US Warns Arab States Against Thaw With Syria's Assad – Reports Syria was expelled from the 22-nation Arab League after a civil war broke out in the country in 2011, with several members of the regional bloc subsequently pulling their ambassadors from Damascus. 04.03.2019
Indian PM Convenes National Security Council to Discuss Kashmir - Sources Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called a meeting of the National Security Council to assess the security situation in the country, especially in Jammu and Kashmir bordering Pakistan, Prime Minister Office sources told Sputnik on Sunday. 03.03.2019
De-escalation delayed: India & Pakistan exchange shelling on Kashmir border, casualties reported Just a day after an Indian pilot was freed from Pakistani captivity, offering hope for de-escalation, the two countries resumed shelling in Kashmir, killing a number of civilians on both sides, according to local authorities. 02.03.2019
All-out war with India would be ‘mutual suicide’, Pakistan FM says Islamabad seeks reconciliation with India and understands that a war between the two neighbors would result in mutually assured destruction, Pakistan’s foreign minister has stated. 01.03.2019
Trump: US Refused Kim's Demand to Lift N Korea Sanctions The US and North Korea failed to reach an agreement after the second meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump in Hanoi. 28.02.2019
United Nations BuildingUN Urges India, Pakistan to De-Escalate Tensions in Disputed Kashmir Region UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is monitoring the Indian-Pakistani conflict with deep concern and has urged both sides to take steps to reduce tensions, UN Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said at a press briefing on Wednesday. 27.02.2019
India bombs Pakistan, saying it targeted terrorist camps in cross-border air raid An Indian minister claimed that the country’s aircraft made a successful bombing run against terrorists on the Pakistani-controlled side of Kashmir. 26.02.2019
US issues fresh Venezuela-related sanctions after VP Pence affirms Washington’s support for Guaido The US has announced a fresh round of Venezuela-related sanctions, adding four new individuals to a list of people already subject to Washington’s restrictions. 25.02.2019
Pompeo Looking for Cause to Start War Against Caracas - Venezuelan Minister Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza has accused US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of orchestrating the torching of trucks with Venezuela-bound humanitarian aid on the Colombian border and of "desperately" looking for a reason to start a war against Caracas. 24.02.2019
‘Russia Is Aware’: US Military Conducting Open Skies Flight Over Russia Unarmed US military aircraft carried out a surveillance flight over Russia this week under the protection of the Treaty on Open Skies, the Pentagon has announced. 23.02.2019
Warsaw won’t bow to ‘lies & racist insults,’ Polish PM says amid simmering row with Israel After an Israeli minister claimed that Poles harbor anti-Semitism from childhood, a Polish PM fired back, saying his country, where thousands risked their lives to help Jews during WWII, will not accept “racist insults. 22.02.2019
Germany Not Interested in Anti-Russia Sanctions - Economy Minister Europe is not interested in cutting off relations with Russia, German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated on 16 February on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. 21.02.2019
Putin: Russia to Take Steps if US Deploys Its Short, Medium Range Missiles in EU In an address to the Federal Assembly on Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin touched upon a spate of pressing international issues related to the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. 20.02.2019
Russia shouldn’t go ‘tooth for a tooth’ after Facebook bans Russian-linked media – Lavrov Sergey Lavrov says he is opposed to retaliating against foreign media in Russia after the Facebook ban of Russia-linked pages. 19.02.2019
Facebook blocks pages with TENS OF MILLIONS of views after CNN reports their ties to RT Facebook has suspended several accounts operated by Maffick Media without prior warning, right after CNN ran a report about the company’s perceived ties to the Kremlin. 18.02.2019
MSC-2019: With Western Elites in Disarray, Russia’s Opinion Gets More Attention At this year’s Munich Security Conference the US has failed to push its European allies towards further confrontation with Moscow, while Russia has played a constructive role at the event by continuing a dialogue with its partners. 17.02.2019
Putin Presents Data to Macron on Staged Provocations With Chem Weapons in Syria Information about false flag operations by militants was mentioned during phone talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Saturday. 16.02.2019
Proposed ‘sanctions from hell’ against Russia may curb Trump, but won’t help US rule the world Even as the ‘Russiagate’ probe crumbled in the US Senate, five senators resurrected a ‘sanctions bill from hell’ against Russia. 15.02.2019
‘Bordering racketeering’: Kremlin slams US sanctions bill as act of unfair competition Top Moscow officials have lashed out at a new US “bill from hell” which imposes sanctions on Russia’s banking and energy industry, but said the country is well prepared to face the “racketeering” penalties. 14.02.2019
Suicide Attack in S Iran Kills 20 Members of Revolutionary Guards 20 personnel died in a suicide attack targeting an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) bus, the local news agency IRNA reported citing its source on Wednesday. 13.02.2019