Turkey to buy anti-ballistic missile systems from both US and Russia
News Analysis | Turkey is currently caught in the quagmire to opting between Russian S400 and the U.S made PATRIOT Anti-Ballistic Missile Defense Systems. While...
Russia ready for a brisk nuclear response to any U.S adventure: Putin
News Analysis | Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he is going to mirror any U.S move regarding the deployment of nuclear-powered missiles. He...
Putin to give annual address as popularity slides
AFP | Russian President Vladimir Putin will deliver his annual state of the nation address on Wednesday as he faces an unprecedented fall in his...
Russian arrests of foreign businessmen shocks Western investors
AFP | The arrest in Russia of prominent US and French investors on suspicion of fraud has sent shockwaves through Western business circles and sparked...
Russia’s RT fumes after Facebook blocks ‘wildly popular’ page
AFP | Facebook has blocked a popular page run by Russian state TV channel RT, the channel's editor said Monday, criticizing the move as an...
Russia, Turkey, Iran hail US Syria withdrawal
AFP | The leaders of Russia, Turkey, and Iran hailed the planned US withdrawal from Syria as they met for talks Thursday on how to...
Afghan ex-mujahideen remember Soviet defeat in ‘graveyard of empires’
AFP | The last time Abdul Karim saw Soviet forces he was a teenage mujahideen fighter shivering on an Afghan mountainside, clutching his Kalashnikov and...
‘Tired of fighting’: 30 years ago, Soviets withdraw from Afghanistan
AFP | On February 15, 1989, crowds of stunned onlookers watched the last Soviet troops leave Afghanistan over the Friendship Bridge -- defeated after a...
Taliban say Moscow talks with Afghan politicians ‘very successful’
AFP | The Taliban on Wednesday hailed unprecedented talks with Afghan politicians as "very successful", despite disagreements over women's rights and the group's demand for...
Russia sidelines Kabul regime ahead of Taliban-opposition dialogue
News Analysis | Russia has decided to snub the Afghan government in order to ensure the participation of Taliban in the scheduled dialogue between them...
Dropping weapons treaty would let US update its nuclear arsenal
AFP | The US scrapping of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty with Russia could launch a new arms race, but will also allow the...
US bolts Cold War missile treaty as Russia warns of arms race
AFP | The United States said Friday it would exit a landmark Cold War nuclear missile treaty due to purported violations by Russia, which has...