Tag: Russia
Russia to host talks with Afghan leaders, Taliban delegation
MOSCOW: Russia said on Saturday that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had agreed to send a group of senior politicians to peace talks in Moscow,...
Russia reaches out to Afghan leaders for Taliban talks, angering Kabul
KABUL: Russia has quietly invited a group of senior Afghan politicians to talks with the Taliban in Moscow, bypassing President Ashraf Ghani’s government in...
Mission Parwaaz: Fakhr-e-Alam detained at Russian airport
Award-winning actor and singer-songwriter Fakhr-e-Alam, who is currently circumventing around the globe as part of his Mission Parwaaz has reportedly been detained at an...
Russia, Germany, France and Turkey call for lasting ceasefire, constitutional meeting...
ISTANBUL: The leaders of Russia, Germany, France and Turkey stressed the importance on Saturday of a lasting ceasefire in Syria, and said a committee...
China, Russia eavesdrop Trump’s cell phone conversations
WASHINGTON: Chinese spies often eavesdrop on President Donald Trump when he uses his unsecured cell phone to gossip with old friends, and Beijing uses...
Russia will target European nations hosting US missiles, warns Putin
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would be forced to target any European countries that agreed to host US nuclear missiles...
Trump adviser tells Putin: We’ll quit arms control treaty you’re breaking
MOSCOW: Washington will press ahead with a plan to quit a landmark nuclear arms control pact despite objections from Russia and some European countries,...
Russian army contingent arrives in Pakistan for joint military exercise
ISLAMABAD: A contingent of the Russian Army arrived in Pakistan on Monday for participation in Druzhba-III joint training exercise, according to a statement released by...
Trump’s plan to pull out of arms treaty a mistake, warns...
MOSCOW: Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, a co-signatory of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with then US President Ronald Reagan, said on Sunday...
Trump: US to exit nuclear treaty, citing Russian violations
ELKO: President Donald Trump said on Saturday the United States will exit the Cold-War era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty that eliminated a class of...
India to receive S-400 missile systems within two years
Russia will deliver the first units of the S-400 air defence systems to India within two years, according to head of Russia’s Federal Service for...
18 dead, dozens injured at Crimea college terror attack in Russia
In what Russian officials called a possible terrorist attack, an explosive device killed 18 people and injured at least 50 others at a vocational...
Pakistan-Russia joint military drills from Oct 21
The Pakistan Army and the Russian military will be holding joint military drills in the mountains of Pakistan from October 21 to November 4.
According...
Sanctions against Russia an ‘absurdity’: Italy deputy PM
MONZA: Sanctions against Russia are a "social, cultural and economic absurdity", Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Monday, speaking to representatives of...
US envoy: Continue sanctions until Russia exits east Ukraine
MOSCOW: The United States' envoy for the conflict in eastern Ukraine says the West must remain firm with sanctions against Moscow because Russia is...
VIDEO: ‘If someone attacks us from outside, we will charge,’ Putin...
Russian President Vladimir Putin met undisputed lightweight Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) UFC Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov after his famous win against Irish fighter Conor McGregor.
On Sunday,...
Selfies claim over 250 lives worldwide since 2011
Half of the selfie deaths reported in India
BEIJING: Around 259 people have died worldwide while clicking a perfect selfie in a six-year period between...
