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MOSCOW: A court in Russia has sentenced a former US Marine to 16 years in prison after finding him guilty of spying for the United States. Paul Whelan was handed down the sentence by a court in the Russian capital of Moscow on Monday. Whelan — who holds US, UK, …

Russian Ambassador to UN Vasily Alekseevich Nebenzya on Friday slammed allegations stating Iran has breached the UN resolution in 2015 through the launch of the satellite.The United States’ prolonged attempts to deprive Iran of the benefits of a peaceful space program under false pretences could be regarded as a serious …

Russia flew a batch of advanced MiG-29 fighter jets to Syria, Moscow’s embassy in Damascus said, with Syrian pilots already using the planes to conduct missions within the country’s airspace. President Vladimir Putin last week ordered Russia’s foreign and defence ministries to hold talks with its close ally, Syria, to …

US leader said he would like to add four more nations to the summit, including Russia The Kremlin said Monday it had not received details of a proposal by US President Donald Trump to include Russia in an expanded G7 summit later this year. The US leader on Sunday described …

The Russian space agency Roscosmos has criticized US President Donald Trump’s reaction to NASA’s launch of two astronauts into space, calling it “hysteria”. On Saturday, a rocket from the private US rocket company Space-X thundered away from Earth with two NASA astronauts on a historic first private crewed flight into …

Russian fighter jets have intercepted a pair of US B-1B Lancer strategic bombers over the neutral waters of the Black Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry says. On Friday, Russian Sukhoi Su-27 and Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets were scrambled to intercept two US B-1B Lancer supersonic heavy bombers, which had approached Russia’s …

Damascus:The Russian military is building a new base in the border triangle area that links Turkey, Syria, and Iraq, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Friday.According to the monitor, approximately a dozen Russian armored vehicles arrived in the border town of Al-Malikiyah, escorted by two Russian choppers. …

Damascus: The Russian Air Force carried out a number of airstrikes over central and northern Syria on Thursday, causing significant damage to the Islamic State’s (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) dens and fortifications.According to reports, the Russian Air Force pounded the Islamic State’s positions in the Al-Raqqa and Homs governorates, killing and wounding several …

Damascus: A heavy-laden Russian cargo ship was photographed this week heading to the Syrian port city of Tartous to deliver a large amount of military vehicles to the country’s armed forces. According to maritime observer, Yoruk Isik, the Russian Ministry of Defense owned Oboronlogistika’s heavily-lade Russian flag Ro-Ro Sparta II …

MOSCOW:Western countries continue to politicize human rights issues amid the coronavirus pandemic in order to put pressure on unwanted regimes, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva Gennady Gatilov told an online briefing on Thursday. According to him, the pandemic has highlighted serious …