ITAR-TASS News Agency

TASS, the former Tele Agency of the Soviet Union, is a Russian news agency with a rich history. It provides comprehensive news coverage from Russia and the former Soviet republics, influencing the global news landscape.

• There are over 23,000 terrorists in Afghanistan, Kabul actively fighting them — Shoigu(2025-08-28 23:02:41)
• Western countries’ intelligence behind transfer of militants to Afghanistan — Shoigu(2025-08-28 23:01:35)
• West should bear full responsibility for reconstruction of Afghanistan — Shoigu(2025-08-28 22:33:10)
• Israeli minister presents Trump with plan to seize Gaza — media(2025-08-28 21:08:38)
• Houthis begin producing multiple warhead missiles — leader(2025-08-28 20:58:32)
• UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting to discuss Ukraine on August 29(2025-08-28 20:32:06)
• VGTRK cameraman wounded in Russia’s borderline Kursk Region in intensive care(2025-08-28 20:31:44)
• Trump considers Zelensky, Europe’s demands unrealistic — magazine(2025-08-28 20:19:10)
• Russia’s Rublev through to third round of 2025 US Open in New York(2025-08-28 20:17:45)
• White House refuses to clarify whether US may use military force against Venezuela(2025-08-28 20:16:31)
• Slovak consulate resumes issuing tourist visas to Russians — visa center(2025-08-28 19:49:58)
• US welcomes reinstatement of anti-Iranian sanctions launched by EU trio(2025-08-28 19:23:40)
• Russia’s Kalinskaya through to third round at 2025 US Open after beating Putintseva(2025-08-28 19:22:20)
• UN calls for dialogue on Iran following E3 letter to Security Council(2025-08-28 19:14:02)
• UN Security Council extends mandate of peacekeepers in Lebanon through end of 2026(2025-08-28 19:01:19)
• Ankara ready to fulfill obligations on Russia-Ukraine settlement — source(2025-08-28 18:54:04)
• Share of domestic IT companies starts prevailing in Russian market — expert(2025-08-28 18:34:23)
• US remains open to direct dialogue with Iran to settle disputes, Rubio says(2025-08-28 18:21:43)
• UN says some starving Palestinians 'disappear' at aid distribution points(2025-08-28 17:48:23)
• Rome not to send troops to Ukraine, ready to provide 'external assistance' to security(2025-08-28 17:41:00)
• Russian army takes high ground in Kupyansk, puts Ukraine's troops into grinder — expert(2025-08-28 17:38:06)
• Russian stock market indices in the green on Thursday — market data(2025-08-28 17:31:42)
• Iran to react to EU Three launching sanctions snapback mechanism — Foreign Ministry(2025-08-28 17:26:52)
• Russian budget deficit total 3.4% of GDP in H1 2025 — Finance Ministry(2025-08-28 17:23:53)
• Pakistan strikes Afghan provinces of Nangarhar, Khost — Reuters(2025-08-28 17:17:29)
• Witkoff violates protocol coming to meeting with Putin without stenographer — Reuters(2025-08-28 17:14:23)
• Europe's decision on anti-Iranian sanctions to harm cooperation — Russia’s UN mission(2025-08-28 17:06:56)
• Europe's decision on sanctions against Iran has no legal force — Russia’s UN mission(2025-08-28 17:05:43)
• Hungary slams Ukraine’s attempts to drag it into war with Russia — top diplomat(2025-08-28 16:59:50)
• Ukrainian MFA urges US, European countries to supply long-range missiles to Kiev(2025-08-28 16:49:56)
• Republika Srpska to hold presidential election in 2026 despite CEC decision(2025-08-28 16:13:43)
• Romania receives three more F-16 fighter jets from Norway(2025-08-28 16:05:56)
• Israel attacks Yemeni capital during Houthi leader’s address(2025-08-28 16:04:53)
• Any NATO-Ukraine alliance would create chronic instability — senator(2025-08-28 15:59:28)
• Analyst describes encirclement of Kupyansk as another success of Russian troops(2025-08-28 15:57:46)
• Russia’s tennis star Medvedev fined $42,500 for US Open blowup(2025-08-28 15:56:57)
• EC views Druzhba oil pipeline as important asset for EU energy security(2025-08-28 15:45:48)
• Pop Mart CEO earned more than $18 bln from start of 2025(2025-08-28 15:41:42)
• Sennheiser to liquidate legal entity in Russia(2025-08-28 15:30:16)
