Tag: Russia
Helped evacuate 13 civilians from Eastern Ghouta, says Russia
MOSCOW: The Russian military has announced that it has aided in the evacuation of 13 civilians from Eastern Ghouta on Tuesday. The civilians were...
Khawaja Asif says there is trust deficit between Pakistan and US
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has said that there is a trust deficit between Pakistan and the United States, adding that Islamabad wants to...
Turkey, Russia and Iran to hold summit on Syria in April
ANKARA: Turkey, Russia and Iran will hold a summit in April to discuss Syria and potential steps in the region, the spokesman for the...
Russia offers rebels safe passage out of eastern Ghouta
MOSCOW: The Russian military has offered Syrian rebels safe passage out of eastern Ghouta, setting out a proposal to let the opposition surrender its...
West is responding to Putin’s ‘more assertive Russia’: NATO chief
BAGHDAD: President Vladimir Putin’s announcement of new nuclear weapons is part of a resurgent Russian assertiveness that the West is already responding to, NATO...
Ex-Russian spy who defected to Britain in critical condition after exposure...
LONDON: Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, who was convicted by Russia of betraying agents to British intelligence, was critically ill on Monday after exposure...
With gas and diplomacy, Moscow embraces Cold War foe Pakistan
Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif says we want to correct the imbalance of our foreign policy over 70 years
Defence Minister Khurram Dastagir says...
White House accuses Russia of killing civilians in Syria
WASHINGTON: The United States on Sunday made its strongest accusation to date of Moscow’s complicity in civilian deaths in Syria, saying Russian aircraft flew...
Gas supplies to EU via Ukraine under no immediate threat, says...
MOSCOW: Russia’s Energy Ministry said on Saturday that gas giant Gazprom’s intention to terminate contracts with Ukraine poses no immediate threat to natural gas...
Pakistan, Russia agree for bilateral cooperation
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Russia have agreed to further the positive trajectory of overall bilateral relations by exploring avenues for mutually beneficial cooperation.
The agreement was...
US accuses Russia of breaching treaties with ‘invincible’ weapons
WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday accused Moscow of openly breaching Cold War-era treaties by developing what Russian President Vladimir Putin called a new...
Putin boasts of new-generation ‘invincible’ weaponry
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin boasted Russia has developed a new generation of hypersonic missiles in his state of the nation address on Thursday, warning...
Russia shifting alliance as Pakistan manages relationship with US
ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan navigates its troubled relationship with the United States and scrambles to avoid being blacklisted for doing too little, too late to...
Six dead in Russia hotel fire
RUSSIA: Six people, including three children, died in a fire in a hotel in Russia's western Perm Region Tuesday, a local investigative committee said...
Syrian forces launch fresh assault barely hours after 30-day ceasefire was...
DAMASCUS: Syrian government forces launched a fresh ground and air assault against the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta, hours after the resolution was approved unanimously,
The...
416 dead in Ghouta airstrikes in Syria, UN considers ceasefire resolution
AMMAN: Warplanes pounded the last rebel enclave near Syria’s capital for a fifth day running on Thursday as the UN Security Council considered demanding...
Serbia free to choose Russia over EU membership: president
The European Union (EU) will have to understand Serbia's relations with Russia, if it wishes to see it as its future member, Serbian President...
