3 week agoShip of Interest: Sanctioned by @USTreasury for providing logistical services to Iran Min of Defense and Armed Forces, Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines' Iran flag container ship Artabaz transited Bosphorus towards Marmara en route from Constanta and Chornomorsk to Haydarpaşa
3 week agoMore photos from the inaugural northbound passage of USNS Yuma. Operated by @MSCSealift she is heading to Odessa, Ukraine, to take part in @ExSeaBreeze
Macron at the meeting with Putin: I hope that we will meet in the Normandy format in July, we need to resolve issues, in particular, Ukrainian
3 week agoJorge Arreaza met in Lisbon with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal, Augusto Santos Silva.
France records 45C for first time, as Europe is melting in a boiling heatwave
Armenian defense ministry spokesperson touts new contracts signed on the sidelines of Army-2019 forum in Moscow, which entail acquisition of unspecified offensive weaponry from Russian arms manufacturers.
The evacuation of the city of Tulun in the Irkutsk region due to the rising water level - Ministry of Emergency Situations
Putin and Trump at the Osaka meeting reaffirmed adherence to the Minsk agreements - Lavrov
All-time hottest temperature in France recorded at 44.3C: weather service
An arson attack on a regional local election centre last night in Albania ended in 14 arrests and three injured police officers.
US Ambassador to Iran US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook: There are two options for European companies, and trade with Washington or with Iran
14 foreigners who have fought for Ukraine obtain the Ukrainian citizenship
3 week agoVIDEO: The two remaining towers of the Morandi motorway bridge in the Italian city of Genoa that collapsed nearly a year go killing 43 people have been demolished
3 week agoKremlin TV: Trump canceled last meeting with Putin because of captured Ukrainian sailors; 7 months later Trump doesn't remember them.
3 week agoTrump also bonded with Putin over a scorn for journalists. "Get rid of them. Fake news is a great term, isn't it You don't have this problem in Russia, but we do." "We also have," Putin answered, in English. "It's the same." They shared a chuckle.
Minsk and Moscow do not plan to amend the union treaty - Belarusian Foreign Minister
Belarus estimates at $20 million losses from damage to equipment at an oil refinery in Mozyr cause of contaminated oil in Druzhba - deputy prime minister
Putin holds meeting with outgoing British Prime Minister Teresa May on the margins of the G20 summit
3 week agoFORTE10 042021 USAF RQ4 Global Hawk intelligence-gathering UAV, on high-altitude surveillance mission over Donbas region of Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine.
3 week agoVideo: sound of clashes in Donetsk at the dawn
3 week agoPutin and Trump "agreed the two countries will continue discussion on a 21st century model of arms control, which President Trump stated as needing to include China," White House says (in yet another *very* speedy statement issued soon after a bilat ended).
3 week agoReadout of @POTUS-Putin meeting from @hogangidley45. Discussed the situations in Iran, Syria, Venezuela and Ukraine
3 week agoIn meeting with Putin, @POTUS is asked if he'll tell the Russian president not to meddle in Election2020. Trump replies, "Of course I will" and then turns to Putin and says, "Don't meddle in the election." #G20OsakaSummit
3 week agoA meeting between Putin and Trump began in Osaka
3 week agoPutin and Trump meet in Osaka
Joint Forces Operation Press Center: yesterday Russian forces opened fire 34 times. 3 soldiers were wounded
3 week agoSevere wind damage in Kisvárda, Hungary today, June 27th. Report: Novák Borbála ViharVonal
3 week agoMajor fires ongoing in Tarragona, Spain today: covering over 5000 hectares. Video: Joel Dura @MeteOrihuela
Russia agreed to pay Kazakhstan $15 for every barrel of contaminated oil. KazTransOil reached an agreement with Transneft
Occupied Abkhazia imposed restrictions on the administrative border
3 week agoProtest in Tbilisi tonight came to residence of oligarch Ivanishvilli
Tbilisi: crowd outside ruling Georgian Dream party leader billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili business center, holding up yellow cards, singing Georgian national anthem and the EU's ode to joy
3 week agoProtest tonight in Tbilisi
3 week agoRight now at Ivanishvili's residence in Tbilisi
3 week agoGeorgians waiving American flag at informal ruler Ivanishvili's business center. 8th day of protest.
