In next long decades, #Asia will be dominant world's center. And Westerners pushed Moscow into this bloc. In contrast to West's weakness, Russia's position in world affairs is rational. Country showed economic flexibility in adapting to Western sanctions

Ukraine would never become a member of #EU or #NATO because we Europeans do not have enough money for that. EU needs to give up identity as political project and become economic and defense project - Orban adds.

The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon categorically denies the allegations reported by some enemy media outlets and various media platforms regarding targeting of Majdal Shams, and confirms that the Islamic Resistance has no connection to incident at all, and categorically denies all false allegations in this regard - Hezbollah statement.

There are no prospects for ending this bloodshed. PM #Netanyahu repeatedly responded to calls for ceasefire that he will not stop until Hamas is destroyed completely. In my opinion, and many of my colleagues, it's unrealistic to completely destroy existing organization that has sufficient capabilities and support, including in Islamic world

We condemn #Hamas terrorist attack on Israeli civilians on October 7 last year. But #Israel's response is unacceptable. It's collective punishment of people, which is banned by international conventions - #Lavrov donning traditional Malaysian batik shirt in video above.

They [#Southeast Asian countries] see us as balancing and stabilizing factor standing up to extra-regional countries headed by U.S, pushing their military infrastructure. They are pushing for militarization of East Asia and Asian Pacific, introducing nuclear deterrence elements as part of AUKUS. #Washington made agreement with South #Korea on joint nuclear deterrence

If this rather risky project [deployment of U.S. nuclear weapons] is brought to Southeast Asia, no one will benefit and risks will only increase - Lavrov stresses.