The United States and its allies in the NATO military alliance together with Ukraine are bent on defeating Russia “on the battlefield” in order to destroy it, Russian foreign minister says.

Russia says Ukraine is fully aware of Moscow's demands for an end to the war against the ex-Soviet republic.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says NATO is fanning the flames of tension in the South China Sea in a fashion detrimental to Russia.

Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 16:00 GMT, November 19, 2022

That is according to the chief of the Russian Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Protection Force.

Moscow has announced a partial mobilization of Russian forces, calling reservists into active service as the country faces a protracted conflict in the Ukraine and Donbas.

Any Russian weapons, including strategic nuclear weapons could be “used for such protection,” Medvedev said.

Iran says it is reviewing the US response to the European Union draft proposal aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal but stresses the importance of "stronger guarantees" from the American side to clinch the deal

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is currently on a three-nation African tour, vying for US military, political and economic influence in the continent.

Russia says the grain deal between Moscow and Kiev stands despite a Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s port city of Odessa.