Russia, Turkey, Iran hail US Syria withdrawal

AFP | The leaders of Russia, Turkey, and Iran hailed the planned US withdrawal from Syria as they met for talks Thursday on how to...

Afghan ex-mujahideen remember Soviet defeat in ‘graveyard of empires’

AFP | The last time Abdul Karim saw Soviet forces he was a teenage mujahideen fighter shivering on an Afghan mountainside, clutching his Kalashnikov and...

‘Tired of fighting’: 30 years ago, Soviets withdraw from Afghanistan

AFP | On February 15, 1989, crowds of stunned onlookers watched the last Soviet troops leave Afghanistan over the Friendship Bridge -- defeated after a...

Taliban say Moscow talks with Afghan politicians ‘very successful’

AFP | The Taliban on Wednesday hailed unprecedented talks with Afghan politicians as "very successful", despite disagreements over women's rights and the group's demand for...

Russia sidelines Kabul regime ahead of Taliban-opposition dialogue

News Analysis | Russia has decided to snub the Afghan government in order to ensure the participation of Taliban in the scheduled dialogue between them...

Dropping weapons treaty would let US update its nuclear arsenal

AFP | The US scrapping of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty with Russia could launch a new arms race, but will also allow the...

U.S pulls out of nuclear treaty with Russia

News Analysis | The United States of America has announced that it is walking off the nuclear treaty it signed with, then, the Soviet Union...

US bolts Cold War missile treaty as Russia warns of arms race

AFP | The United States said Friday it would exit a landmark Cold War nuclear missile treaty due to purported violations by Russia, which has...

Putin praises ‘unbroken’ Leningrad on anniversary of wartime siege

AFP | Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday praised Saint Petersburg's "unbroken" spirit as Russia marked the 75th anniversary of the end of the World...

Parade to mark wartime siege stirs anger in Saint Petersburg

AFP | Plans for a military parade in Saint Petersburg marking the 75th anniversary of the end of the siege of Leningrad have provoked an...

China, Russia side with Maduro as US backs Venezuela challenger

AFP | The United States, Britain, and major South American nations recognized opposition chief Juan Guaido as Venezuela's interim leader Thursday but China and Russia...

Rich Russians flock to Florida to deliver American babies

AFP | In southern Florida's Sunny Isles Beach, Russian tourists Anna and Helen sip coffee with their husbands and newborn babies: a common scene in...
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