Russian Military Prevents Drone Attack by Militants on Its Bases in Syria Overnight on January 6, militants in Syria launched a massive attack against Russian military facilities, including the Tartus Naval base and Hmeimin airbase, with the use of unmanned aerial vehicles. 08.01.2018
Ex-Iranian President Ahmadinejad Alleged Arrested for Inciting Protest Reports are coming out of Tehran that ex-Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been arrested for contributing to widespread unrest in the country that has seen at least 22 killed. 07.01.2018
10 million refugees may flood EU if it fails to secure borders – Czech president The European Union could face a massive influx of some 10 million refugees from Africa in the coming years if it does not change its policy, Czech President Milos Zeman has claimed in an interview with a local TV channel. 06.01.2018
Russia to Sell ‘Sophisticated’ Arms To Manila After Foreign Policy U-Turn One day following the Russian Navy’s arrival in the Philippines to run regional threat-assessment drills, Russian Ambassador Igor Khovaev expressed Moscow’s enthusiasm to equip the island nation with high-tech military hardware. 04.01.2018
White House: Trump Should Collaborate With Russia, China on North Korea Issue The White House advised the incoming Trump administration to seek cooperation with countries like China and Russia in order to resolve the North Korea nuclear program issue. 03.01.2018
Rouhani: Iran Protests 'Type of Threat Which Should Be Turned Into Opportunity' As protests in Iran enter their fifth day, the president has stressed national unity and urged the government to deal with the people’s problems. 02.01.2018
Ukrainian Nationalists Participating in Rally in Kiev to Mark Bandera's Birthday Over 1,000 supporters of the Ukrainian Svoboda nationalist party are taking part on Monday in a traditional torchlight procession in Kiev's city center to commemorate the 109th anniversary of the birth of Stepan Bandera, the leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement, local media reported. 01.01.2018
UN Chief Guterres' New Year Message: Not an Appeal, a Red Alert for the World The year 2017 has witnessed numerous brutal conflicts, devastating natural disasters and a surge of nationalism. 31.12.2017
More Than 1,000 Ceasefire Agreements Signed in Syria in 2017 The Russian Center for Syrian Reconciliation reported that leaders of illegal armed formations have signed 140 ceasefire application forms. 29.12.2017
Putin Backs Harsher Penalties, Including Life Sentences, for Terror Recruiters Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday approved a law introducing harsher penalties, including life sentences, for terrorist recruitment, according to documents published on the Russian legal information website. 29.12.2017
Turkish Forces Arrest 170 People Allegedly Linked to Terrorism Turkish security forces have managed to detain more suspects allegedly linked to terrorism and also to seize militants' weapons, digital materials and money. 28.12.2017
Erdogan Slams Assad as 'Terrorist', Damascus Reminds Him of Own 'Crimes' Turkey is one of the guarantors of the Syrian ceasefire, brokered also by Russia and Iran. 27.12.2017
Number of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Dips Below 1Mln for First Time Since 2014 Ceasefires in some parts of Syria apparently have contributed to the decline of the number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, which has dropped below one million, according to UNHCR. 26.12.2017
Probe Into 2016 Russian Tu-154 Crash Near Sochi Rules Out Blast on Board All data obtained during the investigation of the Tu-154 airplane crash near Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi last year completely rules out the version of an explosion on board the aircraft, Russian Investigative Committee spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko has said. 25.12.2017
Trump's 'Gamble': Jerusalem Decision May Cause War - Iran's Parliament Speaker Iran's parliament speaker Ali Larijani spoke about Trump's Jerusalem move as well as Syrian peace settlement talks after meeting Russia's State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin in Islamabad. 24.12.2017
Number of Terror-Related Cases Opened in Germany Up Five-fold in 2017 – Reports The German Public Prosecutor General opened five times more cases related to terrorism in 2017 than in the previous year, local media reported on Saturday. 23.12.2017
Russia Ready to Help Deescalate Tensions With North Korea Moscow is urging all parties to the Korean crisis to take efforts to deescalate tensions on the Korean peninsula, and stands ready to foster these efforts, Russia's Deputy Envoy to the UN Vladimir Safronkov said following the vote on the new sanctions against Pyongyang at the UN Security Council on Friday. 22.12.2017
Mission Impossible: Will Boris Johnson Thaw UK-Russia Relations? Johnson is scheduled to visit Moscow this Friday in what would be the first official visit by a British Foreign Secretary to Russia in more than five years. 21.12.2017
Iraq’s Abadi mulls taking full control of penniless Kurdistan as riots spark worries of new crisis MPs in Baghdad must have pinched themselves when a KRG delegation recently asked them for money. 20.12.2017
‘Abandon Cold War mentality’: China hits back at Trump’s ‘selfish’ national strategy China has rejected the insinuation that it is a “revisionist state,” voiced by the US in its national security strategy. 19.12.2017
