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      Ukraine government closes its airspace to Russia
      Nov25

      Ukraine government closes its airspace to Russia

      Ukraine banned all Russian airlines from flying into Ukraine. (Source: Reuters) Ukraine’s prime minister says his government has decided to close the country’s airspace to all Russian planes. Ukraine last month banned all Russian airlines from flying into Ukraine but Russian planes have been allowed to fly over its territory. The...

      US President Obama says Vladimir Putin a ‘constructive partner’ in Syria talks
      Nov18

      US President Obama says Vladimir Putin a ‘constructive partner’ in Syria talks

      US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin. US President Barack Obama on Wednesday praised Russia’s role in talks to end the Syria crisis and offered the prospect of better ties if Moscow focused military strikes on the Islamic State group. Obama said Russia had been a “constructive partner in Vienna in trying to create...

      Russian ex-cop sentenced to prison for ‘spying for CIA’
      Nov12

      Russian ex-cop sentenced to prison for ‘spying for CIA’

      Russia has sentenced a former policeman to 13 years in prison on high treason charges, accusing him of spying for the CIA, the security service said on Thursday. The Moscow District Court today convicted a former employee of the interior ministry’s Moscow region branch, Yevgeny Chistov, of high treason and sentenced him to 13 years in a...

      Russia to deploy new weapons to counter US missile shield
      Nov10

      Russia to deploy new weapons to counter US missile shield

      Putin argued Tuesday that the US has kept working on the missile shield despite Iran’s deal with six world powers. (Source: AP photo) 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...

      Kremlin: Russian ban on flights to Egypt will last months
      Nov10

      Kremlin: Russian ban on flights to Egypt will last months

      Russian President Vladimir Putin. Moscow’s ban on all flights to Egypt in the wake of a Russian plane crash will last for at least several months, the Kremlin chief of staff said Tuesday, dealing a severe blow to Egypt’s struggling tourism industry. President Vladimir Putin’s chief of staff, Sergei Ivanov, said on a visit to...

      Nations across Asia-Pacific watching China’s maritime actions: Ashton Carter
      Nov08

      Nations across Asia-Pacific watching China’s maritime actions: Ashton Carter

      US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter who led a delegation to India raised the issue during his recent visit. Stating that nations across the Asia-Pacific are watching China’s actions in areas like the maritime domain and cyberspace, Defence Secretary Ashton Carter has said that the US is working with its allies to ensure the peace and...

      Afghanistan to buy military helicopters from India, move likely to anger Pakistan
      Nov06

      Afghanistan to buy military helicopters from India, move likely to anger Pakistan

      Afghan president Ashraf Ghani Afghanistan is poised to acquire four attack helicopters from India to help it fight a growing Taliban insurgency, a small but significant deal marking a shift in Kabul’s search for allies that is likely to anger Pakistan. Soon after he took over, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani held off military assistance from...

      NATO chief sounds alarm over Russian buildup in Baltic, Mediterranean
      Nov05

      NATO chief sounds alarm over Russian buildup in Baltic, Mediterranean

      British Royal Marines and Portuguese fuzileiros, exit amphibious boats during the NATO Trident Juncture exercise 2015 in Troia, south of Lisbon, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015. NATO Allies and partner nations join forces during three weeks for the Alliance’s Trident Juncture live military exercise involving 36,000 troops from more than 30 nations...

      Egypt: Official says doomed Russian plane was in good shape
      Nov01

      Egypt: Official says doomed Russian plane was in good shape

      In this photo released by the Prime Minister’s office, Sherif Ismail, right, looks at the remains of a crashed passenger jet in Hassana, Egypt. (Source: AP photo) An Egyptian ground service official who carried out a pre-flight inspection of the Russian passenger plane that crashed in the Sinai Peninsula said Sunday that the Airbus A321-200...

      Officials search for cause of Russian plane crash over Egypt’s Sinai
      Nov01

      Officials search for cause of Russian plane crash over Egypt’s Sinai

      A relative of those on the Metrojet flight that crashed in Egypt react as they gather to grieve at a hotel near St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo airport outside St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. (Source: AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) A Russian passenger airliner crashed Saturday in a remote mountainous part of Egypt’s Sinai...