Brussels/Berlin: The European Union will be supervising the ambitious Nord Stream 2 fuel pipeline being built by Russia and Germany. This was decided unanimously in the European Union meeting held at Brussels on Friday. France had taken a stand against Germany on this issue and had threatened to stall the project. However, France withdrew its […]
Beijing: Leading financial institution JP Morgan has alleged that China, the second largest economy of the world to have slowed down and all the efforts of the Chinese government to provide an impetus have failed. Over the last month, all the indices evaluating the Chinese economic progress have shown negative results. This negative picture of […]
Washington/Caracas/Ankara: The Venezuela factor has added to the already reigning differences between the United States and Turkey over the Syrian conflict. Maduro government has decided to sell the gold reserves to Turkey following the economy hitting the rock-bottom. However, the United States has expressed strong discontent over this trade. At present, the Venezuelan economy has […]
Washington/Beijing: The US legal department has filed 23 charge sheets against the Chinese company Huawei. There are serious accusations like intellectual property theft, frauds in banking transactions, obstructing the legal processes along with cooperation with Iran, in violation of the US sanctions, in the charge sheets. At the same time, the United States has demanded […]
Moscow: The differences are surfacing between Russia and Iran, that were fighting as part of a common front in the Syrian conflict. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov asserted, ‘Although Russia and Iran are believed to be a part of a common front for protecting the Assad government in Syria, Iran is not a Russian ally. […]
Moscow: Russia faced with sanctions from the United States and European countries, has performed a Golden Task in the last year. The Russian Gold reserves have reached a record 2,100 tonnes, and the valuation of this Gold reserve stands at a whopping $87 billion. Russia has reached the fifth place at the international level, surpassing […]
Washington: Although US President Trump has continued the policy to exert pressure on Iran through economic sanctions, the Trump administration had contemplated military action against Iran. A leading US daily reported that the White House had asked the Pentagon for options available to strike Iran. The news report came forth while the US Secretary of […]
Berlin/Washington: German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas reprimanded the United States in clear words saying, ‘The European countries will decide the policy to address Europe’s oil needs and the United States need not interfere in that.’ A few days ago, the US Ambassador to Germany had threatened to impose sanctions against the companies participating in the […]
Berlin: “Iran will soon be holding huge war drills in the Caspian Sea with Russia. These exercises will deliver an appropriate message to the countries interfering in the Caspian Sea region,” declared Iranian navy chief Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi. Only last year, five countries that are a part of the Caspian Sea region, including Iran […]
Washington: ‘Iran is manufacturing intercontinental ballistic missiles which can target the United States. This will threaten international security. The United States cannot remain silent while Iran is making moves to threaten international stability and security’. Pompeo alleged that these Iranian activities violate the United Nations regulations. The Iranian Foreign Minister criticised that the United States […]