Defending European security: Putin and Merkel join forces to resist cynical US sanctions on controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline Relations between Russia and Germany are at an all-time low, but nothing brings people together like a common enemy. 19.12.2020
Biden Reportedly Won't Demand Maduro's Resignation in Sanctions Relief Negotiations The current US administration has been pressuring the economically stagnating Venezuela with sanctions for several years in an unsuccessful attempt to force Maduro to step down. 18.12.2020
‘No Doubt’: Iran’s Rouhani Says US Will Rejoin 2015 Nuclear Deal, Lift Sanctions Under Biden Under the Trump administration, the US withdrew from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), arguing that Iran had violated its terms and that the deal was not beneficial. 17.12.2020
‘Don’t trust the enemy’: Iran’s Khamenei warns against expecting any lifting of US ‘hostility’ under Biden Iran’s Supreme Leader has hit out at the US on his return to the public stage, claiming that Joe Biden’s accession to the American presidency is unlikely to see any change in Washington’s “hostility” towards Iran. 16.12.2020
‘Dark day for LGBTQ community’: Hungary passes law making adoptions by same sex couples impossible Hungary’s parliament has passed a law that effectively bans same-sex couples from adopting children, provoking a major outcry from human rights groups and LGBTQ activists. 15.12.2020
Russia's Angara A5 'eco-space rocket' successfully fires payload into orbit for first time in 6 years The Russian Space Forces have conducted a successful second test launch of the Angara A5 heavy-lift space launch vehicle, six years after the first test flight in 2014. 14.12.2020
2021 will be even worse - nightmares of vaccinations, unemployment and digital yuan Horror from Saxo Bank The whole world is eagerly awaiting the start of mass vaccination against coronavirus. 13.12.2020
‘Merkel’s surrender & worst of all possible worlds’: Soros pens angry op-ed over Polish-Hungarian victory in EU budget talks Hungary and Poland getting the EU to abandon its move to make Covid-19 relief conditional on ‘rule of law’ standards to control their policies has incensed international financier George Soros, who called it a German surrender. 12.12.2020
Unexpected side effect? Australia scraps Covid-19 vaccine development after trials lead to false positives for HIV Australia has abandoned the development of a domestically-made coronavirus vaccine after participants in clinical trials for the jab returned false positive test results for HIV. 11.12.2020
Swedish parliament takes a ‘decisive step’ toward defense alliance with Finland and NATO membership A majority of the Swedish parliament favors having the option to join NATO at some point in the future, after the populist Sweden Democrats reversed their earlier opposition to joining the alliance. 10.12.2020
Canada 2nd in world to greenlight Pfizer's Covid vaccine, roll-out could start next week The coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer-BioNTech has been approved in Canada, the second country to do so after the UK, where the first members of the public were inoculated with the jab on Tuesday. 09.12.2020
Turkey threatens ‘grave consequences’ after east Libyan forces seize its ship over alleged arms smuggling Ankara has condemned the seizure of a Turkish vessel in the Mediterranean by forces from east Libya, promising a robust response to the interception and calling for the ship to be allowed to continue its journey. 08.12.2020
Ukraine is unlucky with presidents, presidents with the country ... Who is more unlucky - Ukraine with presidents or presidents with a country . 07.12.2020
Sorry Sergey, you’re Shinzo now! US tells 20,000 Russian islanders from disputed Kurils that it considers them to be Japanese Russian citizens of the disputed Kuril Islands are, according to US officials, actually Japanese – a result of the US’ policy of insisting much of the archipelago, governed by Moscow since World War II, rightly belongs to Tokyo. 06.12.2020
98.5% success rate: Just 273 of over 20,000 volunteers for Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine trials have subsequently caught Covid-19 A mere 273 people who volunteered for the third phase trial of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine have been infected with the coronavirus after their jabs. 05.12.2020
How ingenious impromptu actions are born in the military sphere Very often we find ourselves in a situation where the foreign policy situation suddenly changes. 04.12.2020
Tehran ready for more prisoner swaps, urges US to rejoin nuclear deal Iran has said it is ready for more prisoner exchanges after last week's swap of an Australian-British academic accused of spying for Israel, for three Iranian bomb plotters accused of planning an attack against Israeli diplomats. 03.12.2020
Afghan govt & Taliban reach preliminary deal paving way for peace talks The Afghan government and representatives of the Taliban have jointly announced reaching a preliminary deal to push on with peace talks, which could precede discussions on a political roadmap for both parties. 02.12.2020
Israel prepares for war with Iran, which does not want to fight We live in interesting times. 01.12.2020
Foot-in-mouth Jen Psaki is the perfect spokesperson for gaffe machine Joe Biden President-elect Joe Biden has dug deep into the Obama administration’s personnel file, tapping the gaffe-prone Jen Psaki to serve as White House press secretary. 30.11.2020
