Another win for Russian diplomacy: Taliban accept the invitation to attend talks in Moscow
News Analysis | The confirmation came from the Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov who also expressed high hopes from the summit which will be commenced...
Russia-Turkey alliance surviving Idlib test — for now
AFP | Russia and Turkey are in intense negotiations to ensure the rebel-held province of Idlib does not become a breaking point in their alliance...
Fifty years ago, Soviet tanks crush the Prague Spring
AFP | In August 1968 Soviet tanks rolled into communist Czechoslovakia to crush a burgeoning democratic reform movement known as the Prague Spring. Here is...
Russia to train Pakistani military officers after the U.S. cuts the funds
News Analysis | A few days back, it was reported that U.S military institutions are finding it hard to keep the reserved 66 slots for...
Caspian Sea nations sign landmark deal
AFP | The leaders of the five states bordering the resource-rich Caspian Sea signed a landmark deal Sunday on the legal status of the inland...
Peaceful neighborhood imperative for prosperity
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | Pakistan has unsettled borders with India and Afghanistan. Its relations with India are warlike and with Afghanistan full of mistrust....
Russia, China block US bid to slap North Korea sanctions
AFP | Russia and China on Thursday blocked a US request to add a Russian bank to a UN sanctions blacklist along with a North...
Soviet army nearly ‘battled’ US filmmakers in Prague Spring
AFP | Propaganda-fuelled Soviet soldiers were ready to take on American and German armies during the 1968 invasion of former Czechoslovakia -- before they realized...
10 years after war, Georgia condemns Russia’s ongoing ‘occupation’
AFP | Georgia on Tuesday condemned Russia's continued "occupation" of its territory, a decade after the two countries went to war over the Kremlin-backed separatist regions...
Putin Invites Trump to Moscow as White House postponed the summit plans due to internal pressure
News Analysis | Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited US president Donald Trump to visit Moscow for the one-to-one summit after Trump administration decided to...
Putin says ‘ready to go to Washington’, invites Trump to Moscow
AFP | Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he had invited US leader Donald Trump to visit Moscow and was ready to travel to...
Russia detains 6 prison guards over torture video
AFP | Russian investigators said Monday they had detained six prison guards over a video showing officers brutally beating an inmate which was leaked to...