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The Baltic states are trying to pressure Russians to disrupt voting on State Duma election day, Maxim Raider, ambassador-at-large and deputy chairman of the Russian Foreign Ministry's election commission, tells Sputnik.

Vlada Kharebova has been trying to renounce her Russian citizenship since 2022, without success so far.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz held a situational assessment this evening regarding the threat of drones, balloons and kites launched from the Gaza Strip toward Israel.

The Israeli Government's publication of a tender for the construction of over 1,200 housing units under the E1 settlement project fundamentally harms the prospect of the two-State solution.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev delivered press statements in Tashkent on August 23.

Members of the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) have reviewed proposed amendments to Article 2 of a bill aimed at countering foreign infiltration during an open session of the legislative body.

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh, along with West Bengal Chief Minister Shri Suvendu Adhikari, presided over the Bhumi Pujan ceremony for three expansion projects of Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE) and two of Yantra India Limited (YIL), worth a total investment of approximately Rs 3,500 crore, virtually from GRSE Bhavan in Kolkata on August 23, 2026.

The sixth plenary session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was held in Beijing on Saturday.

US President Donald Trump has said Canada wants "the benefits of being a State, without being one" after trade talks between the two countries collapsed late on Friday, BBC reported.

Canada has suspended trade negotiations with the United States after the latest round of talks collapsed, with Prime Minister Mark Carney ordering negotiators to return to Ottawa.

French leader Emmanuel Macron vowed to accelerate delivery of new air interceptor missiles to Kyiv following devastating Russian attacks on a Ukrainian city and a call with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

"Erdogan is an antisemitic dictator who has massacred Kurds, harbors Hamas terrorists, occupies half of Cyprus, and jails record numbers of journalists and politicians who oppose him."

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) rejected the Chinese Embassy's latest claims regarding the BRP Sierra Madre at Ayungin Shoal, saying no binding commitment was made to remove the grounded Philippine Navy vessel from the disputed feature.

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In a call with his Iranian counterpart, Egypt's foreign minister underlined the importance of diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the US-Iran conflict and the need to ensure freedom of navigation in the Gulf region, the ministry in Cairo said.

In response to US President Donald Trump's 50 percent tariffs, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Saturday that Canada would impose retaliatory tariffs on US steel, electronics and other imports starting September 8, media reported.

Lors d'une rencontre avec des journalistes, le président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky a estimé que des élections en temps de guerre seraient un danger pour le pays, après l'appel controversé de Mykhailo Fedorov, son ex-ministre de la Défense, à ouvrir la voie à la tenue d'un scrutin.

Le Soudan est en proie, depuis le début de la guerre civile en 2023, à la pire crise alimentaire de son histoire. Le phénomène climatique El Niño menace les cultures, selon le climatologue et hydrologue Elfatih Eltahir, car il accroît fortement la sécheresse.

Prospectors have come to West Pokot county in the hope a gram of the precious metal can change their lives.

Six pays européens proposent d’instaurer une taxe exceptionnelle sur les compagnies pétrolières dont les bénéfices ont augmenté depuis le début de la guerre en Iran. Ils estiment que les géants du secteur ont profité du blocage du détroit d’Ormuz pour accroître leurs prix et leurs marges. La proposition devrait être discutée lors d’une réunion européenne en septembre 2026.