MOSCOW — The United States has shown no interest in Russia’s proposal to receive and store Iran’s enriched uranium on Russian territory, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed to reporters on Thursday, even as Moscow reiterated its full readiness to serve as a custodian for the material in a bid to ease mounting nuclear tensions surrounding…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov declared on Friday that no concrete initiatives currently exist for resolving the conflict in Ukraine, delivering a stark assessment of the stalled diplomatic process following a meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council of Foreign Ministers. “We have informed our colleagues about the recent developments regarding efforts to…
Tehran has declared the Strait of Hormuz fully open to all commercial shipping for the duration of the Lebanon ceasefire, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced on 17 April 2026, in a move that immediately sent global oil prices sharply lower. “In line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all commercial vessels through…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov declared on Friday that no concrete initiatives currently exist for resolving the conflict in Ukraine, delivering a sobering assessment of the stalled diplomatic process following a meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council of Foreign Ministers. “We have informed our colleagues about the recent developments regarding efforts to…
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has issued a stark warning that the ongoing US-Israel war against Iran is inflicting severe damage on international energy security and disrupting the safety of maritime shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical oil transit chokepoints. Speaking in Beijing on Thursday, 16 April 2026, following…
The collapse of the New START treaty framework, combined with sustained United States military pressure on Venezuela and Iran, is generating powerful incentives for a growing number of nations to pursue nuclear weapons as instruments of sovereign self-defence, according to Russian economist and Professor Alexander Dynkin. Speaking to Sputnik, Professor Dynkin identified six so-called threshold…
The collapse of the New START treaty framework, combined with sustained United States military pressure on Venezuela and Iran, is generating powerful incentives for a growing number of nations to pursue nuclear weapons as instruments of sovereign self-defence, according to Russian economist and Professor Alexander Dynkin. Speaking to Sputnik, Professor Dynkin identified six so-called threshold…
The Russian Foreign Ministry has formally condemned United States measures aimed at imposing a naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, characterising the actions as unilateral, illegal, and a wilful misinterpretation of international law. The declaration was made on Thursday by Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova during an official briefing in Moscow. “The illegal…
The Russian Foreign Ministry has formally condemned United States measures to impose a naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, declaring them unilateral, illegal, and a wilful misinterpretation of international law. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova delivered the statement during a press briefing on Thursday, 16 April 2026. “The illegal nature of the US…
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has issued a stark warning to the international community, declaring that a third world war would constitute a catastrophe ten times more devastating than World War II, and calling for a fundamental overhaul of the United Nations to restore its capacity to preserve global peace. Speaking on 16…