WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he is going to have an extensive conversation about Iran with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his upcoming visit to China.

President Vladimir Putin described the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) as “the world’s most powerful missile,” saying the power of its warhead exceeds that of the strongest Western equivalent by “more than four times.”

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Israel has struck over 1,100 targets belonging to Lebanese movement Hezbollah, killing more than 350 Hezbollah members since a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon took effect on April 16, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday that he had approved sending additional personnel to Ukraine to study the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in both offensive and defensive operations.

TEHRAN (Sputnik) - Iran has filed a lawsuit in the arbitration court in The Hague against the United States aggression against Tehran, the Mizan news agency, linked to the Iranian judiciary, reported on Tuesday.

Seventeen US chief executives will join President Donald Trump on his coming trip to China – among them Larry Fink of BlackRock, Tim Cook of Apple and Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia's latest Sarmat missile is the most powerful missile system in the world, with a total capacity of more than four times that of any Western equivalent, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Washington does not have to rush while trying to settle the conflict with Iran.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian strategic missile forces conducted a successful test launch of the latest Sarmat missile, commander of the strategic missile forces, Colonel General Sergei Karakaev said on Tuesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni has congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin on the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries and expressed confidence in continued cooperation, the Cambodian Ministry of Information has said.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The Office of the Director of National Intelligence will conduct an investigation into more than 120 US-funded biological laboratories located abroad, including in Ukraine, the New York Post reported.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The BRICS economy — which already surpasses the G7 — has significant potential, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told Sputnik ahead of the New Development Bank's Board of Governors meeting.