Forgiven? Queen Shows Prince Public Support for First Time Since Scandalous BBC Interview on Epstein The Queen’s son Prince Andrew came under increased scrutiny over the past year due to his role in a scandal involving convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. 19.01.2020
‘Rigging election again’: Trump says impeachment all a ploy to... shaft Bernie Sanders The impeachment trial against Donald Trump is not just a “witch hunt,” but a ploy to “rig” the Democratic nomination against Bernie Sanders and in favor of Joe Biden, the US president has claimed. 18.01.2020
75 years later: Newly-released wartime docs debunk myths about WWII’s liberation of Warsaw Warsaw was liberated by Soviet forces 75 years ago today — and Polish officials have cloaked the pivotal event in myths ever since. 17.01.2020
Russian political earthquake: Putin sets out plan for Kremlin departure & Medvedev resigns They say life comes at you fast. 16.01.2020
Russia will further turn away from dollar as US pursues ‘aggressive’ sanctions policy – Lavrov While Washington is “abusing” the status of the dollar as the world reserve currency, Moscow will continue to reduce its dependence on the greenback in favor of national currencies, the Russian foreign minister says. 15.01.2020
Moscow talks offer chance for peace in Libya’s post NATO-intervention bloody civil war Peace talks in Moscow bringing together the leaders of Libya’s warring parties were a serious step forward in attempts to put an end to a brutal civil war sparked by NATO’s disastrous 2011 military intervention. 14.01.2020
Trump Reiterates US Faced ‘Imminent Threat’ of Attack by Soleimani Amid Conflicting Claims on Intel US officials have struggled to present a cohesive narrative on the threat allegedly posed by Qasem Soleimani to US interests in the Middle East, vacillating on whether the senior Iranian general posed an "imminent" threat or not. 13.01.2020
Abkhazia's Vice President Says President Khajimba Signed Resignation Letter Abkhazian President Raul Khajimba signed a resignation letter, Vice President Aslan Bartsits said on Sunday amid unrest in the breakaway republic. 12.01.2020
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Were Made Aware They're Not 'Really a Part' of Royals, Friend Claims According to a Daily Mail poll, the Sussexes were wrong when they decided not to inform the Queen in advance of their decision to leave the Royal Family. 11.01.2020
Iran says it may need help from French or Canadian experts to decode data from ‘damaged’ black boxes The head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Authority has said his country might need outside help to decode the information recorded by the black boxes from the Ukrainian 737 plane that crashed on Wednesday near Tehran. 10.01.2020
Queen Is ‘Deeply Upset’ After Harry and Meghan Stand Down as Senior Royals - Reports A senior source within the Buckingham Palace said that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle dropped a bombshell with their announcement that they have decided to “step back” from their roles as members of the British royal family. 09.01.2020
Israeli Experts: Iran's Strikes Predictable, Main Goal to Force Americans Out of Iraq Iran has promised to avenge the death of Qasem Soleimani, the top commander of the Quds Force and one of Iran's most prominent military leaders, who was killed in a US strike on 3 January in Iraq. 08.01.2020
Iranian Parliament Votes to Designate US Armed Forces and Pentagon as ‘Terrorist Entities’ Iran last year designated the Central Command as a terrorist organisation and the American government as a sponsor of terror, mirroring the US blacklisting of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. 07.01.2020
Netanyahu Says Israel to Continue Withstanding 'Iran’s Aggression' in Syria Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel would continue to confront Iran’s military activities in Syria. 06.01.2020
At Least 3 Shells Hit Baghdad's Green Zone, Adjacent Area of US Embassy in Iraq The shelling comes hours after Iraq’s parliament voiced its support to order the withdrawal of US-led coalition troops from the country and end all foreign military presence in Iraq, including in the nation's airspace and surrounding territorial waters. 05.01.2020
War With Iran Will Be Like Invading 'Germany In World War 2', Claims Royal Navy Admiral Tensions between the US and Iran are beginning to put the world on edge with the collapse of relations since the election of Donald Trump in 2016 culminating in the assassination of top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani. 04.01.2020
Erdogan's 'Dream' Canal Project Gets Ecological Green Light as Opposition Vows to Oppose It The megaproject, heavily promoted by the Turkish president, was first announced back in 2011 with its construction commencing in 2013. 03.01.2020
Israel and Iran Have Been Waging a Secret War – German Media In 2019, a "war of words" in the Middle East came close to a "war of weapons" over attacks on Saudi and Iranian vessels, drone assaults on Saudi state oil company facilities – for which Yemen's Houthi movement claimed responsibility, and the downing of a US surveillance drone. 02.01.2020
How Boris Yeltsin, Russia’s first president, resigned Twenty years ago, Russians saw a New Year’s address from the country's first president, Boris Yeltsin, in which he announced his resignation and publicly asked for forgiveness. 01.01.2020
US Media Reveals Putin's ‘Most Remarkable’ Achievement in 20 Years During the 19 December end-of-the-year press conference, President Vladimir Putin specifically underscored Moscow’s assertiveness in the face of the West’s ongoing sanctions pressure against Russia, saying that the country’s “economy has adapted to foreign shocks”. 31.12.2019
