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Hungary's Section of TurkStream Pipeline to Be Guarded by Military – Foreign Minister
5 April 2026 @ 3:19 pm
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The section of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline on Hungarian territory from Serbia to Slovakia will be placed under military protection, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Sunday.
Russian, Chinese Foreign Ministers Discuss Middle East Situation - Reports
5 April 2026 @ 3:02 pm
BEIJING (Sputnik) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi discussed the situation in the Middle East during a phone call on Sunday, China Central Television reported.
Why Are Upbeat US Claims About Mission to Rescue Pilot ‘Highly Questionable’?
5 April 2026 @ 1:33 pm
President Donald Trump earlier wrote on Truth Social that the US carried out an operation to rescue an F-15 airman "without a single American killed, or even wounded."
Kallas' Remarks Disgrace Europe Refuses to End - Lavrov
5 April 2026 @ 12:40 pm
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov described statements by EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Russia's alleged attacks on other countries as a disgrace that Europe does not want to stop.
Russia Says Plot to Bomb Gas Pipeline in Serbia Targets Hungarian Sovereignty
5 April 2026 @ 12:34 pm
Hungarian sovereignty is being targeted, but Bucharest has resisted, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told RIA Novosti on Sunday.
Rosatom Did Everything to Build New Reactors at Iranian Nuclear Plant – CEO
5 April 2026 @ 11:35 am
Rosatom has done everything necessary to support the construction of new reactor units at the Bushehr Nuclear Plant in Iran, Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev said.
Explosives Found Near Key Serbia Hungary Gas Pipeline – Vucic
5 April 2026 @ 9:26 am
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban by phone that explosives were found near a gas pipeline that carries Russian gas from Serbia to Hungary.
Growing Politico-Religious Extremism in US Army Makes Perfect Sense: Here’s Why
5 April 2026 @ 9:18 am
“The rise of political extremism in the US military is completely natural,” because people risking death “require a supernatural justification for that death, not to mention the moral and physical suffering they will face in war,” says Biblical scholar Arkady Maler.
Ukrainian Forces Lose Vehicle Convoy Trying to Redeploy in Sumy Region
5 April 2026 @ 7:16 am
KURSK REGION, Russia (Sputnik) - Akhmat special forces soldiers and other Battlegroup Sever units destroyed a vehicle convoy that the Ukrainian Armed Forces were attempting to relocate to a frontline in Sumy Oblast, the commander of a joint artillery group with the call sign Press told Sputnik.
Iranian Command Says US Pilot Rescue Mission Fails, 2 Helicopters Shot Down
5 April 2026 @ 7:06 am
TEHRAN (Sputnik) - The US mission to rescue the pilot failed, with two Black Hawk helicopters and a C-130 support aircraft shot down, Ebrahim Zolfaghari, a spokesperson for the Khatam Al-Anbiya central headquarters of the Iranian military command, said on Sunday.