WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US Senate on Thursday passed a continuing resolution (CR) to extend temporary government funding and give lawmakers more time to pass appropriations bills, sending the legislation to the House of Representatives for consideration.
Ecuador descended into chaos in early January after leaders of the Latin American nation’s most powerful criminal gangs escaped from prison. Speaking to Sputnik, former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said the long-suffering nation will never be able to deal with its organized crime problem so long as its economy remains so heavily dollarized.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The military aviation of the Russian aerospace forces have conducted air patrols along the separation zone between armed forces of Israel and Syria, Vadim Kulit, the deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria, said on Thursday.
On January 18, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held an annual press conference to sum up the main results of Russia’s foreign policy in 2023.
The Russia’s foreign minister has reiterated Moscow’s support for Palestinian statehood, and announced plans to present proposals to resolve the crisis in the Middle East at the United Nations Security Council next week. How will Arab World respond to Russia’s overtures? Sputnik asked a veteran Saudi foreign affairs observer.
The latest round of tensions between Belgrade and breakaway authorities in Kosovo began rising after Pristina riled up ethnic Serbs living in the region’s north by banning Serbia-issued license plates, followed by a push to install unelected ethnic Albanian mayors in Serb-majority settlements.
OPEC predicts that global oil demand will rise by a substantial 1.85 million bpd, reaching 106.21 million bpd by 2025. This forecast is supported by disruptions in US oil production caused by a severe cold snap and increasing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, which are contributing to the positive momentum of the oil market
Diplomatic efforts to restore security along the Israel-Lebanon border remain stalled as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East escalate due to the conflict in Gaza, as risks of full-scale conflict in the region remain as high as ever.
DAMASCUS (Sputnik) - Eleven people, including women and children, were killed in a Jordanian airstrike on the province of As Suwayda in southern Syria, a local source told Sputnik on Thursday.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The International Energy Agency (IEA) believes that Russia in December increased exports of oil and petroleum products month-on-month by 500,000 barrels per day to 7.8 million barrels per day, while its revenue fell to a six-month low of $14.4 billion, according to a fresh IEA report published on Thursday.
Emmanuel Todd, historian, demographer, anthropologist, sociologist and political analyst, is part of a dying breed: one of the very few remaining exponents of old school French intelligentzia – a heir to those like Braudel, Sartre, Deleuze and Foucault who dazzled successive young Cold War generations from the West down to the East.
The annual press conference of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is being held on January 18, where he will summarize the main foreign policy results of 2023.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A dual UK-Iraqi national died during the Iranian strikes on the Iraqi Kurdistan region earlier this week, the UK Foreign Office said in a statement following a meeting between UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in Davos.
While the Princess of Wales’ surgery was reported to be successful, palace officials have not disclosed the reason for her surgery nor her subsequent hospitalization.
The sounds of explosions were heard in several areas of Saravan County in Iran's southeastern province of Sistan and Balochistan, which borders Pakistan, said Alireza Marhamati, the province's deputy governor for security and law enforcement.
“The next debate I do will either be with Donald Trump or with Joe Biden. I look forward to it,” said Haley.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The next International Aviation and Space Salon (MAKS) at Russia's Zhukovsky International Airport, which was rescheduled from 2023 to a later period, is preliminary scheduled for July 23-28, 2024, several sources close to the event have told Sputnik.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States has launched new strikes on the Houthi positions in Yemen, CBS reported citing a US official.
DOHA (Sputnik) - The Houthi rebels in Yemen have attacked another ship of the United States in the Gulf of Aden after the beginning of the US and the United Kingdom's airstrikes against their positions, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said Wednesday.
The American defense secretary had earlier been hospitalized twice and undergone surgery; however, red flags were raised over the last weeks over a transparency failure that left much of the Pentagon and White House in the dark about the state of the defense chief.
A Dutch admiral claimed the West faces “the most dangerous world in decades” and urged countries to enhance cooperation.