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Iran-Russia Alliance: Tactical or strategic?
Russia’s strategic foreign policy goal is to prevent the consolidation of the United States’ global dominance. This strategy became even more apparent in 2014 from the Russian strong response to the ouster of the pro-Russian government in Ukraine and the emergence of a pro-West leadership. Russia was extremely worried about the close...
Saudi Arabia places Hizballah leaders under sanctions for ‘terrorism’
Riyadh has imposed sanctions on Hizballah members and institutions that engage in business with the party or conduct operations at its behest across the Middle East, the Interior Ministry said. Saudi Arabia has slapped sanctions on 12 Hizballah leaders and businesspeople affiliated to the powerful Lebanese militant group. The new list is the...
Russian jet downing: Assad only winner (Opinion)
The incident further complicates French President Francois Hollande’s mission to Washington and Moscow this week, a visit that was supposed to focus on the formation of a grand coalition against ISIS. Instead, Russian President Vladimir Putin has already referred to the downing of the plane as a “stab in the back by the accomplices of...
A Century Ago, Einstein’s Theory of Relativity Changed Everything
Photo Credit Chad Hagen PRINCETON, N.J. — By the fall of 1915, Albert Einstein was a bit grumpy. And why not? Cheered on, to his disgust, by most of his Berlin colleagues, Germany had started a ruinous world war. He had split up with his wife, and she had decamped to Switzerland with his sons. He was living alone. A friend, Janos Plesch, once...
Athletics doping scandal: Russia ruled in breach of Wada code
Russia doping crisis in 60 secondsRussia is one of six countries ruled to be in breach of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s codes. Along with Argentina, Ukraine, Bolivia, Andorra and Israel, it has been deemed “non-compliant” by Wada. Brazil, Belgium, France, Greece, Mexico and Spain have been placed on a ‘watch list’...
Egypt: Why Putin Needs the FBI by Amy Knight | NYR Daily
Alexey Druginyn/Ria Novosti/Kremlin Pool/epa/Corbis Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Sochi, Russia, August 12, 2014 The investigation of the crash of a Russian passenger plane over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on October 31 took an unexpected turn on Friday, when unnamed senior US officials told CBS...
Carter should know the world is not a cowboy movie — RT Op-Edge
John Wight has written for newspapers and websites across the world, including the Independent, Morning Star, Huffington Post, Counterpunch, London Progressive Journal, and Foreign Policy Journal. He is also a regular commentator on RT and BBC Radio. He wrote a memoir of the five years he spent in Hollywood, where he worked in the movie industry...
Pastor Saeed, Globally-Known Iranian Prisoner, Is Accused of Spousal Abuse — Five Ways We Can Respond | The Exchange
Naghmeh Abedini, the wife of Pastor Saeed, the globally-known prisoner of the Iranian regime, has shared with her supporters, and in a statement to Christianity Today, that she is ceasing her advocacy for his release. In addition, she has shared troubling details about Pastor Saeed and their relationship. We don’t know all the details, but...
America wanted to rule the world but lost its way RT — SophieCo
The Ukrainian issue has intensified the tension that existed between the West and Russia: now, another Cold War is possibly lurking on the horizon. Are we to witness another stand-off – or will it be averted? The relations between Russia and the West seem to be stuck at dead-end, so is there hope common ground will emerge between the two?...
Russia to deploy new weapons to counter US missile shield
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia will counter NATO’s U.S.-led missile defense program by deploying new strike weapons capable of piercing the shield, President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday. Putin told defense officials that by developing defenses against ballistic missiles Washington aims to “neutralize” Russia’s strategic nuclear...
