(160205) — WASHINGTON D.C., Feb. 5, 2016 (Xinhua) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry ( (Xinhua/Bao Dandan) Moscow, Feb 21 (IANS) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday…
Washington, Feb 15 (IANS) US President Barack Obama on Sunday urged Russia to play a constructive role in Syria by halting its air campaign against so-called Syria’s moderate opposition forces. Obama made the call in…
Moscow, Feb 14 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Barack Obama on Sunday discussed the Syrian crisis over the phone, the Kremlin said. During the “frank and business-like” conversation, Putin and Obama…
Munich, Feb 13 (IANS) Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday warned the world has slid into a “new Cold War”, criticising the West’s “unfriendly” policy against his country. “Almost every day we are called…
File picture of the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant which was synchronised with the southern power grid marking a major milestone in power generation of the ambitious Indo-Russian nuclear collaboration at Tirunelveli…
Brussels/Istanbul, Jan 31 (IANS) NATO has called on Russia to act responsibly after Turkey summoned the Russian ambassador to protest what it claimed a violation of its airspace by a warplane. “A Russian combat aircraft…
Moscow, Jan 29 (IANS) Russia expects the top leadership of the US to provide an explanation of “unacceptable” statements by its officials accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of corruption, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on…
Moscow, Jan 27 (IANS) Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Tuesday termed as “groundless” recent accusations by a US official that Russian President Vladimir Putin was corrupt. Earlier British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) published an article and…
London, Jan 26 (AFP) A senior US Treasury official has directly accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of corruption. The US government imposed sanctions against a number of Kremlin insiders in 2014 after Russia’s annexation of…
London, Jan 21 (IANS) The murder of ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in 2006 in Britain was “probably” approved by President Vladimir Putin, an inquiry has found. Putin is likely to have signed off the poisoning…
Islamabad, Jan 2 (IANS) Pakistan Army Chief General Raheel Sharif said the country would get rid of terrorism in 2016. The new year will be the year when terrorism will end in Pakistan, Dawn online…
Tripoli, Jan 1 (IANS/AKI) Muammar Gaddafi tried to engineer a ‘political’ marriage between his second son and planned heir and one of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s daughters, a former advisor to the late Libyan dictator…
Vienna, Dec 29 (AP) A landmark nuclear deal with Tehran moved closer to implementation with US Secretary of State John Kerry announcing that tons of enriched uranium that could potentially be turned to use in…
London, Dec 28 (IANS) A top Afghan militant commander has claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin held an unpublicized meeting with Mansour, the current Taliban chief, to discuss possible Russian support against the IS insurgents…
Moscow, Dec 28 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to abolish the Federal Space Agency, the Kremlin’s website said. A state-run space corporation will be created instead, Tass news agency cited the…
Moscow: Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi with the President of Russian Federation, Mr. Vladimir Putin in a private tete-a-tete at Moscow airport, in Russia on Dec 23, 2015. (Photo: IANS/PIB) Moscow, Dec 24…
Moscow: Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi with the President of Russian Federation, Mr Vladimir Putin in a private tete-a-tete at Moscow airport, in Russia on Dec 23, 2015. (Photo: IANS/PIB) Moscow, Dec 24 (IANS)…
Moscow, Dec 24 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin presented visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi a page from the diary of Mahatma Gandhi and an 18th-century Indian sword, an official statement said on Thursday. Putin…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) As Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the Russian capital for summit-level talks on Wednesday, a $600 million deal with Moscow for the purchase of Kamov helicopters is on…
Moscow, Dec 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday arrived in Moscow on a two-day visit during which he will attend the 16th India-Russia annual summit. After alighting from the aircraft, he was welcomed…