MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Iranian Security Council chief Mohsen Rezaei, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - European Union countries do not know where to find an additional 70 billion euros ($78.4 billion) to aid Ukraine in 2027 after Vladimir Zelensky asked for that at the recent EU summit, an Italian newspaper reported on Monday, citing an unnamed EU official.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Iran is grateful to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian people for their principled position on recent events in the country, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Tajikistan's Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio have discussed regional security and stability, Tajik state news agency Khovar reported on Monday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Iran and Russia are concerned about drone attacks on commercial vessels in the Caspian Sea, which seriously undermine security in the region, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Monday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Florida's Attorney General James Uthmeier on Monday issued a new arrest warrant for former Cuban President Raul Castro on charges of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder over the 1996 downing of two aircraft.

TEHRAN (Sputnik) - Russia is interested in stable global energy prices and not in volatility, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday declined to comment on Kiev's desire to use the Starshield system to carry out strikes on Russian territory.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump on Monday claimed that France has fallen to migrants and further urged the European country to close its borders to immigration.

DUSHANBE (Sputnik) - Russia is prioritizing expanding trade and economic cooperation with Iran, and trade between the two countries is growing despite geopolitical challenges and illegal sanctions, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Monday.

The destruction of Datagroup’s data center in Kiev represents a serious blow to intelligence operations supporting the Ukrainian forces, military expert Yan Gagin tells Sputnik.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States may restrict access to the Starlink satellite system as leverage against Kiev, Senior Fellow and Director of Military Analysis at the Defense Priorities research center Jennifer Kavanagh told Sputnik.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has warned the United States against resuming attacks on the country, saying that Tehran will retaliate.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The agenda of the Russia-Africa summit will focus on economic, investment and trade cooperation, Tatiana Dovgalenko, head of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Department for Partnership with Africa, said on Monday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The final settlement on Ukraine is impossible without the participation of someone from Kiev who is ready to take responsibility, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The military leadership of North Korea is considering the possibility of deploying tactical strike weapons along the southern border in response to the actions of the South Korean military, Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and a department director at the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party, said.

BEIJING (Sputnik) - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Monday that she had no information to share about a possible summit of the leaders of Russia, China and the United States on the Ukrainian settlement.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States intends to enhance the infrastructure of the Trans-Caspian trade route in order to expand access to the US and Central Asian markets, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian armed forces have taken control of the settlement of Omelnik in the Zaporozhye region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.

Two drones involved in the deadly May 2026 attack on a college in Starobelsk were controlled via Starlink, Russia's Investigative Committee chief Alexander Bastrykin told Sputnik.