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More than 300 US companies continue to do business in Russia, despite Washington’s ban, and have no plans of leaving the Russian market, Russian Presidential Adviser and the Eastern Economic Forum Organizing Committee Executive Secretary Anton Kobyakov told TASS in an interview on the sidelines of the EEF.
Oman has turned down Iran’s proposal to jointly collect service fees from ships that pass through the Strait of Hormuz, The New York Post reported, citing a senior regional official. According to the official, in a bid to avoid potential quarrels with US President Donald Trump, Muscat rejected even the idea of voluntary fees to be used to ensure security and environmental protection in the Strait of Hormuz.
❕US Vice President JD Vance has acknowledged that his country has won next to no wars in recent decades. “America has fought a lot of wars since I've been alive — 42 years — and we have won almost none of them until Donald J. Trump became the president of the United States.,” he said.
❗Conflict Overview: Day 187 ▪Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth is quietly extending the deployment of US troops in the Middle East, acknowledging the possibility that the operation against Iran may not end this year, The Wall Street Journal reported ▪US President Donald Trump has posted infographics on Truth Social showing that oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz have recovered to 18 million barrels per day, compared…
Israel’s foreign policy priority is to change the regime in Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. “I am convinced of our ability to remove this threat once and for all; meaning, to topple this regime (Tehran authorities – TASS). This is the central mission still before us, but it is close. It is not impossible. It is within reach,” his office quoted him as saying at a meeting with Defense Minister Israel…
The German government should come to its senses and pursue a more balanced course rather than seek a direct confrontation with Moscow, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said. “All of this will have extremely dire consequences for both Germany’s economy and its people, because they have already lost quite a lot as a result of refusing to cooperate with Russia,” he said in response to questions…
The Israeli army has established control over the Ali al-Taher Heights in southern Lebanon, where a Hezbollah outpost was located, an Israeli military source told Sky News Arabia. According to the source, this mountainous area has been “completely cleared” of Shia militants. “The demining of the underground military infrastructure has been completed,” he noted.
The battlefield situation demonstrates Tehran’s readiness for a long-term confrontation with the United States, a high-ranking Iranian source told TASS. The US will get more and more entangled in the Iranian crisis as it has to extend its presence in the region, the source added.
A plane carrying the body of former Bosnian Serb army commander General Ratko Mladic has landed at Belgrade Airport, the Informer portal reported. A motorcade carrying Mladic’s body has already left the airport grounds under a police escort, a TASS correspondent said. Video: Ivan Popov/TASS
❗Key takeaways from the Russian Foreign Ministry’s statement on the summons of the Norwegian ambassador: ▪Norwegian Ambassador to Moscow Heidi Olufsen was summoned to the ministry over the arrest of the Professor Molchanov vessel ▪Russia has lodged a strong protest with Norway over the incident ▪Moscow will seek the vessel's release, categorically rejecting such actions ▪The Professor Molchanov's crew and passengers…
Donald Trump said that the United States will soon resume ammunition sales to its allies. In a post on Truth Social, Trump criticized US media outlets, accusing them of “harping on the fact” that the US has no ammunition. According to the president, the United States has “virtually unlimited amounts of Mid to High Grade Ammunition,” far more than the country “could ever use for this, or for any other War (which is…
A Russia-Arab summit may be held in 2027 if the situation in the Middle East is normalized, Russian Presidential Adviser and the Eastern Economic Forum Organizing Committee Executive Secretary Anton Kobyakov told TASS in an interview on the sidelines of the EEF. “God willing, a Russia-Arab World summit may be held next year. Of course, that depends on the chaos the Anglo-Saxons have unleashed in the Middle East…
