‘Free speech only for Americans!’ US senators threaten Twitter with sanctions unless it censors Iranian leadership US senators have demanded that Twitter ban the accounts of two top Iranian officials, or face the wrath of US sanctions, in a thinly veiled threat to naïve free speech-believers who might fall out of favor with Washington next. 08.02.2020
Russian Foreign Ministry Says Estonia's Special Agencies Pressure Politicians, Journalists The Estonian special services pressure politicians, public figures and journalists whose opinions differ from those of the country's authorities, or are deemed to be disloyal, according to a human rights report by the Russian Foreign Ministry, published on Friday. 07.02.2020
Death Toll From Coronavirus in Mainland China Reaches 636, Over 31,100 Infected - Authorities An outbreak of pneumonia, caused by a newly discovered strain of coronavirus, was originally registered in the Chinese city of Wuhan in Hubei province, and later spread to other regions of the country and also beyond China. 06.02.2020
Russian Military Police Patrol Syria's Hasakah, Aleppo, Raqqah Provinces Russian military police are continuing to patrol the Syria-Turkey border in the north Syrian provinces of Hasakah, Aleppo and Raqqah, Major General Yuri Borenkov, the head of the Russian Defence Ministry's Reconciliation Centre in Syria, said on Wednesday. 05.02.2020
Second Russian Military Aircraft Leaves Wuhan With 64 People on Board A Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft has left China's Wuhan for Russia with 64 people on board, the Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday. 04.02.2020
Russia Temporarily Restricts Entry of Foreigners From China From 4 February The move was made due to concerns about the novel coronavirus outbreak, which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan earlier in December and has since spread to more than 24 countries. 03.02.2020
Kremlin Reveals How Russia Handles Extraordinary Meetings on Highest Level The Israeli prime minister's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin - devoted to the case of Naama Issachar, an Israeli citizen sentenced to 7. 02.02.2020
Iraqi Prime Minister Vows to Protect Nation From Foreign Meddling Within the past several months, US military bases in Iraq have been targeted with rocket attacks. 01.02.2020
Brexit Day: UK Finally Leaves the European Union UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed in a pre-recorded video address that the British government would use all the authority it has to make the United Kingdom a more equal and dynamic place after Brexit. 31.01.2020
Air Traffic Between China and Italy Blocked as First Two Coronavirus Cases Confirmed - Conte Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has confirmed the first two cases of a new coronavirus in his country. 30.01.2020
Turkish Foreign Ministry Accuses France of Destabilizing Situation in Libya The Turkish Foreign Ministry said that France was responsible for the destabilization of the situation in Libya, following French President Emmanuel Macron’s critical remarks about the Turkish policy on the conflict-torn Arab nation. 29.01.2020
Germany Reports 3 More Cases of Chinese Coronavirus - Officials The first German case was confirmed late on Monday in the state of Bavaria, with a patient reportedly infected by a Chinese woman. 28.01.2020
‘People want to know the truth’: Red Army veteran speaks out on liberation of Auschwitz & distortions of history Soviet veteran Ivan Martynushkin remembers the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. 27.01.2020
China's Health Commission Says New Coronavirus Spread Appears to Be Accelerating The new coronavirus differs from the previous types, while its spread is apparently accelerating, China's National Health Commission director said on Sunday. 26.01.2020
Quick Glance at What We Know So Far About Trump's 'Deal of the Century' as It's About to Be Revealed The long awaited publication of Trump's peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict might not be met with global praise, since many countries and even Palestinian National Authority (PNA), one of the key parties to the conflict, have cast doubt on how balanced and non-biased the deal will be. 25.01.2020
China coronavirus infections soar to 830 with 26 deaths as WHO says it’s too early to declare global emergency The World Health Organization (WHO) held off designating a new fast-spreading coronavirus as an international health threat, but did deem it a crisis within China, where the pathogen has infected some 830 people and killed 26. 24.01.2020
Israel's ex-Ambassador to Russia: Common Interests Not Enough to Replace Washington as Main Ally Out of more than 45 leaders who will attend the 5th Holocaust Forum, scheduled for Thursday in Jerusalem, the Israeli press has been focusing one in particular - Russia's President Vladimir Putin. 23.01.2020
Defense, Foreign and Finance ministers retain their positions in new Russian government President Vladimir Putin has approved a new Russian government after the surprise resignation of the previous cabinet last week. 22.01.2020
Former Interpol Chief Meng Hongwei Handed 13.5 Year Jail Sentence - Court Meng was forced to abandon his position as Interpol's president in 2018 after being arrested on charges of corruption and the misuse of authority for personal gain during his time as Chinese vice minister of public security. 21.01.2020
‘Detailed proposals for Libyans to take up’: Roadmap for settling every field of Libya war agreed in Berlin, Lavrov says A set of measures to overcome the ongoing Libyan crisis has been agreed in a wide-ranging document at the Berlin talks, the acting Russian FM said – and it is up to the Libyans themselves to take up the peace process baton. 20.01.2020
