The backstory to Russia’s S-300 missile sale to Iran, defying bans
At the most critical juncture of the difficult 6-party talk with Iran on ending Tehran’s nuclear program, the Kremlin announced it was lifting the ban on exporting to Iran (more…)
India, France finally come to terms on Dassault Rafale jet fighter deal
The epic energy deal worth more than $400 billion that Russia and China signed last year may have encountered difficulties as leaders of both countries are unsure about how (more…)
Russia: Only 25 countries to join WWII victory gala on Red Square
The U.S.-led boycott threatens to rain on Vladimir Putin’s military parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)
Fiji, seen by China as South Pacific beachhead, lashes out at West
Fiji is demanding the expulsion of Australia and New Zealand from the Pacific Islands Forum, an inter-government organization of the 14 South Pacific countries and islands. SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)
China aggressively courts Thailand for breakthrough submarine deal
China is so eager to lure Thailand into buying Chinese submarines it has agreed to provide financing for the $1 billion project. SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)
Putin tell spooks Russia arrested nearly 300 Western spies in 2014
On the even of the 15th anniversary of his rise to the Russian presidency, Vladimir Putin presided over a national security and intelligence conference in Moscow on March 26 (more…)
China and Turkey locked in dispute over repatriation of Uighurs
The 17 Uighurs in the custody of Thai authorities have become a focus of a diplomatic dispute between China and Turkey as both want the Uighurs returned to their (more…)
Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia drop Nile dam hostility, sign agreement
A historic deal has been reached among the leaders of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over a highly contentious hydro-electric dam on the Nile River planned by the Ethiopian government, (more…)
Moscow essentially annexes South Ossetia year after taking Crimea
Seven years after Russia instigated and conducted a separatist war that was ostensibly for the independence of South Ossetia, Moscow has just virtually annexed the former Georgia territory. SUBSCRIBE (more…)