Новости за 04.04.2024

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that the US policy on Gaza would depend on Israel’s steps to mitigate civilian harm in the enclave, according to a readout of the call that happened in the wake of the Israeli strike on World Central Kitchen workers.

The April 1 attack on the Iranian embassy in Damascus, believed to be carried out by Israel, is widely seen as a major escalation. What if a war between Iran and Israel breaks out?

Amid geopolitical tensions and dollar devaluation fears, gold's meteoric rise sees the yellow metal hit $2,295 per troy ounce, driven by inflation hedging, de-dollarization efforts and central bank acquisitions, signaling a global shift away from the US currency.

Tel Aviv dramatically escalated its covert war against Iran on Monday, targeting the consulate annex to the Islamic Republic’s Damascus Embassy in a missile strike. Three days later, an al-Qaeda-linked* terror group with suspected ties to Mossad struck police stations in southeastern Iran. Can an all-out war between the regional powers be avoided?

Twenty years ago, a goat breeder's dream on the remote Italian island of Alicudi was left unfulfilled. The animals were abandoned to fend for themselves, and their population has now exceeded that of the island's people six-fold.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - France will be ready to host the 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony, which is set to take place along the river Seine, despite the high risk of terrorist attacks, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - NASA is investigating the origins of an object that purportedly struck a home in Florida after falling from space, NASA Deputy News Chief Jennifer Dooren said in a statement shared with Sputnik.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US imported $287.9 million worth of goods from Russia in February, up from $244 million in January, according to US Census Bureau data published on Thursday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The German armed forces (Bundeswehr) need approximately 6.5 billion euros ($7.1 billion) more than earmarked for 2025, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Thursday.

Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov has said that Western countries are consistently destroying the foundations of strategic stability and international security institutions.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. Founded in 1949, NATO's expansion has come in waves, creeping toward Russia's borders.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - One Russian citizen and two foreigners have been detained in the Russian cities of Moscow, Yekaterinburg, and Omsk for their alleged involvement in the terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The world price of Robusta coffee hit an all-time high of $3,847 per tonne on Thursday, up 40% from the start of the year, ICE Futures data showed.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) command, in accordance with an operational assessment of the current situation, said it had ordered the temporary cancellation of leave for soldiers in all combat units.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The refusal of foreign banks to accept Russian Mir payment system cards is a direct consequence of the overt pressure and threats that come from the United States, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.

TOKYO (Sputnik) - The United States intends to deploy medium-range missiles in the Indo-Pacific region in the near future, Indo-Pacific Land Forces Cmdr. Gen. Charles Flynn said.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps has said that the world has moved from the post-war to the pre-war era, urging NATO allies to think about the alliance's future.

BEIJING (Sputnik) - The number of people injured in the strong earthquake that struck Taiwan has reached 1,038, while 52 people are out of contact, the China Times newspaper reported Thursday, citing firefighters.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced on Thursday that the Venezuelan government has obtained verified information regarding secret military bases established by the US Southern Command and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on the disputed territory of the Essequibo region with Guyana.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The decades-long NATO expansion to all of Central and Eastern Europe has turned the United States into a hostage of the agenda pursued by Eastern European allies in a classic case of "tail-wags-the-dog," James Carden, former adviser to the US-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission at the Department of State, told Sputnik.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - There is currently no dialogue between Russia and NATO due to the alliance's policy to undermine Russia's security, but the channel for information exchange remains open, Russian Ambassador to Belgium Alexander Tokovinin told Sputnik.

With multiple proxy wars ongoing, $34 trillion in debt, and a world turning against it, many are starting to see the writing on the wall: US empire and imperialism are in decline. But how the US reacts to that reality will determine the fate of humanity in the 21st century.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, in a phone conversation with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, has expressed "his outrage" at the Israeli strike on World Central Kitchen's humanitarian convoy, Pentagon spokesperson Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder has said in a release.

13-years into a bloody civil war the US has financed, Syria remains fractured, controlled in parts by no less than seven factions.

TEHRAN, April 4 (Sputnik) - Members of the Jaish al-Adl terrorist group have attacked two police stations in the cities of Rask and Chabahar in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan, Deputy Governor Alireza Markhamati said on Thursday.