Tag: Russia
US plans to sanction Russian oligarchs this week: reports
WASHINGTON: The United States plans to sanction Russian oligarchs this week under a law targeting Moscow for meddling in the 2016 US election, sources...
Turkey says Russian S-400 missile delivery brought forward to July 2019
ISTANBUL: The planned delivery of Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile batteries to Turkey has been brought forward to July 2019, the Turkish undersecretary for defence...
Russia, Iran and Turkey struggle to find common ground on Syria
ANKARA: Three foreign powers who have shaped Syria’s civil war - Iran, Russia and Turkey - will discuss ways to wind down the fighting...
Pakistan backs Afghanistan in times of need: NSA
ISLAMABAD: National Security Adviser (NSA) Lieutenant General (r) Nasser Khan Janjua has said that Pakistan has served as the saviour for Afghanistan in the...
UK lab says cannot determine spy nerve agent was Russian-made
LONDON: The British military facility analysing the nerve agent used to poison a Russian spy said on Tuesday it could not prove the substance...
Russia, Assad give ultimatum to Syria rebels northeast of Damascus
BEIRUT: Syrian rebels in a besieged area northeast of Damascus have been told they must accept state rule or leave, a rebel group said...
Russia’s Rosatom granted contract to build Turkish nuclear power plant unit
ANKARA: Turkey’s TAEK atomic energy authority on Monday granted Russian builder Rosatom a construction license to start work on the first unit of the...
Belarusian president urges Russia to strictly observe agreements with Belarus
MINSK: President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has called for strict observance of the agreements between Belarus and Russia, among others, to tap potential in...
Russia says Czech extradition of alleged hacker to USA may hurt...
MOSCOW: Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday that the Czech Republic’s extradition to the United States of Yevgeny Nikulin, a Russian charged with hacking...
Turkey orders arrest of cleric Gulen over killing of Russian envoy
ANKARA: Turkey has ordered the arrest of the Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen and seven others over the 2016 assassination of the Russian envoy to...
Pakistan to no longer fight other countries’ fight, says FM
Khawaja Asif says in case of another cold war, Pakistan will not side with any country
KARACHI: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif has said that Pakistan...
Deal reached in rebel held Douma to evacuate wounded to northern...
AMMAN: Negotiators in the last rebel-held bastion in Syria’s eastern Ghouta reached a deal on Saturday with the Russian side to evacuate the wounded...
Kremlin queries legality of decision to take RT TV channel off...
MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Friday it was studying a move by cable and digital TV providers in the United States to take Russia’s...
Syrian rebels deny deal with Russia to leave Douma town
MOSCOW: The last Syrian rebel group in the eastern Ghouta near Damascus denied reports it had agreed with Russia to leave the town of...
Eastern Ghouta operation ‘nearly over’, says Russia
BEIRUT: The massive Russian-backed Syrian military offensive in suburbs east of Damascus is almost over, with rebels holed up in just a single town...
UN chief warns another Cold War developing between Russia, US
NEW YORK: United Nations Chief Antonio Guterres warned on Thursday that Russian and US relations were deteriorating into a situation “similar, to a large extent,...
From Russia to sex: Scandals shake US first family
A porn star is suing the president. A former Playboy model has apologised to the first lady for sleeping with her husband. The eldest...
