Russia’s Actions In Ukraine ‘obstacle’ To Improved Relations
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in a phone conversation Sunday with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Moscow's actions in ...
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Egypt’s Sisi Visits Saudi Arabia As Tensions Ease
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received a royal welcome from King Salman as he landed Sunday in Saudi Arabia for ...
Russia Tried To Use Trump Advisers To Infiltrate Campaign
Russia tried to use Trump advisers to infiltrate campaign The FBI gathered intelligence last summer that suggests Russian operatives tried ...
Russian FM Presses US’s Tillerson Over Syria Probe
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov voiced "regret" in a phone call with his US counterpart at Washington's opposition to a ...
Philippines’ Duterte Tours Russian Warship
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte toured a visiting Russian warship on Friday for the second time in barely four months as ...
‘Assad Blames Ex Al-Qaeda Affiliate For Bombing Evacuees’
Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad on Friday blamed the country's former Al-Qaeda affiliate for a deadly bombing against buses carrying evacuees ...
Russia Supreme Court Bans Jehovah’s Witnesses
Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday issued a ruling banning Jehovah’s Witnesses after the justice ministry called on it to dissolve ...
UN, Russia Set For Syria Meet Without US
The UN's Syria envoy said Thursday that he will hold talks with Russian officials next week but without the US ...
Chemical Arms Watchdog To Vote On Moscow Bid For New Syria Probe
The governing body of the global chemical arms watchdog will Thursday vote on a controversial Russian-Iranian move to set up ...
France Says Will ‘prove’ Damascus Behind Syria ‘chemical Attack’
France will produce proof "in a few days" that the regime of Bashar al-Assad launched a chemical strike on a ...
UN’s Top Court To Rule In Ukraine Vs Russia Case
The UN's top court will Wednesday rule on a bid by Kiev to halt Russia's alleged funnelling of money, arms, ...
Syria’s Assad Is An ‘arch-Terrorist’
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is an "arch-terrorist" and it is time Russia realised he is "literally and metaphorically toxic", British ...
China Seeks Russia’s Help To ‘cool’ N. Korea Situation
China is seeking Russia's help to cool surging tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions, the country's foreign minister has told his ...
Russia Urges ‘restraint’ Over N. Korea Tensions
Russia on Friday called for "restraint" over the situation in North Korea, warning against any "provocative steps" after Washington said ...
Pentagon Chief To Travel Next Week To Middle East, Africa
US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis is heading to the Middle East and Africa next week for a series of ...
Chain of Events After Suspected Syria Chemical Attack
A suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town in Syria's Idlib province on April 4 killed dozens of people. Western ...
Trump Says ‘things Will Work Out Fine’ With Russia
US President Donald Trump expressed confidence Thursday that US-Russian relations will "work out fine" after icy bilateral talks in Moscow, ...
Assad Brands Chemical Weapon Claims ‘100 Fabrication’
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, who faces international calls to be tried as a war criminal, has branded claims his regime ...
Van Niekerk To Have Shot At 200/400 World Double
South Africa's Wayde van Niekerk will have the chance to emulate Michael Johnson's feat of winning the 200 and 400 ...
US and Russia Still Far Apart As Syria Haunts Talks
Russia's President Vladimir Putin hosted US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at the Kremlin on Wednesday but the rival powers ...