Crooked Bough News Round-up

— Israeli army records 115 shells, missiles fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon since October 14

 

at 10/14/24 5:34pm

This data is as of 11:30 p.m. on October 14 local time

[Category: World, Middle East conflict]

— Russian Prime Minister to attend SCO Premiers’ Council in Islamabad on October 15-16

 

at 10/14/24 5:02pm

They will consider priority tasks to deepen trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian cooperation within the SCO

[Category: FOREIGN POLICY, Russian Politics & Diplomacy]

— Netanyahu tells Biden that Israel plans to strike military targets in Iran — WP

 

at 10/14/24 4:37pm

The publication notes that this plan of Netanyahu was met with relief in Washington

[Category: World, Middle East conflict]

— PREVIEW: Meeting of Council of Prime Ministers of SCO Member States opens in Pakistan

 

at 10/14/24 3:34pm

Russia will be presented by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin

[Category: World]

— Israel executes Generals’ Plan since start of October — senior Hamas member

 

at 10/14/24 3:30pm

According to Osama Hamdan, the aim of the plan is to relocate some people from the northern part of Gaza to the southern part

[Category: World, Middle East conflict]

— Daily death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon exceeds 20 — health ministry

 

at 10/14/24 2:51pm

The biggest number of casualties was reported from the vicinity of the city of Zghorta

[Category: World]

— Russian embassy in Norway cuts staff to meet demands of country’s government

 

at 10/14/24 2:49pm

According to the embassy, it is taking measures to maintain all consular services without canceling the applications of people

[Category: FOREIGN POLICY, Russian Politics & Diplomacy]

— Russia’s consulate general on Spitsbergen suspends offering consular services

 

at 10/14/24 2:37pm

Offsite consular services will be temporarily suspended also in Longyearbyen and Pyramiden

[Category: FOREIGN POLICY, Russian Politics & Diplomacy]

— Russia shares its concerns about potential chemical provocations in Ukraine with OPCW

 

at 10/14/24 1:58pm

In particular, this topic was raised by Russian representatives during the session and a special briefing for the OPCW members

[Category: Military & Defense, Military operation in Ukraine]

— Israeli soldiers find 800-meter-long Hezbollah bunker with weapons, bikes in Lebanon

 

at 10/14/24 1:38pm

According to the IDF, Hezbollah intended to use this bunker as part of its plan to invade northern Israeli area of Galilee and "deliberately placed an underground command center under a civilian area in southern Lebanon."

[Category: World]

— Over 6,000 people cross into Syria from Lebanon in past day — Russian military

 

at 10/14/24 1:21pm

During the day Russian aerospace forces delivered airstrikes on four places of the deployment of militants who left the al-Tanf area, which is controlled by the United States

[Category: Military & Defense, Military operation in Ukraine]

— Strategic partnership treaty between Russia, North Korea submitted to Russian legislature

 

at 10/14/24 1:19pm

The treaty, which was signed in Pyongyang on June 19, 2024, has been posted to the legislature’s database

[Category: Russian Politics & Diplomacy]

— Russian Economy Ministry identifies priority countries for tourist development in 2025

 

at 10/14/24 1:03pm

We have determined target countries for the next year in cooperation with the Ministry of Economic Development, Yulia Maksutova said

[Category: Business & Economy]

— OPCW tried to challenge Russian chemical lab’s status — Russian diplomat

 

at 10/14/24 1:00pm

This clumsy demarche attracted big interest to Russia's evidence of the use of chemical weapons by the Kiev regime and even those delegations that would have never opted to study them took interest in them, Vladimir Tarabrin said

[Category: FOREIGN POLICY, Russian Politics & Diplomacy]

— Moscow airports functioning normally amid poor weather

 

at 10/14/24 12:55pm

No flights were cancelled

[Category: Business & Economy, Transport]

— Russia should annually export 122 mln tons of foods — Agriculture Minister

 

at 10/14/24 12:47pm

Growth of food exports in physical terms will be just 18% by 2030, Oksana Lut noted

[Category: Business & Economy, Trade & Cooperation]

— Israeli military announces liquidation of Hamas’ air array chief in Gaza

 

at 10/14/24 12:46pm

The radical was "among the people who planned the infiltration of Israel with paragliders and drones during the October 7 massacre," according to the statement

[Category: World, Middle East conflict]

— OPCW members concerned over Israel’s use of white phosphorus — Russian diplomat

 

at 10/14/24 12:34pm

Vladimir Tarabrin stressed that white phosphorus was not an officially prohibited substance but its use as a weapon was banned

[Category: FOREIGN POLICY, Russian Politics & Diplomacy]

— Russia stands up for membership in OPCW Executive Council — diplomat

 

at 10/14/24 12:27pm

The voting will be held during the 29th Conferences of the OPCW State Parties due to be held on November 25 through 29

[Category: FOREIGN POLICY, Russian Politics & Diplomacy]

— Russian stock indices in the green on Monday — market data

 

at 10/14/24 12:24pm

The ruble-denominated MOEX Russia Index edged up by 0.68% to 2,773.36 points, the dollar-denominated RTS Index added 0.65% to 909.1 points

[Category: Business & Economy]

— Bank of Russia increases dollar rate to 96.1 rubles for October 15

 

at 10/14/24 12:24pm

The official yuan rate is fixed at 13.5 rubles

[Category: Business & Economy]

As of 10/14/24 6:30pm. Last new 10/14/24 5:26pm.