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The top Russian diplomat pointed out that Russia is currently taking a number of steps to establish contacts with its eastern neighbors Russia has never turned its back on the countries of the East, cooperation is a historical and objective trend, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. “We have never turned our back on the East, and almost 20 years after [Vladimir] Putin became president, our foreign policy has always taken into account the advantages we have in the east of our country, first of all on the Eurasian continent. <…> The trend of cooperation is historical and objective, and it…

In his first visit to Beijing since 2018, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived in Beijing to conclude his one-week trip tp the country with a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Headed to meet with China’s President, Xi Jinping, on the last visit on his one-week tour, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived in Beijing, earlier on Tuesday, after he had landed in Shenzhen earlier on Friday. According to a CGTN broadcast video, the official Chinese broadcaster showed children at a Beijing train station. They were bearing flowers welcoming Maduro and his wife alight from a high-speed train from which Maduro had earlier…

Israeli forces today brutally attacked and assaulted a Palestinian girl after raiding several homes in Arab Mleihat community, on the Al-Ma’rajat road, northwest of the occupied West Bank city of Jericho, according to local sources. Hassan Malihat, the general supervisor of al-Baydar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights, told WAFA that Israeli soldiers attacked a Palestinian girl, 17, after raiding her family house in the said community. Source: WAFA

More than 1,000 bodies were recovered in the Eastern Libyan city of Derna after the powerful Mediterranean Storm Daniel triggered devastating flooding, local officials said. Ossama Hamad, prime minister of the east Libya government, said earlier that deaths had exceeded 2,000 and thousands were missing in the city,as many were believed to have been carried away after two upstream dams burst. So far, there is no official overall death toll for people killed in Derna, Libyan Minister of Civil Aviation and Emergency Committee member Hichem Chkiouat was quoted by Reuters as saying. “I returned from Derna. It is very…

Israeli forces Thursday morning detained at least 24 Palestinians in raids across the occupied West Bank, according to local sources. The sources said 11 were detained from different areas in the Bethlehem governorate. Israeli forces detained four people from the city of Nablus in the north of the West Bank. Two Palestinians were detained at the military checkpoint of Marbaa, west of the city. In Hebron, south of the West Bank, Israeli forces conducted a military raid into the village of Khirbat Karme, north of the city, where they detained four people. In Tulkarem, Israeli forces detained the ex-prisoner Mustfa Odeh…

A Palestinian family of eight members were confirmed to be among the fatalities in the Derna region in eastern Libya, as a result of masstive torrential floods, according to the Consulate General of the State of Palestine in Benghazi, which confirmed that bringing the number Palestinians killed in the hurricane has risen to 9, and the number of missing people to 3. The political advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ambassador Ahmed Al-Deek, said that the deseased Palestinian family consists of Mahmoud al-Tawab, his wife, and his children. The Ministry indicated that it is following up on the case…

The bloc’s restrictions on Russians bringing in personal items is “a spit in the face,” the ex-president has said EU rules banning Russian nationals from bringing personal cars and smartphones into the bloc are downright insulting and degrading, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has insisted. He urged Moscow to suspend diplomatic relations with the bloc. In a statement on Telegram on Monday, Medvedev, who is Deputy Chair of the Russian Security Council, mockingly praised what he described as “straightforward and honest Brussels bosses.” “Directly and without beating around the bush, they told all Russians: ‘We see you as second-rate people.’” He…

The North Korean leader will meet with President Vladimir Putin to discuss a number of “sensitive issues,” the Kremlin has said The armored train carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has crossed into Russian territory ahead of the summit with President Vladimir Putin, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov confirmed in the early hours of Tuesday. Earlier in the day, Kyodo news agency quoted local Russian sources as saying that Kim’s train was heading north along the coast after stopping at the Khasan railway station on the North Korean-Russian border. Later, RIA Novosti reported that he crossed the Razdolnaya River, near…

Russia is willing to achieve its goals diplomatically, as soon as Kiev commits to such a path, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Peace talks between Ukraine and Russia can start only after Kiev changes its stance and creates the conditions necessary for such contacts, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. Talks can and will happen, if Russia sees that it can achieve its goals through means other than military action, but this is not the case now, the official told outlet RBK on Monday. “In any case, the Kiev regime will have to start this conversation from recognizing the reality…

Nicolas Maduro said the recent voting shows Russia’s “democratic character” Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called the elections held in Russia exemplary. “I congratulate the people of the Russian Federation and its President Vladimir Putin for the exemplary electoral process that was held from September 8 to 10,” he wrote on the social network X (formerly Twitter). Maduro said the recent voting shows Russia’s “democratic character.” “I congratulate the men, women and youth from the United Russia party, who have confirmed their leadership with this undeniable victory,” the president added. Regional elections were held in Russia from September 8 to 10;…