Tag: Russia
Pompeo urges NATO allies to adapt to new threats from Russia,...
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday called on NATO allies to adapt to confront a wide variety of emerging threats, including...
NATO meeting to focus on Russia, as US cautions Turkey over...
WASHINGTON: Turkey remains an important NATO ally and partner to the United States despite concerns over its plans to buy missile defence systems from...
US halts F-35 equipment to Turkey, protests its plans to buy...
WASHINGTON: The United States has halted delivery of equipment related to the stealthy F-35 fighter aircraft to Turkey, marking the first concrete US step...
12 Russian films to be screened in Lahore
As many as 12 Russian films will be screened in Lahore as part of the Russian Film Festival which is scheduled to be held...
Trump tells Russia to get its troops out of Venezuela
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Russia to pull its troops from Venezuela and warned that “all options” were open to...
Trump campaign did not coordinate with Russia
WASHINGTON: The Justice Department said Sunday that special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation did not find evidence that President Donald Trump’s campaign “conspired or coordinated”...
Trump-Russia report handed in, US lawmakers seek rapid release
WASHINGTON: The top U.S. law enforcement official could release as early as Saturday the main findings in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s confidential report on...
Turkey, Russia eye closer coordination on Syria
ISTANBUL: Turkey and Russia are discussing a ‘coordination centre’ to better manage their operations in Syria’s rebel-controlled Idlib province, Turkey’s defence minister said.
Regime ally Russia...
India, Russia to sign $3 billion nuclear sub deal this week
--India and Russia are set to sign a $3 billion lease agreement for a nuclear-powered attack sub on March 7, according to local media...
Explainer: In Trump-Russia probe, when does collusion become a crime?
WASHINGTON: As Special Counsel Robert Mueller has pursued his investigation into Moscow’s role in the 2016 U.S. election, legal experts have debated what sort of...
Russia calls on Pakistan, India to exercise restraint
MOSCOW: Russia on Wednesday urged India and Pakistan to exercise restraint following fighter downing over the Kashmir region.
"We call on both sides to show...
Pence chastises EU, rejects Merkel’s call to work with Russia
MUNICH: US Vice President Mike Pence rebuked European powers over Iran and Venezuela on Saturday in a renewed attack on Washington’s traditional allies, rejecting...
Pak-Russia cooperation growing in many directions, says honourary consul
LAHORE: Russia’s Honourary Consul Habib Ahmed has said the cooperation between both Islamabad and Moscow is developing in many directions as Russia has already announced...
Russia suspends nuclear arms treaty after US says to pull out
MOSCOW: Russia has suspended the Cold War-era Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday, after the United States said it would...
US bolts Cold War missile treaty as Russia warns of arms...
WASHINGTON: The United States announced on Friday it will withdraw from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia in six months unless Moscow ends...
Russia sees Pakistan as an ally in fight against ISIS
-- FM Spokesperson Zakharova says in close contact with Pakistan over Afghan agenda
--Moscow clarifies minister's anti-Pakistan remarks, terms them a 'slip of tongue'
MOSCOW: Russian Foreign...
14 dead after fire on two vessels off Crimea
MOSCOW: Fourteen people were killed and five were missing off Russia-annexed Crimea in the Black Sea on Monday after a fire engulfed gas tankers...