Source link Antonio Guterres has condemned both the bombing of the Iranian consulate and Tehran’s retaliation against Israel The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged for maximum restraint as the entire Middle East region is tiptoeing on the precipice of a devastating, full-scale conflict in the wake of Iran’s drone and missile attack on […]
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Russia launches first heavy booster rocket from the Far East — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union
Source link The Angara-A5 is designed to deliver equipment into space, according to Roscosmos Russia has launched its Angara-A5 heavy-lift rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Far East for the first time, the country’s space agency Roscosmos announced on Thursday. The previous three Angara-A5 launches took place at Russia’s Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The launch was […]
Russia covers nearly a quarter of East African country’s wheat imports – UN — RT Africa
Source link Somalia is facing a grain shortage, according to an official from the Food and Agriculture Organization Russian wheat deliveries to Somalia accounted for 23% of the country’s yearly consumption over the past year, the head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Russian branch, Oleg Kobyakov, told Sputnik in an interview published […]
Indian pharma company to launch production in Russia’s Far East — RT India
Source link A firm from the South Asian nation has signed a deal to manufacture medical supplies in Sakhalin Region An Indian pharmaceutical company is set to launch production in Russia’s Far East, the Sakhalin Region government’s press service has said in a statement. India and Russia, long-time trade and economic partners, have worked to […]
Cyclone leaves several dead in East African country — RT Africa
Source link At least 18 people have died and thousands displaced in the wake of tropical cyclone Gamane that hit Madagascar this week, Reuters reported on Friday. According to a report of the National Bureau of Risk and Disaster Management (BNGRC), hundreds of people lost their homes after a cyclone hit on Wednesday and Thursday. […]
East African airline announces new routes — RT Africa
Source link Air Tanzania has confirmed plans to commence direct flights to Dubai from its hub in Dar es Salaam on Sunday, a local news agency reported on Wednesday. The airline will operate four flights a week on the route – on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday. Mr Ladislaus Matindi, the managing director of the […]
Russia to hold joint naval exercises with East African nation – envoy — RT Africa
Source link The frigate ‘Marshal Shaposhnikov’ has arrived for a nine-day stay in Eritrea Russia has sent a military ship to participate in joint drills with Eritrea for the first time in the 30 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries, Russia’s ambassador to the country, Igor Mozgo, announced on Thursday. Mozgo stated that […]
East African country opens medical lab equipped by Russia – envoy — RT Africa
Source link Burundi has launched operations at a medical laboratory fully outfitted with Russian equipment, Moscow’s ambassador to Burundi, Valery Mikhailov, told TASS on Wednesday. According to Mikhailov, Moscow has supplied laboratory reagents that can be used to treat various forms of hemorrhagic fever, leptospirosis, and other dangerous infectious diseases. “In February, a laboratory fully […]
US ‘threatens peace’ in the Middle East – Russia — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union
Source link Pentagon’s strikes in Syria and Iraq are illegal under international law, Moscow’s envoy has told the UN Washington is fanning the flames of conflicts in the Middle East by conducting unlawful strikes in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzia has said. Russia has requested an urgent session […]
US strikes in Middle East are ‘strategic mistake’ – Iran — RT World News
Source link Tehran’s foreign ministry has commented on recent operations targeting militia groups in Syria and Iraq The US has made a huge blunder by attacking targets in Iraq and Syria, as it will only further inflame tensions in the already turbulent region, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani has said. In a statement on […]
A new war will consume the entire Middle East — RT World News
Source link The Lebanese Shiite group has a long and bloody history with the Jewish state, and now, both sides’ restraint is at an end Since the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the start of the IDF ground operation in Gaza, it has been repeatedly reported that one of the potential participants in an […]
Israel-linked boycotts of US brands boosting local businesses in Middle East – Bloomberg — RT Business News
Source link Consumers in Muslim-majority countries have shunned Starbucks, McDonald’s, and Coca-Cola over the Gaza conflict Numerous major Western brands have shed customers and seen profits dented due to boycott campaigns in the Middle East targeting companies seen as supporting Israel in the war in Gaza, Bloomberg reported on Friday. Israel declared war on Hamas […]
Lebanon wants Russia involved in forging Middle East peace — RT World News
Source link Beirut’s foreign minister has said he is confident Moscow will work towards easing tensions in the region Lebanon hopes that Moscow will play an important role in resolving the current tensions in the Middle East, Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said after a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, at the UN […]
The US claims to bring peace to the Middle East. Here’s how it’s actually pushing for war — RT World News
Source link Washington has publicly expressed its opposition to Israel’s assassinations on Lebanese soil, but never tried to stop Netanyahu Failing to achieve its primary objectives of crushing Hamas and recapturing its detainees by force, the Israeli military recently announced that it is moving into what it calls “phase 3” of its war in Gaza. […]
Will the latest Middle East crisis impact oil markets? — RT Business News
Source link The upward moves in crude prices have so far shown no signs of panic-buying, although investors remain on edge Russian Market is a project by a financial blogger, Swiss journalist and political commentator based in Zurich. Follow him on X @runews Last week’s airstrikes in Yemen by the US and UK are prompting concerns about […]