• India to boost Russian oil imports in September despite US pressure — Reuters(2025-08-28 15:21:52)
• Ukraine, allies fail to prepare security guarantees draft by weekend(2025-08-28 15:20:56)
• E3 triggers reinstatement of sanctions against Iran — UN Security Council president(2025-08-28 15:07:09)
• VGTRK cameraman wounded after stepping on mine in Russia’s borderline Kursk Region(2025-08-28 14:58:35)
• AfD calls for stopping aid to Kiev until investigation into Nord Stream blasts is complete(2025-08-28 14:57:13)
• Belarus' ties with Russia prevent West from turning it into 'new Ukraine' — diplomat(2025-08-28 14:51:33)
• Modi’s visit to China challenges US world order — newspaper(2025-08-28 14:46:24)
• Russia ready to expand agricultural exports to China — Russian Ambassador to China(2025-08-28 14:44:01)
• Suspended investment projects to be revived as Central Bank lowers rate — Manturov(2025-08-28 14:41:03)
• Serbian director Kusturica receives Moskino’s highest film award(2025-08-28 14:40:25)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina to hold elections for Republika Srpska head on November 23(2025-08-28 14:32:20)
• Russia’s defense chief inspects Battlegroup Center in special military operation area(2025-08-28 14:32:14)
• UK Foreign Office summons Russian envoy over damage to British Council building in Kiev(2025-08-28 14:30:22)
• Von der Leyen informs Trump of damage to EU mission in Kiev(2025-08-28 14:26:08)
• Ukrainian troops station mortars on top of high-rises in Donbass — expert(2025-08-28 13:58:58)
• Mechel’s net loss rises around 2.5 times to $503.4 mln in 1H 2025(2025-08-28 13:50:40)
• Russian Northern Fleet holds drills for protecting Russia's economic interests in Arctic(2025-08-28 13:49:50)
• Russian army destroys Ukrainian ship for first time using unmanned boat — expert(2025-08-28 13:44:51)
• Mechel sees conditions for further growth of global metallurgical coal prices(2025-08-28 13:43:57)
• Russian troops expand foothold in northern Kupyansk, expert says(2025-08-28 13:38:04)
• Top German diplomat highlights potential political fallout from Nord Stream investigation(2025-08-28 13:30:09)
• Bayraktar Turkish drone factory 'seriously damaged' in overnight strikes on Kiev — MP(2025-08-28 13:21:37)
• Three advanced combat ships enter service with Russian Navy — Defense Ministry(2025-08-28 13:18:56)
• Russian GDP grew by 1.2% in H1 2025 — PM(2025-08-28 13:10:40)
• Ukrainian armed forces acknowledge that one of their military ships was hit(2025-08-28 13:00:56)
• US Navy sends at least seven ships to Venezuela’s coast — newspaper(2025-08-28 12:40:58)
• Russian troops liberate Nelepovka community in Donetsk region over past day — top brass(2025-08-28 12:37:33)
• Moscow, Ashgabat in active preps for Russia-Central Asia summit — Lavrov(2025-08-28 12:33:37)
• Russian army destroys Ukrainian ship for first time using unmanned boat — expert(2025-08-28 12:22:33)
• Lukashenko says he cannot help but rule as dictator(2025-08-28 12:21:22)
• Russian serviceman slams Kiev's attempt to break through to Crimea by boat as 'suicidal'(2025-08-28 12:03:25)
• Putin is successful leader, 'filming movie about him is natural' — Kremlin(2025-08-28 11:50:09)
• Russia decided on heavy aircraft engine thrust — First Deputy PM(2025-08-28 11:46:58)
• EU calls in Russian diplomat after explosions at EU’s mission in Kiev(2025-08-28 11:42:44)
• Russia hopes names of perpetrators behind Nord Stream sabotage will be revealed — Kremlin(2025-08-28 11:09:16)
• Kremlin points to frenzied anti-Russian campaign launched after Nord Stream blasts(2025-08-28 11:01:38)
• EU mission building in Kiev hit during overnight airstrikes — European Council head(2025-08-28 10:57:30)
• Kremlin unaware of Russian surveillance drones allegedly flying over Germany(2025-08-28 10:54:52)
• Moscow, Kiev reach no agreements on air ceasefire — Kremlin(2025-08-28 10:48:00)
• Europe unlikely to be able to fulfill its promises of military support to Ukraine — expert(2025-08-28 10:24:44)
