The Yemeni Houthis said they would stop shelling Israeli territory, Yedioth Ahronot reports. A spokesman for the group said it would abide by the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. Launches towards Israeli territory will stop on Sunday, January 19, when the agreements officially come into force. At the same time, the Houthis said that Israel "continues to remain a threat to stability and security in the region". On the evening of January 15, Israel and Hamas signed a truce agreement.

A Russian army serviceman received two years and ten months in prison for mistakenly shooting down a Russian Mi-8 helicopter with an anti-aircraft missile system, mistaking it for a Ukrainian drone. Kommersant writes about this. The incident occurred on December 18, 2023.

Very briefly - about the alleged picture of the disaster in which 38 people died Azamat Sarsenbayev / Chine Nouvelle / Xinhua / Scanpix / LETA On the evening of January 15, the Baza telegram channel allegedly published a “complete transcript of negotiations” between the pilots of the Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 aircraft and dispatchers. On December 25, the plane crashed near Aktau after being hit by a Russian missile defense system while landing in Grozny.

The terrorists will release the hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. But Hamas will actually retain power in the Gaza Strip Amir Cohen / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Listen to the audio version of this text on Radio Medusa Your browser does not support the audio element.

Israel and Hamas signed a ceasefire agreement. This was announced at a press conference by Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed Al Thani. This country acted as a mediator in the negotiations. The fighting will cease on January 19. Al Thani also spoke about the terms of the agreement - they coincide with the conditions that, according to unofficial sources, were previously published by the media. At the first stage, the ceasefire will last for 42 days.

Israel and Hamas have signed a ceasefire agreement, Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed Al Thani, who mediated the talks, said late on January 15. A few hours before his speech, many media outlets wrote about the signing of the agreement, citing sources, and, without waiting for official confirmation, thousands of people in Israel and the Gaza Strip took to the streets to welcome the agreement. At the same time, hundreds of people protested in Israel who were dissatisfied with the deal.

The Baza Telegram channel allegedly published a complete transcript of the negotiations between the crashed Azerbaijan Airlines plane and dispatchers in Grozny, Rostov-on-Don and Aktau. Judging by the transcript, after problems arose on board, the crew initially decided that they were caused by a bird getting into the engine. The pilots initially decided to return to Baku, but then - due to the failure of control systems - they changed their decision on the emergency landing point several times.

Israel and Hamas signed a ceasefire agreement. This was reported by The Times of Israel, citing sources in the US and Israel. Various Arab media also report the signing of the agreement. This will be officially announced “in the coming hours,” according to The Times of Israel. The news is being updated.

Vladimir Putin, during negotiations with US President-elect Donald Trump on the Russian-Ukrainian war, will demand that Ukraine sharply reduce military ties with NATO and become a neutral state with a limited army, Bloomberg reports, citing sources familiar with the Kremlin’s position. According to them, Putin, increasingly convinced of the superiority of Russian troops on the battlefield, is going to force Ukraine to refuse to join NATO and limit the country’s military potential.

Both are outraged and say that the theater could not preserve the legacy of Mark Zakharov Zhenya Sirina / Lenkom On January 14, actor and deputy Dmitry Pevtsov said that he was no longer collaborating with the Moscow Lenkom Theater. The actor has long criticized the theater management , which, in his opinion, failed to preserve the legacy of its founder Mark Zakharov.

Your browser does not support the audio element. Mikhail Mishustin has headed the Russian government for five years. What is his role in Putin’s system? On January 15, 2020, Dmitry Medvedev, at a meeting with Vladimir Putin, announced his resignation as prime minister. A day later, Mikhail Mishustin became head of government. Five years later, Mikhail Mishustin is the third longest serving in this post in the modern history of the country.

The US Treasury Department announced new sanctions - the updated register included 16 people from Russia, Germany and Turkey, as well as companies from the Russian Federation, China, the UAE, Turkey and other countries. In particular, restrictions were introduced against the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, which is under the control of Russian troops in the occupied part of the Zaporozhye region of Ukraine.

He was hired by a youth club to work for £50 per lesson, and the graffiti was then painted over The BBC published photographs of Banksy that were taken in the late 1990s in a youth club in Bristol. They were provided by Peter de Boer, a city council employee who worked with children and young people. In the photographs, the artist’s face is painted over—he remains anonymous. In 1999, Banksy painted a mural called The Mild Mild West.

The German Ministry of Defense announced that it is suspending its official social media account X. “We decided to take this step because the exchange of facts here is becoming increasingly difficult,” the department said . The accounts of the German army (Bundeswehr), Bundeswehr Inspector General Carsten Breuer and other department representatives will also stop publishing updates.

Among them are films about Dmitry Zimin, the editors of Novaya Gazeta and the Kyrgyz military in Ukraine From March 1 to March 8, the IDFF Artdocfest/Riga 2025 documentary film festival will be held in Riga. The director of the festival, documentarian Vitaly Mansky, at the request of Meduza, talks about the films presented in the main competition of the show. Stones Director: Arman Ayvazyan. Armenia A short film by a young director from Armenia Arman Ayvazyan about the end of eternity.