The top U.S. military officer met with his Russian counterpart Wednesday, against the backdrop of U.S. struggles to get military basing rights and other counterterrorism support in countries bordering Afghanistan, a move Moscow has flatly (...)
The head of Russia's second-largest political party is alleging widespread violations in the election for a new national parliament, in which his party is widely expected to gain seats.
Communist Party head Gennady Zyuganov said on Saturday _ the (...)
Facing Kremlin pressure, Apple and Google on Friday removed an opposition-created smartphone app that tells voters which candidates are likely to defeat those backed by Russian authorities, as polls opened for three days of balloting in Russia's (...)
After a few weeks of desultory campaigning but months of relentless official moves to shut down significant opposition, Russia is holding three days of voting this weekend in a parliamentary election that is unlikely to change the country's (...)
Lebanese cinema has garnered international recognition since the 1970s. One of the most prominent Lebanese filmmakers of that generation was Borhane Alaouié, who passed away last Thursday at the age of 80. Together with Maroun Baghdadi, Jan Shamoun (...)
Russia's Vladimir Putin and Syria's Bashar Assad have met in Moscow to discuss the cooperation between their armies and how to continue operations to gain control of the last rebel-held areas in Syria, state media in Damascus reported on (...)
The day before he officially recognised the Armenian genocide, which is commemorated on 24 April, US President Joe Biden called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to notify him. That was the first official phone call he made to his Turkish (...)
Russia right-back Mario Fernandes retired from international soccer at the age of 30 on Monday in an attempt to prolong his club career.
Fernandes played one friendly game for his native Brazil in 2014 but switched allegiance to Russia while playing (...)
The Russian-UAE Business Forum held its third session at the headquarters of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the Russian capital, Moscow, as part of a visit of an Emirati delegation led by the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has criticized the United States' involvement in Afghanistan, charging that its 20-year-long military presence in the country has achieved ``zero.''
Putin said Wednesday that for 20 years, the US military in (...)
Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) announced that carriers are now allowed to resume flights to Egypt from 49 Russian cities, where international operations have resumed, effective August 27.
Some 13 Russian airlines have applied (...)
General Mohamed Zaki, commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces and minister of defence and military production, paid a four-day official visit to Russia last week.
A statement released by the Ministry of Defence said that Zaki, leading a high-profile (...)
The Kremin says that Russia will closely follow the developments in Afghanistan before making a decision on whether to recognize the Taliban's rule.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday that Moscow will watch the (...)
"The Taliban of today are not very different from the Taliban of the 1990s. They might act differently for now, but I think in gradual terms we will be seeing a replay of Taliban rule in Afghanistan as it unfolded in the 1990s," commented Ahmed (...)
With the collapse of Kabul, 20 years after the US invasion of Afghanistan, US President Joe Biden informed the world that the purpose of the US campaign in Afghanistan had never been to build a state or create a democracy. A Taliban leader confirmed (...)
A Russian delegation is visiting the Suez Canal Economic Zone next Saturday to discuss further development of the anticipated Russian Industrial Zone (RIZ) there, a source in the Egyptian administration told Sputnik on Monday.
"The delegation will (...)
Russia's president has criticized Western nations for seeking to temporarily house Afghan refugees in Central Asian countries, citing security concerns for Russia.
Speaking at a meeting with top officials of the Kremlin's United Russia party on (...)
Egypt's Defence Minister Mohamed Zaki left for Moscow on Sunday, leading a high-level military delegation, to attend the seventh meeting of the Egyptian-Russian military committee.
Zaki's several days' visit comes within the framework of enhancing (...)
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has discussed the situation in Afghanistan with his Chinese and Russian counterparts.
The Iranian president's website, president.ir, reported on Wednesday that he talked on the phone with Chinese President Xi Jinping (...)
Despite its military superiority and its declared intention to take control of the southern city of Daraa, the last stronghold of the opposition in the south of the country, the regime led by Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has thus far not been (...)
They say "if you get 75 of them in a lifetime, you are a fortunate soul." Summer is what mattered, what measured your lifespan.
Summer is being young, no matter what age you are.
Summer is how you calculate your life's continuum as you toil, sweat (...)
Russia tripling flights
RUSSIA will triple the number of flights to Hurghada and Sharm El-Sheikh airports to 15 a week to each airport starting 27 August, the Russian news agency TASS reported on Monday, citing a statement from Russia's Covid-19 (...)
The Biden administration is reaching out to top rivals Russia and China as the situation in Afghanistan continues to deteriorate amid a scramble to evacuate Americans, other foreigners and at-risk Afghans from the Kabul airport.
The outreach also (...)
Russian emergency officials said Sunday over 800 people have been evacuated from a summer camp in Russia's southern Urals because of a forest fire that raged just one kilometer (half a mile) away.
A total of 750 children and 87 personnel were (...)
As a Taliban offensive encircles the Afghan capital, there's increasingly only one way out for those fleeing the war, and only one way in for U.S. troops sent to protect American diplomats still on the ground: Kabul's international airport.
A (...)
