Russia and Iran: together against “extra-regional forces”
Russia and Iran signed an agreement on military cooperation. The document was signed by Defense Ministers Sergei Shoigu and Hossein Dehkan. At a press conference after the talks, Shoigu said that he would include military cooperation: a more intensive exchange of delegations, staff negotiations, direction ...
US delegation warns Palestinians to stop aid
Palestinians could lose their annual US aid if they file a lawsuit against Israel in the International Criminal Court (ICC). This was stated by Republican Lindsay Graham - one of seven US senators who are touring Israel, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. According to Graham, acting ...
The Islamic State has threatened to kill two Japanese citizens if it does not receive a ransom of $ 200 million
The Islamic State released a new video in which it threatened to kill two hostages from Japan if they were not paid $ 200 million within 72 hours. This is the amount that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promised to allocate to countries fighting against ISIS as non-military ...
In eastern Ukraine, fighting flare up
Dozens of people were killed or injured in the ongoing heavy fighting in the Donetsk airport area. At the same time, hostilities intensified along the entire line of separation between the Ukrainian government and the separatists. The parties blame each other for crimes against civilians. Reported about ...
The European Union decided not to lift the sanctions against Russia
The EU foreign ministers decided to continue their policy towards Russia and, in particular, to maintain the sanctions imposed in response to the annexation of Crimea and support for separatists in Donbass. EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said that the situation on ...
The United States continues the process of normalizing relations with Cuba
According to a senior State Department official, the United States is ready to “accelerate the process of mending relations” with Cuba, focusing on a number of areas in which cooperation is in the interests of both countries. On Monday 19 January, speaking at a briefing ahead of the historic Havana talks that ...
Canadian special forces in Iraq have fought with the militants "IG"
Fighting in Iraq, Canadian special forces entered the battle with the militants of the "Islamic State". According to the commander of the Canadian contingent, the Canadians were fired upon for the first time and returned fire. As the commander of the special forces, Brigadier General Michael said on Monday, January 19 ...
Brightman promised to sing aboard the ISS, accompanied by an earthling orchestra
British singer and future space tourist Sarah Brightman is going to sing on board the International Space Station (ISS) to the accompaniment of an orchestra from Earth, reports TASS with reference to the press service of Roscosmos. On January 19, Brightman and her understudy Satoshi Takamatsu at the Cosmonaut Training Center ...
Empire Analysts: How “experts” pushed Putin to commit aggression against Ukraine
The failure of Russian “experts” in their assessments of Ukraine and the entire post-Soviet space was one of the reasons for the aggressive adventure of Russia’s top leadership in 2014. Probably, if you don’t prepare revolutions in neighboring countries yourself, they always happen unexpectedly. In conversations that Ukrainian events...
In the capital of Yemen, there are fights between Shiite rebels and government forces
In Sana'a, fighting broke out between Houthi insurgent formations and government forces. The battle is taking place near the palace of the country's President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi. According to eyewitnesses, on Wednesday 19 January explosions and gunfire were heard in Sana'a. Civilians…