3 week agoProtesters today came to house of leader of ruling "Georgian Dream" party billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili
Blackout in Vyborg, Leningrad region. Water supply also cut. Failure in Lenenergo grid at 21:55
3 week agoThousands to march from Rustaveli to Ivanishvili's residence on 8th day since #TbilisiClash
It's propaganda
Russian media reports that 3 reporters, including one of RIA-Novosti got under attack near Donetsk, no casualties
Interior Minister Gakharia tells media he takes responsibility for "all orders" given on June 20-21, as TbilisiProtests were disbanded, but won't resign until investigation is complete. "If I am a bloodthirsty executioner in your eyes, I'd live with that", tells injured journo
Exclusive FT interview: Putin says liberalism has 'become obsolete', champions national populism sweeping Europe, and assails mindless multiculturalism and sexual diversity
Putin on the Skripal poisoning in Salisbury. "Treason is the gravest crime possible and traitors must be punished. I am not saying that the Salisbury incident is the way to do it . . . but traitors must be punished."
Two, including imam, wounded in shooting outside mosque in Brest, northwestern France couple of hours ago. French police searching for the gunman.
FM Klimkin: Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not need a confirmation from President to issue a note to Russia
The Constitutional Court in Kosovo has thrown the future of the national negotiating team with Serbia into question after ruling that its mandate and competencies were unconstitutional.
3 week ago1 person killed, 2 wounded as result of storm in Kyiv region
The war with Armenia is not over, so Azerbaijan will continue to build up its military power, President Ilham Aliyev said.
President Zelensky condemned Ukraine MFA note sent to Russian MFA on Ukrainian sailors, and now asks Putin to release sailors
Acting US Secretary of Defense: Iran must return to negotiations to discuss its nuclear program and missile programs
Acting Secretary of Defense @EsperDoD at NATO defense ministerial: "The instigator of aggression in Europe today is Russia."
U.S. Defense Secretary: Russia must commit to nuclear arms control
Russian strategic bombers(Tu-95, Tu-160 and 2 Tu-22m3) are flying over Orsha towards Minsk for the 2nd day
Russian Strategic bombers are flying over Orsha, Belarus(for Belarus Independence parade on 3rd July)
The EU has officially prolonged the economic sanctions against Russia for another 6 months
3 week agoEight NATO allies will hit the 2% GDPdefense spending ratio this year, up from just three in 2014 when the Wales pledge was made, says @jensstoltenberg, wrapping up DefMin.
Jens Stoltenberg: now is a unique opportunity for peace in Afghanistan and NATO strongly supports efforts to reach a deal. Today, NATO Allies and partners reiterated their commitment to train and finance Afghan forces as they create the conditions for peace.
3 week agoSwiss government announces role in facilitating talks between the Cameroon government and Ambazonia separatist leaders.
3 week agoFirefighting forces are being stepped up in the front of the fire, which is under way at Naraki Lavrion, where an informal encampment of immigrants was previously evacuated for preventive purposes
3 week ago[email protected]_Airways BA2276 from Las Vegas to London Gatwick is declaring an emergency
3 week agoStatement from the Stansted airport. London
A Newark-bound Air India flight made an emergency landing in London after a bomb threat, the airline says.
First prisoners at Donbass will be released on Friday, it will be the first step for the future exchange - Medvedchuk
3 week agoA Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter aircraft greeted the Fatih Drilling Ship in the Eastern Mediterranean and the accompanying TCG BARBAROS Frigate.
Medvedchuk met with commanders of "LNR and DNR" in Minsk, they have agreed to release 4 Ukrainian soldiers
3 week agoIskander launches during readiness check of Central Military District of Russia
Georgia's central bank estimated that the financial losses from the Russian ban on direct flights would cause $200-300 million losses to the Georgian economy
Sachsen-Anhalt: Ein 39-jähriger Bosnier wurde vom BKA verhaftet. Er geriet durch andere Ermittlungen ins Visier der Behörden.
Hungary not extraditing Gruevski to Macedonia.
3 week agoChief Executive Abdullah Abdullah met with Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva, Switzerland ahead of the Crans Montana Forum 30th Annual Session and discussed UNHCR programs and projects in Afghanistan.
22 hospitalized after An-24 crashed and caught fire at Nizhneangarsk airport during landing
FSB detained a group of weapons smugglers from Ukraine and Lithuania in Novy Urengoy
Serbian MP Milovan Drecun
says Pristina wants to create conflict with Serbs
Macron says he warned Iran's Rouhani about breaking nuclear commitments
Russian foreign ministry says US economic plan for Palestinian territories is counterproductive
3 week agoAngela Merkel's spokesman insists she's fine and will travel as planned to G20. But this is second time she's shaken uncontrollably in public, prompting concerns over her health
Yesterday SeaWatch3 tried to take the 42 vulnerable people to Italy, but was refused
Assassination attempt on Artem Seminihin, ex-mayor of Konotop. He is in critical condition
3 week agoTwo killed, 7 injured as Russian plane makes emergency landing
Israel suspects that Russian army is responsible for a recent GPS disturbances in its main airport, media reports.
Joint Forces Operation Press Center: yesterday Russian forces opened fire 39 times. 7 Ukrainian soldiers were wounded
