Tag Archives: Russia

MOSCOW – According to data compiled by John Hopkins University, a dramatic increase in the number of cases in Russia has seen the nation becoming host to the fifth-highest number of confirmed infections worldwide. Over the past 24 hours, the nation recorded 10,699 new cases, for a total of 187,859 …

MOSCOW – The Russian Council for International Affairs (RIAC) wants Russia, Turkey and Iran to find agreement on replacing the Syrian regime’s president, Bashar Al-Assad, and implementing a truce in return for creating a transitional government that involves the opposition, leaders of the regime and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). …

TEHRAN – Abbas Mousavi, spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, stressed that the Astana mechanism to address the Syrian crisis is a significant and necessary step towards ensuring peace and stability in the region. “Foreign ministers of the Astana mechanism guarantor countries (Iran, Russia and Turkey) emphasized on the significance …

BEIJING – Gauden Galea, representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in China, told Sky News earlier in the day that Beijing had declined to enable the WHO to enter the inquiry into the causes of the COVID-19 outbreak. “The WHO would be keen to work with international partners and …

TEHRAN – BRICS Foreign Ministers (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) have called for the cancelation of US measures that have hampered attempts by some countries to counter the coronavirus pandemic. “These restrictive policies infringe international law, interfere with the battle against the coronavirus pandemic and cause substantial harm …

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov addressed Washington’s new attempt to push Iran more closely. In Tuesday’s phone call, both sides decided that the US deceptive deal for Iran program is ‘unfeasible,’ according to a quote from the Iranian foreign ministry. According …

TRIPOLI – Military Commander Khalifa Haftar has declared himself as the ruler of Libya with a “popular mandate” from the people. The Leader of the Libyan National Army (LNA) announced in a speech on TV on Monday night that the General Command of the Armed Forces had “approved the will …

Following strong U.S. opposition, two of its main European allies, France and Germany, have criticized Iran’s launch of a military satellite into space. In what many see as a violation of a UN Security Council resolution, Iran launched a ballistic missile on April 22, taking what it said was a …

WASHINGTON – American media continue to address the decision to equip submarines with W76-2 tactical nuclear warheads. The National Interest magazine drew attention to the item of US military budget expenditures for 2020, which involves spending $19.6 million on buying W76-2, BulgarianMilitary.com learned Friday. NI experts noted you can only …

MOSCOW – As of April 21, Russia has reported a total of 52,763 cases of the deadly virus, the number of which has increased by approximately 5,000 per day in the past three days, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO). On April 19, Russia reported 6,060 new …