Moscow: – Protests have started against Russian President Vladimir Putin in many cities of Russia. These protests have started because of the punishment handed out to Putin’s political opponent Alexei Navalny. The Russian security agencies have taken aggressive action against the protestors, and more than 350 protestors have been arrested. Intense reactions have been received […]
Moscow: Russia has withdrawn from the Open Skies Treaty, having participation of 35 countries including Europe. Two months ago, the United States withdrew from the concerned agreement. Russia criticised that the US withdrawal has put the concerned treaty into jeopardy. The European countries are concerned that now their security will be compromised, as Russia withdraws […]
Moscow: The Russian Ambassador to Israel had accused Israel of the tension in the Middle East and not Iran and Hezbollah. This statement received fuming reactions from Israel over the statement. Israel summoned Russian Ambassador Anatoly Viktorov in the matter. But Russia stood behind the Ambassador and commented that Israel is unnecessarily sensitive over the […]
Tokyo: Japan has announced that it is developing long-range anti-ship missiles to target the destroyers sailing dangerously close to the Japanese marine borders. Japanese Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi declared, ‘The situation in the East China Sea has become complicated, and it becomes necessary for Japan to act against the situation.’ Although Defence Minister Kishi did […]
Moscow: The United States imposed sanctions against a Russian company accusing it of assisting the Iranian missile program. Russia, agitated with the US action, announced that Russia would be perpetually opposed to the US sanctions against Iran. At the same time, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov declared that Russia and Iran would device new methods […]
Moscow/Algiers: – Mikhail Bogdanov, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, criticised, ‘The US decision to accept sovereign rights of Morocco on western Sahara becomes unilateral. The concerned US announcement violates international regulations.’ Following Russia, Moroccan neighbour, Algeria, also lashed out at the US decision and warned that this would destabilise the region. An extremist Group in Morocco […]
Paris: – It was decided in the peace accord, signed between Armenia and Azerbaijan, with Russian initiative, that Russian peacekeeping force will be deployed there. But now, Turkey also is making moves to deploy its soldiers and France has become aggressive against this. French President Emmanuel macros has made a strong demand that the Minsk […]
Yangon: – The ‘National League for Democracy’ (NLD) party of Aung San Suu Kyi, is headed towards a thumping majority in the Myanmar elections. Although the election results have not been officially declared till now, the party is leading in the counting. NLD has claimed that it will win many more seats than the required […]
Los Angeles: Severe repercussions of the Armenia-Azerbaijan war, being fought in Central Asia are being felt on the international level. On Sunday, a whopping 100,000 Armenians held strong protests, outside the Turkish and Azerbaijan embassies. In the last few days, protests in support of Armenia have also been reported from Europe and Latin America other […]
Kuala Lumpur: Six Chinese boats, intruding into the Malaysian marine limits, were seized. Along with the ships, 60 Chinese citizens also have been arrested. The arrested Chinese citizens claimed that they were on their way to Africa. But it has been exposed in the past that China has used the Coast Guard and Naval Militia […]