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The Defense Ministry said there were no casualties or damage An attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack using a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) against facilities in Moscow and the Moscow Region was foiled on Saturday afternoon, the Russian Defense Ministry said. “This afternoon an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by a fixed-wing UAV against targets on the territory of Moscow and the Moscow Region was foiled. The drone was detected in time by the air defense forces on duty, suppressed by means of electronic warfare and, having gone…

The Turkish official also stated that Ankara strictly complies with the Montreux Convention Ankara is working on restoration of the grain deal, which ended on July 17, Turkish presidential advisor Akif Cagatay Kilic said Saturday, adding that there has been no cooling in Moscow-Ankara relations over the Black Sea grain initiative. “Our Foreign Ministry works on restoration of the grain deal. There has been no cooling in the Russian-Turkish relations. There are no problems in relations between President Putin and our president [Recep Tayyip Erdogan], who is the only NATO national leader who maintains a direct dialogue both with Russian…

The chancellor says it is his aim to prevent a war with Russia amid talk of long-range missile deliveries to Kiev Germany will not get involved in the Ukraine conflict, but will continue to supply Kiev with weaponry, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said. The comment comes amid a public discussion on whether Berlin should supply long-range Taurus missiles to Kiev. Speaking at an event organized by the Augsburger Allgemeine newspaper on Friday, Scholz was asked whether there is a danger of Germany becoming “actively involved in the war.” He replied by saying that it is his “aim to prevent this,”…

As the United Nations marks today World Humanitarian Day, Lynn Hastings, the Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), paid tribute to humanitarian workers in the OPT who deliver assistance in times of conflict or natural disasters. “About 2.1 million people across the OPT need humanitarian assistance, the same number as last year but with unprecedented and growing vulnerabilities in the West Bank. Thousands are involved in the effort to try and help them; NGOs might be the most obvious, but they work in partnership with volunteers, municipal workers who repair pipelines in the middle of floods or conflict,…

Washington insists that growing military ties with Seoul and Tokyo has nothing to do with Beijing The US is not working to create a “NATO for the Pacific” as a way to target China, the White House has claimed, after President Joe Biden declared a “new era” of security cooperation with South Korea and Japan. Biden hosted Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol at Camp David on Friday for the first summit of its kind, where the heads of state agreed on several new initiatives in the military, economic, and technological spheres. “This is the first summit I’ve hosted at Camp David,…

Members of Fulton County’s grand jury have faced online backlash and threats as a result of racketeering charges pressed against Trump. Members of the Atlanta, Georgia grand jury who recently voted to indict former President Trump and 18 others, have found themselves on the receiving end of online threats. The development raises concerns for authorities about the safety of citizens participating in the judicial proceedings and underscores the delicate balance that county officials must maintain between transparency in the legal process and safeguarding individuals. The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office released a statement on Thursday revealing that personal information belonging to the grand…

a Palestinian youth critically injured three days ago by Israeli army gunfire in the northern West Bank city of Nablus has died today of his wounds, according to medical sources. Mohammad Abu Asab, 19, was shot in the head and seriously injured during an army assault on Balata refugee camp in Nablus on Wednesday. An undercover Israeli army force infiltrated the camp and surrounded a house. As a result, violent confrontations broke out during which the soldiers fired stun grenades, tear gas, and live bullets at the youths which led to the serious injury of Abu Asab and the injury…

Russia is working on the schedule due, negotiations about the visit’s date are underway, Akif Cagatay Kilic said The preparation of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Istanbul continues, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main advisor Akif Cagatay Kilic told CNN Turk. “The work in this direction continues at this moment. Russia is working on the schedule due to the internal situation; negotiations about the visit’s date are underway. We hold them,” Kilic said, answering a question about Putin’s potential visit to Turkey. On August 16, the Shot Telegram channel claimed citing its sources that Putin and Erdogan may meet…

No casualties or damage on the ground were reported Kiev attempted to attack Crimea with an S-200 surface-to-air missile re-equipped into a strike weapon during the night, while Russia’s air defense capabilities intercepted it, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Saturday. “During the night on August 19, the Kiev regime attempted to carry out a terrorist attack using an S-200 surface-to-air missile re-equipped into a strike weapon on the Crimean territory. Russia’s air defense capabilities timely detected and intercepted it in the air,” the ministry said, adding that no casualties or damage on the ground were reported. Russia’s Defense Ministry said…

Israeli occupation forces last night shot and seriously injured two Palestinians in two separate incidents in occupied East Jerusalem, one of them a minor, according to local sources. In Silwan neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem located just outside the Old City wall, forces shot and critically injured Abed Amer al-Zaghal, 15, while he was walking in the neighborhood, said witnesses. Some reports said Zaghal was shot by a Jewish guard of an illegal Israeli settlement built in the heart of the Palestinian neighborhood. The boy was hit in the head and was rushed to hospital where he was reported in…