• Kiev pledges retaliation to Hungary's entry ban on Ukraine’s commander into Schengen area(2025-08-28 10:12:27)
• Russia records cyberattacks, social media manipulation ahead of elections — senator(2025-08-28 10:11:32)
• Austria's loss of neutrality requires relocating IAEA, UN, OPEC offices — Medvedev(2025-08-28 10:07:13)
• Press review: US urges Ukraine to make concessions as EU ramps up support for Moldova(2025-08-28 10:00:00)
• EU to discuss sending peacekeepers from neutral country to Ukraine — newspaper(2025-08-28 09:56:07)
• Russia ready to join efforts to build fair international relations in Asia-Pacific — Putin(2025-08-28 09:50:53)
• Shifting global economic center to Asia opens new opportunities — Putin(2025-08-28 09:38:24)
• Russia's first portable laser demining system to be tested in special operation zone(2025-08-28 09:30:13)
• Mechel cuts coal production by 28% in 1H 2025(2025-08-28 09:14:28)
• Energy facilities hit in several Ukrainian regions following overnight explosions(2025-08-28 09:13:29)
• Chinese ambassador praises Putin-Xi meeting in September as 'landmark'(2025-08-28 09:07:43)
• Intel agencies foil massive drone attack on Donetsk People’s Republic(2025-08-28 09:06:10)
• Moscow-based specialists develop AI technology making UAVs invulnerable to e-warfare(2025-08-28 08:51:53)
• Seoul mulls inviting North Korean leader to APEC summit(2025-08-28 08:44:15)
• Russian oil supplies to Hungary, Slovakia via Druzhba pipeline restored — MOL(2025-08-28 08:38:07)
• Republika Srpska to raise question of its right to self-determination — president(2025-08-28 08:35:09)
• IN BRIEF: What is known about Gelendzhik wildfire sparked by drone debris(2025-08-28 08:27:59)
• Defense budgets of all NATO countries, except Iceland, to amount to 2% of GDP in 2025(2025-08-28 08:05:34)
• IDF destroys several Hamas tunnels in the northern Gaza Strip(2025-08-28 08:02:09)
• More than half of Poles support blocking aid to Ukrainians — survey(2025-08-28 07:50:35)
• Men aged 18 to 22 begin to leave Ukraine(2025-08-28 07:48:25)
• Twenty-six foreign leaders to attend 80th victory anniversary celebrations in Beijing(2025-08-28 07:40:48)
• IN BRIEF: What is known about nighttime drone attack on Russian regions(2025-08-28 07:06:12)
• Denmark proposes sanctions on Russia’s revenues from cryptocurrency transactions(2025-08-28 06:33:20)
• Putin's visit to Beijing demonstrates determination to defend war’s results — diplomat(2025-08-28 06:31:13)
• Russia’s First Deputy PM considers immediate 10 p.p. cut in key rate unrealistic(2025-08-28 06:24:32)
• Italy's ruling coalition to consider sending sappers to Ukraine — newspaper(2025-08-28 05:54:32)
• Kiev withdraws mechanized brigade from Sumy over casualties — defense source(2025-08-28 05:51:35)
• Russian troops strike Ukrainian army brigade by glide bombs near Krasnoarmeysk in DPR(2025-08-28 05:46:01)
• European troika informs US of its readiness to reinstate sanctions against Iran — media(2025-08-28 05:30:49)
• Russian troops wedge into Ukrainian defenses near Kolodezi in Donetsk region — expert(2025-08-28 05:23:17)
• Russian forces mop up 3-km area near Sredneye in DPR(2025-08-28 04:37:06)
• Ukrainian troops intensify attacks along 20-km frontline in western LPR — expert(2025-08-28 04:07:36)
• Kim to attend V-Day celebrations in China(2025-08-28 03:16:58)
• American political scientist Mearsheimer put on Ukraine’s undesirable persons database(2025-08-28 03:04:56)
• Armenia, Azerbaijan apply for full-fledged membership in SCO — top Armenian diplomat(2025-08-28 02:26:48)
• Kim visits army special operations force training base, watches exercises — agency(2025-08-28 02:25:53)
• Grossi says return of IAEA inspectors to Iran indicates progress toward agreement(2025-08-28 02:25:24)
• Gaza Humanitarian Foundation used as tool to repress civilians — Russian mission to UN(2025-08-28 00:35:16)
• Resumption of IAEA work in Iran proves its responsible position — Russian diplomat(2025-08-28 00:04:45)