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Meeting with President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian

10:57 02.09.2026

Meeting with President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian

President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin held a meeting with President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian, Kremlin informs. On the Russian side, the meeting was attended by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Maxim …

The American Conservative: It’s time to apologize to Ukrainians (…for pushing them off the path of negotiations in the first months of the war)

10:53 02.09.2026

The American Conservative: It’s time to apologize to Ukrainians (…for pushing them off the path of negotiations in the first months of the war)

On June 25, Zelensky ordered a “40-day influence operation” involving the use of drones to hit targets deep inside Russia. The goal, according to Zelensky, was to compel Russia “to end the war” and to restart negotiations from a position favorable to Ukraine, Ted Snider writes at The American Conservative. …

NYT: These generals fought for Israel – Now they see ‘Jewish terrorism’ as the threat

10:52 02.09.2026

NYT: These generals fought for Israel – Now they see ‘Jewish terrorism’ as the threat

A growing number of former Israeli generals, intelligence officials and prime ministers are accusing settlers in the West Bank of committing ethnic cleansing with government support. “Once a society behaves this way,” one said, “that society is doomed,” The New York Times writes. Maj. Gen. Eyal Ben-Reuven spent his life …

The Hill: Pentagon erupts over classified leak of Iran war dissent

10:51 02.09.2026

The Hill: Pentagon erupts over classified leak of Iran war dissent

The Pentagon is seething over a Washington Post report that top military leaders recently warned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth against extending large-scale Iran war operations, The Hill reports. People familiar with a classified assessment prepared for Hegseth told the Post that several combatant commanders have advised the Defense chief that …

SCO Plus meeting

20:04 01.09.2026

SCO Plus meeting

A meeting in the SCO Plus format was held in the Yrys Ordo Congress Hall in Bishkek under the theme “The UN as a Key Element of a Just World Order: The Contribution of the SCO Plus States to the Formation of a Multipolar World”, Kremlin informs Prior to the …

Vladimir Putin met with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

14:15 01.09.2026

Vladimir Putin met with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

Vladimir Putin met with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the Ala Archa state residence in Bishkek, Kremlin informs. President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr Tokayev, I am delighted to meet with you, this time during events associated with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. Before we begin our meeting, I would …

Russian Intelligence Service: West has mobilized "all the ‘weapons’ from the arsenal of anti-Russian aggression" to destabilize the country ahead of the State Duma elections

11:35 01.09.2026

Russian Intelligence Service: West has mobilized "all the ‘weapons’ from the arsenal of anti-Russian aggression" to destabilize the country ahead of the State Duma elections

Brussels has tasked Russia’s non-systemic opposition with staging provocations at polling stations in Russia and abroad, the press bureau of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and the European Parliament are preparing statements refusing to recognize the results of Russia’s elections, …

The passing of Ratko Mladić: Reflections on his trial and wartime role

11:34 01.09.2026

The passing of Ratko Mladić: Reflections on his trial and wartime role

After a lengthy and complicated illness, on 27 August the commander of the Serb forces in the Bosnian war (1992 – 1995), General Ratko Mladić, passed away in the dungeon of the Hague Tribunal, where he was incarcerated. He was 84 years old. Until the end, the Tribunal Detention Unit …

Poland does not want nuclear warheads on its territory

11:33 01.09.2026

Poland does not want nuclear warheads on its territory

Poland does not want to have nuclear warheads on its territory, Deputy Defence Minister Pawel Zalewski said, Reuters quotes. "No — that is what I would like to say very clearly and openly. Poland does not want to have nuclear warheads on its territory," Zalewski told reporters when asked whether …

Bloomberg: World mostly shrugs off Bessent’s ‘D-Day’ Iran sanctions threat

11:32 01.09.2026

Bloomberg: World mostly shrugs off Bessent’s ‘D-Day’ Iran sanctions threat

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent began vowing an “economic onslaught” against Iran and its trading partners in a fresh bid to end the war. By the week’s end, countries with ties to Tehran had so far shrugged off the threat and analysts were left underwhelmed by the US actions, Bloomberg notes. …

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