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27.04.2026 19:00 It is important for the United States to devise a solution for the Strait of Hormuz crisis as soon as possible, and then promptly address the Ukrainian crisis, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Sunday.

27.04.2026 19:00 US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he maintains contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but declined to reveal the date of their last conversation.

27.04.2026 19:00 Europe's security architecture is unthinkable without Russia, as the country is an inseparable element of Europe, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday.

27.04.2026 19:00 Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese foreign minister, held talks with Myanmar's Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Tin Maung Swe on Saturday.

27.04.2026 19:00 "Like you, my wife and I were shocked to hear about the repeated attempt to assassinate President Trump and his wife. We were glad that both of them, along with senior U.S. government officials, emerged unharmed."

27.04.2026 19:00 Former Israeli prime ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid announced on Sunday that they would merge their opposition parties, Yesh Atid and Bennett 2026, and run jointly in Israel's upcoming elections, scheduled for autumn, state broadcaster Kan reported.

27.04.2026 19:00 An official delegation of the Russian Federation led by Speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin arrived here on April 25 at the invitation of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly and the Ministry of National Defence to attend an inaugural ceremony of the Memorial Museum of Combat Feats at the Overseas Military Operations.

27.04.2026 19:00 The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un , General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Supreme Commander of the armed forces of the DPRK, received a congratulatory message from G. A. Zhuganov, chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and chief of the party group of the State Duma, on April 23.

27.04.2026 19:00 There was a meeting between Jo Yong Won, chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, at the Kumsusan State Guesthouse on April 25.

27.04.2026 19:00 Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday highlighted the combat brotherhood between Russia and North Korea, emphasizing the countries' glorious history and Pyongyang's assistance when part of the Kursk Region came under occupation.

27.04.2026 19:00 Russian State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin conveyed greetings from Russian President Vladimir Putin to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Sunday, while expressing gratitude for Pyongyang's support in liberating Russia's Kursk region.

27.04.2026 19:00 The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy's hospital ship Silk Road Ark returned to a military port in Sanya, South China's Hainan Province on Sunday after completing Harmony Mission-2025, its first mission outside China and the longest of its kind, Xinhua News Agency reported. A Chinese military expert highlighted the vessel's advanced technology and comprehensive medical capabilities as a purpose-built platform, adding that the mission showed China's sense of responsibility as a major country, with the PLA Navy's growing strength benefiting the international community through overseas medical services.

27.04.2026 19:00 Iran's early retaliatory strikes in the US-Israeli aggression caused significantly more damage to US military infrastructure than publicly acknowledged, with over 100 targets hit across bases in multiple Gulf countries, NBC News reported.

27.04.2026 19:00 Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi hails Oman's warm hospitality and reaffirms the Islamic Republic's commitment to regional cooperation, safe navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, and putting neighbors first.

27.04.2026 19:00 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held separate telephone conversations on Sunday with his counterparts from Qatar and Saudi Arabia, as part of broad diplomatic efforts to end the US-Israeli aggression against the Islamic Republic.