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
Putin thanks Trump for information that helped prevent acts of terrorism in Russia in phone call Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have talked on the phone, with the Russian president thanking his US counterpart for sharing intelligence that allowed terrorist attacks to be prevented in Russia, the Kremlin said. 30.12.2019
Ukraine's Ombudswoman Confirms Start of Prisoner Exchange Between Kiev, Donbass Ukraine's ombudswoman, Lyudmyla Denisova, has confirmed that a prisoner exchange between Kiev and the self-proclaimed people's republics of Lugansk (LPR) and Donetsk (DPR) started on Sunday in the Donbass region. 29.12.2019
Syrian Forces Repel Terrorist Attacks In Idlib, Up to 30 Militants Killed, Russian Military Says According to the Russian Reconciliation Center, terrorists attacked Syrian Forces' positions twice in Idlib, with each time involving up to 50 militants. 28.12.2019
12 People Killed in Plane Crash Near Almaty - Kazakh Interior Ministry The Bek Air airline's Fokker 100 plane, heading from Almaty to the Kazakh capital of Nur-Sultan with almost 100 people on board, crashed earlier in the day soon after take-off. 27.12.2019
UN Secretary General ‘turns blind eye’ to US visa delays for Russian diplomats – Moscow Washington delays issuing visas to Russian officials in a blatant attempt to force them out of their UN positions, the Russian Foreign Ministry said, adding that the UN Secretary General simply shuts his eyes to this problem. 26.12.2019
Shocking Christmas Revelation: Scientists Claim Jesus Was Born in a Different Bethlehem Christmas has widely been believed as the time for miracles, so intriguing revelations can hardly come as a surprise. 25.12.2019
What happens when US ‘religious freedom’ watchdog goes to India in search of ‘monsters to destroy’ A busybody US committee for ‘international religious freedom’ has butted into India’s turmoil over new citizenship rules, exposing Washington’s hypocrisy and threatening to derail US attempts to cultivate New Delhi as an ally. 24.12.2019
Nord Stream 2 will be operational in 2nd half of 2020 despite US sanctions setting project timing back – top German official US sanctions will have an impact on building the Russo-German Nord Stream 2 pipeline, but the flagship project will nevertheless be completed next year, according to a top-tier government official in Berlin. 23.12.2019
Oh, really? US envoy to Germany says Nord Stream 2 sanctions ‘EXTREMELY PRO-EUROPEAN’ despite Berlin & EU criticism US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell says the new sanctions aimed at derailing the construction of the German-Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline are beneficial to Europe, while chiding Berlin for not being “pro-Europe” enough. 22.12.2019
Trump Impeachment: Whoever Proves to Be Less Political Wins the 2020 Election, Analyst Says Donald Trump’s impeachment process is stretching into the final year of his presidential term, overlapping with his re-election campaign. 21.12.2019
Trump Accepts Pelosi's Invitation to Deliver State of Union Address on 4 February US President Donald Trump has accepted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's invitation to deliver his State of the Union address before Congress on 4 February, the White House said in a statement on Friday. 20.12.2019