A Russian fighter jet escorted a US reconnaissance plane over the Pacific Ocean, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday, as tensions between Moscow and Washington mounted. Tass, a Russian news agency, …
Read More »The leaders of Russia and China clench their claws, draw closer
MOSCOW (AP) – They are not leaders for life, at least technically. But in political reality, it appears that the powerful mandates of China’s Xi Jinping and, starting this week, Russia’s Vladimir …
Read More »Myanmar Security Forces Kill Seven Protesters, Chinese-Owned Factory Burns Down
(Reuters) – Myanmar troops fired on anti-coup protesters on Wednesday, killing at least seven people and wounding several, media said, when a Chinese-owned factory was set ablaze in the commercial capital of …
Read More »Russia Hosts Massive Military Drills As Tensions Increase In Ukraine
The Russian military is participating in military exercises in the Astrakhan region of southern Russia in 2020. Photographer: Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP / Getty Images Photographer: Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP / Getty …
Read More »World powers seek US return to Iran nuclear deal
VIENNA (AP) – Officials from five world powers on Tuesday launched a new effort to try to bring the United States back to the wreckage of the 2015 nuclear deal it signed …
Read More »World powers seek US return to Iran nuclear deal
VIENNA (AP) – Officials from five world powers on Tuesday launched a new effort to try to bring the United States back to the wreckage of the 2015 nuclear deal it signed …
Read More »Those involved in the nude photoshoot in Dubai will be deported
Dubai authorities say those involved in a nude photoshoot on a balcony that went viral and sparked an offensive in the city will be deported. By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press April 6, …
Read More »Ukraine calls for path to NATO after Russia builds up troops
By Pavel Polityuk, Vladimir Soldatkin KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday called on NATO to outline a path for Ukraine to join the Western military alliance, after days in which …
Read More »Alexei Navalny ‘seriously ill’ in prison: report
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is “seriously ill” in the penal colony where he has been held and was recently transferred to the prison sick room to receive treatment for a respiratory …
Read More »Russia extends punitive Twitter slowdown to mid-May
By Tom Balmforth, Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Monday it will extend a punitive Twitter slowdown until May 15, although it acknowledged that the US social media company had …
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