Новости за 10.04.2024

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday discussed in Moscow with UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland the situation in the Middle East, primarily in the Gaza Strip, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US Navy's shipbuilding program is being seriously delayed by "gross inefficiencies and problems" despite an additional expenditure of almost $2 billion that had been approved to solve the issues, US House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Ken Calvert said on Wednesday.

The whole planet awaits with bated breath the avowedly inevitable Iranian response to the attack against its consulate/ambassador residence in Damascus by the biblical psychopaths responsible for the Gaza genocide.

The Soviet Army completely liberated the city of Odessa in 1944, marking an important chapter in crushing the Nazi forces in the course of WWII.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Joe Biden told reporters on Tuesday that he is considering Australia's request for the United States to end its prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, according to the White House press pool.

A Russian submachine gun has exhibited remarkable resilience and reliability during an extreme crash test that was meant to push the weapon’s limits.

On April 10, 1944, Soviet troops liberated the city of Odessa. The enemy suffered severe losses, while the city not only withstood the siege and suffering but its defenders gave a crushing blow to the occupiers.

CAIRO (Sputnik) - An Israeli strike on the Gaza Strip killed three sons and several grandchildren of Ismail Haniyeh, the chairman of the political office of Hamas, Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Cooperation between Russia and the United States on the peaceful use of space continues, this is important, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States and Japan will bolster cooperation on intelligence-related matters, a senior Biden administration official said.

WARSAW (Sputnik) - Poland is preparing to close the case of the plane crash near the Russian city of Smolensk in 2010, which killed then-Polish President Lech Kaczynski, the Polish prosecutor's office said on Wednesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The goal of the joint drills between the United States, Japan, Australia and the Philippines is to expand NATO in other regions of the world, Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said on Wednesday.

VOSTOCHNY COSMODROME (Sputnik) - The launch of the Russian-made Angara-A5 space rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome was canceled on Wednesday due to the failure of the engine launch control system, Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos head Yuri Borisov said.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) conference has been moved from Chisinau to its headquarters in Rome after Moldova banned entry of the Russian delegation, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said on Wednesday.

TEL AVIV (Sputnik) - Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday that his country would strike Iran if the Islamic Republic attacked Israel from its own territory, after Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei vowed reprisals for the deadly airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus.

Officials emphasize that the Angara rockets will guarantee Russia's ability to launch various types of spacecraft from its own territory, providing them with "independent access to outer space".

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has started an investigation after a Boeing engineer raised concerns over the structural integrity of the 787 Dreamliner fuselage, US newspaper reported, citing the whistleblower.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has told US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin that an exact date for Israel's operation in Rafah has yet to be set, media reported on Tuesday, citing a source with direct knowledge.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - France and Spain are reinforcing security measures ahead of quarterfinal matches in the Champions League, Europe's top club competition, held in Paris and Madrid this week, after a threat from the Islamic State terrorist group, the French government and Spanish media said on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, Hamas representatives said the Israeli proposal it received from Qatari and Egyptian mediators did not meet any of the demands from the Palestinian factions, but said it would study it further before replying.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Moldova's autonomous region of Gagauzia is suffering colossal losses from an economic war unleashed by Moldovan authorities against the region, Gagauzia head Yevgenia Gutsul has told Sputnik.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Swiss People's Party (UDC), which holds the majority in parliament, has said in a release that it demands the country's withdrawal from the Council of Europe after the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that Bern was not doing enough to combat climate change.

On Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, sending a strong message to the West that the two countries will continue their strategic relationship. The meeting came a day after US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen traveled to China and warned it against partnering with Russia.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - If Chisinau will respond militarily to the declaration of independence of Moldova's autonomous region of Gagauzia, the autonomy will apply for help to everyone, including Russia, Gagauzia head Yevgenia Gutsul has told Sputnik.

COLORADO SPRINGS (Sputnik) - The United States would love to have a safety deconfliction channel with Russia in space, Stephen Whiting, US Space Command Commander told Sputnik.