Turkey sent reinforcements to the last rebel-held enclave in northwestern Syria as Russia stepped up air strikes there on Sunday, several sources said, three days before leaders Vladimir Putin and Tayyip Erdogan are due to meet for talks. Residents as Read more…
With the terrorist-fighting government of Mali in talks with a private Russian military firm, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told Russia’s FM Sergey Lavrov to bluntly stay out of Africa, allegedly calling it “our place.” The modern EU bureaucracy Read more…
President Muhammadu Buhari has departed New York, having addressed the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 24. President Buhari, who had earlier participated at the opening session of the 76th UNGA, left for the JFK International Airport, New York, Read more…
Lawsuits in London and New York have shed light on how fees that trading firms paid agents to win oil contracts from Nigeria’s state energy company may have raised funds for the country’s past two elections. An ex-BP Plc oil Read more…
The office of the French president says UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has expressed a desire to “re-establish cooperation” amid tension between the states following the recent revelation of the AUKUS submarine deal. In a statement released by Emmanuel Macron’s Read more…
The Federal Government has began efforts to recover £200 million stashed in the United States, in its continued efforts to recover the country’s stolen assets. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami made the disclosure while Read more…
The US is now locked into a new cycle of showdowns and suspicion with both Moscow and Beijing, while Brussels already risks being drawn into the rift, a majority of EU citizens believe, according to a major new research report. Read more…
The top U.S. military officer met with his Russian counterpart on Wednesday as the United States works to implement the next steps in efforts to combat terrorism. Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Russian General Staff Gen. Valery Read more…
Russia has categorically rejected a ruling from the European Court of Human Rights which concluded the country’s intelligence agents were behind the fatal poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, a former spy who defected to the UK. Speaking to journalists after the Read more…
Tim O’Donnell, Contributing WriterMon, September 20, 2021, 6:11 PM For a long time, analysts chalked Chinese President Xi Jinping’s homages to Mao Zedong to “political stagecraft,” but a Wall Street Journal examination of Xi’s recent writings and speeches suggests they should be taking Read more…
The votes are in and the results are out. Russians have cast their votes in parliamentary elections and, with almost all of the votes counted, there is little doubt that the governing party will be returned with a supermajority. Half Read more…
A violent protest against mandatory Covid-19 vaccination erupted outside of a Melbourne trade union office on Monday, after it was announced that construction workers would have to be vaccinated to continue doing their jobs. Protesters wearing high-vis construction clothing smashed Read more…