The Gaza war and tensions with Iran have taken a toll on Israel's economy, leading major rating agencies to downgrade the Jewish state's credit rating by one notch with warnings that further cuts may occur if the ongoing conflicts escalate.
A bold new proposal detailing how humanity might look for signs of alien life on distant planets has been proposed recently by two researchers.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - An air defense radar at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility was the target of Israel’s strike early on Friday, ABC News reported, citing a senior US official.
Russell Bonner Bentley, call sign "Texas", has passed away at the age of 64, his wife Lyudmila confirmed to Sputnik.
Hacker collective known as Anonymous announced that it managed to breach the IDF’s cyber defenses and abscond with a vast trove of data.
Bentley went missing in Donetsk on April 8, following a Ukrainian artillery attack on the city’s Petrovsky district. Four days later, the DPR Ministry of Internal Affairs put him on a missing persons list.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia intends to promote the anti-corruption agenda during its presidency in BRICS this year, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US House adopted a rule governing debate on a four-part national security package that includes aid for Israel and Ukraine, as well as new sanctions on Russia and Iran, setting up a vote on final passage on Saturday.
There is a long road to Moscow and Kiev reaching a possible consensus, which in any case should come against the background of the Russian special military operation, Sergey Poletaev, political and military analyst, co-founder of “Vatfor project”,...
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The West is one step away from deploying military forces in Ukraine, which could mean an end for Europe, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday.
SpaceX founder and tech mogul extraordinaire Elon Musk made a joking suggesting about who the real victims of the recent attack on an Iranian airbase might be.
Russia could become a supplier of technological sovereignty to Third World countries, but when entering foreign markets it's crucial to come with the manufacturer's product line rather than various brands, said Natalya Kasperskaya, the head of the...
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the progress of special military operation.
America's "no" to Palestinian statehood contradicts "the letter and spirit of the UN Charter," Professor Alfred de Zayas, former UN independent expert on international order and author of 10 books, including "The Human Rights Industry" and...
On April 19, an Iranian base near the city of Isfahan was subjected to a drone strike possibly carried out by Israel in response for the April 14 Iranian missile attack on Israeli military installations – which, in turn, was an act of retaliation...
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - An unknown individual locked himself up in the building of the Iranian consulate located Paris and is threatening to blow himself up, the Europe 1 radio station reported on Friday, citing a French police source.
The security guarantees outlined in the Istanbul agreements for resolving the conflict in Ukraine were utterly serious, nearly on par with Article 5 of the Washington Treaty (also known as the North Atlantic Treaty).
The United States vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have recognised a Palestinian state. Another permanent member of Security Council abstained from voting.
The emphasis on the topic of inflicting strategic defeat on Russia reflects not so much the West's bellicose mood as it does agony and hysteria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told Sputnik.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The operator of Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), has launched the fifth round of treated water release from the facility that is scheduled to run until May 7, Japanese news agency...
MOSCOW (Sputnik/Prime) - Iran is not planning an immediate retaliatory strike after Friday's attack and it is not yet clear who exactly is behind it, Reuters reported, citing a high-ranked Iranian official.
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Commercial ships transiting the Arabian Gulf and Western Indian Ocean were not the "intended target" of Israel's attack against Iran on Friday, the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers will discuss Israel's recent strikes on Iran at their meeting in Italy on Friday morning, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said.
