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...
U.S pulls out of nuclear treaty with Russia
News Analysis | The United States of America has announced that it is walking off the nuclear treaty it signed with, then, the Soviet Union...
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...
Putin praises ‘unbroken’ Leningrad on anniversary of wartime siege
AFP | Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday praised Saint Petersburg's "unbroken" spirit as Russia marked the 75th anniversary of the end of the World...
China, Russia side with Maduro as US backs Venezuela challenger
AFP | The United States, Britain, and major South American nations recognized opposition chief Juan Guaido as Venezuela's interim leader Thursday but China and Russia...