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Russia invites China into oil business
VANKOR/SUZUN OIL FIELDS, Russia – R ussia’s freezing north has never been the most welcoming place for foreign travellers, and its onshore oil riches have always been state secrets. But when the order comes from the Kremlin to open up, people obey.Last September, President Vladimir Putin, who has been seeking new markets in Asia for...
Ukraine’s SBU security service said a large cache of arms and explosives was also seized.
Ukrainian authorities has said 39 people had been arrested for planning a pro-Russian rebellion in the southern port city of Odessa which has been rocked by mysterious explosions in past months. The announcement came on the eve of President Petro Poroshenko’s visit to the city to mark the 71st anniversary of its liberation by Soviet troops...
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei demands all sanctions end when nuclear deal signed
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday demanded that all sanctions on Iran be lifted at the same time as any final agreement with world powers on curbing Tehran’s nuclear programme is concluded. Khamenei, the Islamic Republic’s most powerful figure and who has the last say on all state matters, was making his first...
Silk Road Economic Belt – a journey without end
Finally, the veil surrounding the Belt and Road — a collective term for the Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road — has been lifted.An 8,300-word document released by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), Chinese foreign affairs ministry (MFA) and the commerce ministry outlined the plans by the Chinese...
Falklands spat heats up between Britain, Argentina
Britain has announced plans to beef up its defenses on the islands because of “continuous intimidation” from Argentina.Russia has ‘more right’ to Crimea than UK to Falklands, says MoscowFamilies say have no information about sailors on missing Taiwan boat …read more Source: Thanh Nien...
Ukraine sets sights on joining NATO
Ukraine, locked in conflict with Russian-backed separatists in its east, on Thursday drew up a new security doctrine denouncing Russia’s “aggression” and setting its sights on joining the US-led NATO military alliance.Oleksander Turchynov, head of the national security council, told a session of the body that Ukraine saw Russian...
Russian premier visits Thailand: More rubles rolling into Prayuth’s regime?
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (left) with Thai Prime Minister and military leader Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha during a state visit in Bangkok on April 8, 2015. Pic: AP. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s visit to Thailand this week was a rare and convenient foreign policy opportunity for the junta, writes Saksith Saiyasombut...
Iran’s Khamenei demands all sanctions end when nuclear deal signed
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday demanded that all sanctions on Iran be lifted at the same time as any final agreement with world powers on curbing Tehran’s nuclear programme is concluded.Khamenei, the Islamic Republic’s most powerful figure and who has the last say on all state matters, was making his first...
Russian premier visits Thailand: More rubles rolling to Prayuth’s regime?
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (left) with Thai Prime Minister and military leader Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha during a state visit in Bangkok on April 8, 2015. (Pic: AP) The visit by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev marks the first state visit by a Russian leader to Thailand in over a decade and also the first one by a non-Asian since...
Berlin to host new ‘Normandy’ talks on Ukraine
German, French, Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers will meet in Berlin Monday for a follow-up on the ceasefire agreed in February to end the Ukraine conflict, announced the German Foreign Ministry on Thursday. …read more Source:...
