Hopes to support virus-ravaged markets dimmed as oil prices fell
Oil prices fell sharply Monday after a meeting to discuss output cuts between OPEC and its allies was delayed, dimming hopes of swift action...
Saudi boosts oil output to record level as price war intensifies
Saudi Arabia boosted crude oil supply to record levels Wednesday, with state giant Aramco offering 18.8 million barrels on a single day despite a...
From surveillance to prison: Russia’s story of confinement
Just a week ago President Vladimir Putin declared Russia had the coronavirus outbreak "under control". Since then, a strict lockdown has been put in place...
Putin ordered complete lockdown of Moscow to curb the coronavirus
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday urged Moscow's 12 million residents to respect a strict new lockdown, as other parts of the country began to introduce...
Indo-Russia Strategic Triangle: plan to open major trade route via Iran
Opening a long-pending multi-modal transportation corridor via Iran will be a big boost for bilateral trade between Russia and India, but it’s not just...
Russia forcibly kicks out and quarantines Chinese
China's Embassy in Russia has demanded authorities in Moscow end what it said are discriminatory anti-coronavirus measures against Chinese nationals, saying they are damaging...
MBS wants to kill the oil industry, Saudi will pay the price
With stock markets crashing and economies grinding to a halt as the world struggles to get a grip on the Coronavirus, Saudi Crown Prince...
Coronavirus: Political Impact upon Kings and dictators of the world?
Some will benefit from invasive tracing and monitoring of those affected by the virus that is likely to boost the evolution towards a Big...
Turkey retaliates: destroys Syrian warfare facilities
A Turkish official said Saturday that Turkey destroyed a chemical warfare facility in northwest Syria after dozens of its soldiers were killed by Syrian...
Turkey and Russia on the verge of an ALL-OUT WAR
A military confrontation between Turkey and Syria has erupted in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib. Latest reports say that at least 34 Turkish soldiers...
Trump’s Pressure on Ukraine Seen as a Threat to the Rule of Law
A senior US diplomat saw President Donald Trump's pressure for Ukraine to investigate his Democratic rival as a threat to the rule of law...
US-Russia Nuclear Treaty ends – Fear of new arms race
AFP | As Washington placed the blame firmly on Moscow over the demise of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, President Donald Trump said any...
Secret texts reveal UK’s role in Russiagate, Trump investigations
RT | “Turns out it was Britain that was the foreign country interfering in American affairs,” former MP George Galloway told reporters, speaking about the...
Is the Russian Government secretly poisoning its Opposition?
AFP | Doctors at a Russian state facility on Wednesday said they had found no traces of poison in jailed opposition leader and staunch Putin...
Erdogan lambasts US robbery: Refusal to deliver F-35 even after payment
AFP | President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said it would be "robbery" for the United States to deny Turkey the F-35 fighter jets it has bought,...
Stop ‘destabilizing’ UK, May to Putin
AFP | British Prime Minister Theresa May told Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday that normal relations will not be restored until Moscow ends its "irresponsible...
Ex DG ISI Ehsanul Haq says Russian Missile system better than US
Anadolu | Even as the US has reiterated its reservations about Turkey and India’s purchase of the S-400 missile system, Indian and Pakistani military experts...
US warns India against buying Russian S-400 missile system
RT| Although Washington already has its plate full trying to dissuade Turkey from buying S-400 air defenses, it is also “urging” India against buying the...
NATO allies to purchase S-400 missiles despite US objections
Anadolu | At least three NATO members have been using Russian air missile defense systems over the years, even as the US steps up pressure...
Impeachment: Did Trump acknowledge Russian help in winning elections?
AFP | President Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time Thursday that Moscow helped him win the White House in 2016 - before retracting himself...
2+2 talks: S-400 becomes sticking point between India and US
News Analysis | India is expected to convey to the US during the upcoming 'two-plus-two' talks that it is going ahead with the Rs 40,000...
Pentagon official cautions India over buying Russian arms
AFP | A top Pentagon official cautioned India on Wednesday that there are no guarantees for a special waiver from US sanctions if it buys...
Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia claimed over 400 lives
AFP | The day that Soviet-led armies rolled into communist Czechoslovakia to put an end to a pro-democracy movement changed Milan Tesar's life. "I saw...
Who were the Russian journalists killed in the car?
AFP | The three Russians killed in the Central African Republic had followed very different career paths before uniting on a daring journalistic assignment to...
Trump tells attorney general to end Russia probe
AFP | Donald Trump on Wednesday told his attorney general to end the high-profile investigation into Russian election meddling that has ensnared key members of...
Russian Facebook ‘ads’ show strong effort to divide US society
AFP | Thousands of Facebook and Instagram advertisements taken out by a Russian internet group were released Thursday in a database that illustrates how a...
Information Warfare: Historical excursus and Russia’s position
Historical Excursus on Information Warfare If we take the prototype of Western war to be based on Homer’s historic epic the “Iliad” (the episode of...