conducting a balanced foreign policy and seeking good relations with all the relevant factors in the world, as well as with its traditional friends, FM Marko Djuric said on Tuesday, noting that Serbia had a steely friendship and a strategic partnership with China and cherished »»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian State Duma adopted a government-sponsored bill on digital currency and digital rights in its second and third readings on Tuesday, establishing the legal framework for the lawful circulation of cryptocurrencies in Russia The document recognizes digital currency as pro»»»

The first batch of fuel and lubricants from China has been shipped to Kyrgyzstan. Energy Minister Altynbek Rysbekov told reporters. According to the minister, the supplies are being transported by road, so delivery will take some time. «The Cabinet of Ministers has instructed the relevant agencies—»»»

GENEVA: The United Nations said Tuesday that civilian casualties in the war raging between Russia and Ukraine rose 37 percent in the first half of this year. “We documented 1,396 civilians killed (and) 7,978 injured... that amounts to a 37 percent increase from the same period in the previous year,»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The deployment of EU and NATO military contingents in Ukraine is absolutely unacceptable for Russia, Moscow cannot allow this, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. "We are talking about the fact that it has been repeatedly said, including at the highest level, that th»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic said on Tuesday it was still uncertain whether the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) would extend licences issued to the Serbian oil company NIS and Hungary's MOL after July 31, and noted that strategic dialogue »»»

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (2-L) participates in a panel at the NATO Defense Industry Forum in Ankara, Turkey, on July 7. File Photo by Yonhap South Korea's proposed cooperation with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is aimed at enhancing their own respective contributions to »»»

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived on a visit to the Philippines, where he will take part in events under the auspices of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a Sputnik correspondent reported. Lavrov will take part in the annual meeting of ASEAN foreign ministers and »»»

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (R) welcomes North Korea's Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui (L) ahead of a meeting in Moscow on Monday. The two sides blamed the United States and its allies for tensions on the Korean Peninsula, Russia's Foreign Ministry said. Photo courtesy of Russian Foreign M»»»

Every last Saturday of the month, a special event is held in Graz, organised by the Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ). Its supporters gather in their Volkshaus, or people’s house, to bake Neapolitan pizza. It also has a telling name – pizza comunista. They hand it out for free. The project also has »»»

India on Tuesday summoned Russia’s chargé d’affaires in New Delhi and lodged a strong protest over an attack on a commercial vessel off Ukraine’s coast that killed four Indian seafarers. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Russian envoy Vladimir Ladanov was summoned and conveyed India’s “gr»»»

The terrorist attack by Ukraine against the chief engineer of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, Alexander Yakovlev, inevitably increases the risk of a man-made radiation catastrophe, Russia's Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik said. "The targeted killing of the very specialists keeping Europe's»»»

NATO countries are running short of the cotton linter needed to make explosives for ammunition, reports The Wall Street Journal. Nitrocellulose, used to make explosive material for "virtually all" modern ammunition, is produced from so-called cotton linters."NATO does not have sufficient resources.»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A terrorist attack in Russia's Urals, where Tyumen resident, on the instructions of the Ukrainian special services, was preparing an explosion at a large industrial enterprise, was prevented, the Russian Investigative Committee told Sputnik. The 60-year-old native of the Ukrainia»»»

After a brief spell of cooler-than-average weather, the heatwave in Hungary is set to return, with temperatures expected to climb back above 30°C by the weekend and potentially reach 38°C early next week. According to 24.hu, meteorologists say the current respite will be short-lived, although there»»»

When Ali Cabuk spotted a washed-up military drone on a Turkish Black Sea beach, he did not reach for his phone to call the police, military or a bomb disposal unit. Instead, he consulted artificial intelligence. Reassured that the Russian drone was not packed with explosives, he then took it home. »»»

MOSCOW: Ukrainian strikes on Russia’s Belgorod border region killed six people on Monday, authorities said, while Kyiv reported eight deaths following Russian attacks. Russia has escalated its bombardment of Ukraine, killing dozens of people in missile strikes since the start of the month, and Kyiv»»»

TOKYO: Chinese and Russian naval forces conducted a joint live-firing exercise using machine guns within Japan’s exclusive economic zone, a sign of their deepening military cooperation, Tokyo said Tuesday. The incident on Sunday was the first time that Japan’s defense ministry has spotted a live-fi»»»

MANILA: A clash in the South China Sea threatened to overshadow a meeting of Southeast Asian nations on Tuesday as the United States condemned “dangerous” Chinese actions in the contested waterway. The US statement came minutes after Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in the Philippines, where »»»

An extreme street sports festival, organized by the Extreme Sports Federation, was held in Bishkek over the weekend, the press service of the City Hall reported. Athletes from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Russia participated in the festival. On July 18, BMX, scootering, and parkour compe»»»

Kyrgyzstan ranks 145th out of 224 countries and territories in the global ranking by prison population rate. According to the study, there are 112 inmates per 100,000 people in the country. The ranking was compiled by the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR) at Birkbeck, University »»»