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The US does not believe what is happening in Gaza is a genocide, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Monday. “We believe Israel can and must do more to ensure the protection and wellbeing of innocent civilians. We do not believe what is happening in Gaza is a genocide,” Sullivan said. Speaking to reporters, Sullivan said the US wanted to see Hamas defeated, but warned that Palestinian civilians caught in the middle were “in hell.” He also reiterated the Biden administration’s repeated opposition to a major Israeli military operation in Rafah. Sullivan added that the US was concerned about an Israeli…

The US has ramped up fertilizer imports from Russia over the past year despite being at the forefront of the Western sanctions war against Moscow, RIA Novosti analysis of official data showed on Monday.

Russia’s energy revenue saw a massive increase in the first four months of the year, mainly due to rising oil prices, the Finance Ministry has revealed.

US President Joe Biden is set to double, triple and quadruple tariffs on some Chinese goods, Bloomberg has reported. It’s the latest step in the escalating trade dispute between the world’s two biggest economies.

Microsoft appears to have unblocked access to major updates for users residing in Russia, according to IT specialists who spoke with Izvestia news outlet in an article published on Monday.  

Solntsevo District Court in Moscow has banned the dissemination online of job advertisements containing phrases such as “only for Slavs” as a precondition for applicants, the press service of the capital’s courts of general jurisdiction announced Monday. 

AL-MUKALLA: The US-led Red Sea marine coalition destroyed four drones fired by Yemen’s Houthis from regions under their control against ships in international waters off Yemen’s shores, the US military said on Sunday morning.

Israel describesd its latest return to the north as part of a ‘mop-up’ stage of the war to prevent fighters from returning

Iran says the establishment of full and genuine peace, stability and security in the West Asia region hinges on the disarmament of Israel and an end to its occupation of Palestine. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in an address to the third Iranian-Arab Dialogue Conference, dubbed “For Cooperation and Interaction”, in Tehran on Sunday. He added that the people of Palestine have been deprived of all their rights and Israel’s “unequal war” in Gaza over the past seven months once more showed the reality of the Palestinian issue to the world. The Israeli regime took shape based on violation…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed on Monday Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the presidential complex in Ankara. Erdogan and Mitsotakis, who is in Türkiye for a working visit, shook hands and had their photographs taken in front of the flags of the two countries. After a one-on-one meeting, Erdogan and Mitsotakis will chair a session between the delegations and also hold a joint news conference. The Turkish president will later host a dinner in honor of the Greek premier. Source: anadolu Agency