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German Taurus cruise missiles have been making headlines in recent months amid speculation that Berlin would provide these long-range weapons to Kiev.

Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier touted his country as Europe's biggest economy as far as gross domestic product and purchasing power parity are concerned.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The first missiles for the Patriot air defense system will be produced in Germany within three years, Managing Director of German missile systems manufacturer MBDA Thomas Gottschild said.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying an Earth observation satellite capable of taking high-resolution images, Resurs-P 4, has lifted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome on Sunday, with the launch broadcast live by the Russian space agency Roscosmos.

Significant progress in defusing the Hamas-Israel conflict "remains elusive" given Tel Aviv's irreconcilable stance on a Palestinian state, Dr. Imad Salamey, an associate professor of political science and international affairs at the Lebanese American University, told Sputnik.

Sunday marks the 70th anniversary of a little-known Soviet diplomatic offer to have the USSR join NATO and bring the Cold War security competition in Europe to an early end. The move would become one of at least three occasions in which Moscow hinted at its aspirations to join the bloc. Why has it been rejected each time? Sputnik explores.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A record 63.2% of Japanese are worried about their financial stability and have a negative outlook on the future, while 28.6% said they had difficulty raising children in the country, Japanese news agency reported on Sunday, citing a government survey.

70 years ago, on March 31, 1954, Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov shocked the United States and its NATO allies with a proposal to have the USSR join the Western bloc and effectively put an end to the Cold War in Europe. What motivated Moscow's calculations? What ultimately came of the proposal? Check out Sputnik's infographic.

ATHENS (Sputnik) - The second batch of humanitarian aid has been shipped to the Gaza Strip via the Cyprus maritime corridor as part of the Amalthea Initiative, the Cypriot Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian and Belarusian athletes will not be welcome at the Summer Olympics in Paris, the mayor of the city, Anne Hidalgo, said.

According to local media, Israeli forces reportedly shot and killed 12 Palestinian civilians as they waited for aid trucks in Gaza City on Saturday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The activities of the UN group of experts overseeing sanctions on North Korea cannot be called impartial, since their goal was to compromise Pyongyang, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

Malaysia is a Muslim-majority country and has been a steadfast supporter of Palestine. It has no formal relations with Israel and in December, the country banned all Israeli ships from docking at Malaysian ports.

TUNIS (Sputnik) - Political groups making up the Alliance of Palestinian Forces have rejected Israel's proposal to send Arab troops to the Gaza Strip, Palestinian movement Hamas said on Saturday.