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MOSCOW: Russia said on Friday it would stage massive military drills in the Caucasus later this month with troops from several countries, including Pakistan, China and Iran, invited to participate. More than 12,000 troops will take part in the “Caucasus-2020” war games, which will take place in southern Russia from …

MOSCOW: Russia has intercepted a US spy plane over the Black Sea, the third such incident in less than a week, the Russian Defense Ministry says. The ministry said it had sent a Su-27 fighter jet on Monday to intercept the US spy plane that was scanning Russia’s southern borders, …

TEHRAN: Some 40 new ships will be put into service with the Russian Navy in 2020, with the focus made on equipping it with unique hypersonic strike systems, Russian President Vladimir Putin told the Main Navy Parade in St. Petersburg on Sunday. “This year, forty ships and vessels of various …

MOSCOW: Azerbaijanis and Armenians have engaged in a series of fights and violent rampages in Moscow, venting their anger over recent cross-border clashes between the two ex-Soviet nations. Moscow police said on Saturday they have detained over 30 people on charges of involvement in fights and disturbances. In St. Petersburg, …

Russian armored vehicles managed to besiege an American military patrol in the Al-Hasakah countryside of northeastern Syria after a hot pursuit, while a Russian officer addressed the U.S. military regarding the legitimacy of the presence of both forces on Syrian soil. The video shows how Russian armored vehicles surrounding the …

China and Russia have joined Iran to express strong opposition to the “US unilateralism” in international affairs amid a widening rift between Washington and Beijing over a litany of political and economic issues. In a phone conversation on Friday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov …

TEHRAN: The United Nations has no information about the alleged hack attack by a Russia-linked cyber group targeting information concerning the development of a potential COVID-19 vaccine in the West, UN Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a press briefing on Thursday. Earlier in the day, the United Kingdom’s National Cyber …

At least three Russian troops have been injured in a drone attack in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah. The Lebanon-based al-Nour radio station reported that the unidentified unmanned aerial vehicle launched the attack against a Russian military observation post on the road linking the town of al-Darbasiyah to the provincial …

TEHRAN: In a telephone conversation on Thursday, Iranian President Rouhani and his Russian counterpart Putin underlined the significance of standing against the US unilateralism and development of mutual relations. The two sides conferred on the need for further cooperation among Tehran, Moscow, and Ankara within the Astana summit’s framework to resolve …

TEHRAN: Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations criticized Washington’s attempts to extend an arms ban against Tehran while itself continues to sell weapons to the region. “The #US attempts to make arms #embargo against #Iran indefinite and comprehensive look extremely questionable in the light of US enormous arms supplies …