Day: January 13, 2026

China has criticized the United States’ decision to impose a 25% tariff on all countries engaged in cooperation with Iran.

Two Ukrainians have been accused of planning sabotage attacks for Russian spy services. Meanwhile, Germany’s foreign minister has played down the US threat to Greenland. DW has more.

Moscow, January 14 (QNA) – Russian troops delivered a massive overnight strike on infrastructure of energy sites in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported. The attack was in response to Ukraine’s attacks on civilian facilities on the territory of Russia, the ministry said in a statement. Lastest figures report over 1,275 loses in Ukrainian troops in all the frontline areas over the past 24 hours. Russian troops struck storage sites of Ukrainian long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and 150 Ukrainian deployment areas. Russian air defense forces also intercepted and destroyed 207 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and 11 US-made HIMARS guided aerial bombs over the past day, the ministry reported. Since the start of the war in February 2022, Russia and Ukraine have been sharing reports of losses from the other side, without confirmation from an independant source. (QNA)

Iran’s national currency, the rial, has plunged to a historic low, reflecting the deepening economic crisis driven by years of international sanctions, persistently high inflation, and restrictions on oil exports. As a result, the rial’s value against major currencies such as the US dollar and the euro has effectively collapsed, Azernews reports.