St. Basil Cathedral is in Moscow’s Red Square. File photo by Maxim Zmeyev/Reuters Not since the end of the Cold War has Russia dominated U.S. headlines to the degree we’ve seen during this election. According to U.S. intelligence services, Russian President Vladimir Putin is waging […]
MOSCOU — Russia plans to improve and expand its naval and air bases in Syria, Interfax news agency reported on Sunday, citing an unnamed source, as Moscow cements its presence in the Middle Eastern country, its only overseas military deployment. The source told Interfax that […]
BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S.-backed Iraqi government troops on Sunday fully liberated the sprawling complex of Mosul University, an Iraqi military spokesman said, a major step in the massive operation to retake the Islamic State group-held city of Mosul. The spokesman for the Joint Military Command, […]
À quelques jours de l’entrée du président américain élu Donald Trump à la Maison-Blanche, les relations entre l’administration sortante et la Russie semblent se détériorer. Selon une source diplomatique étrangère à Beyrouth, c’est un peu comme si l’administration Obama souhaitait multiplier les problèmes avec les […]
At Tuesday’s funeral in Tehran of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a key figure in the 1979 Islamic Revolution who later pushed for reconciliation with the West, reformist mourners not only chanted for the release of hunger-striking rights activists held in Iranian jails but also called for […]
VIENNA — Iran decided not to escalate a stand-off over the extension of U.S. sanctions at a meeting of diplomats overseeing the nuclear deal it reached with world powers in 2015, senior Russian and Iranian diplomats said after the session Tuesday. Tehran threatened last month to […]
Le journal libanais al-Akhbar a rendu compte d’un conflit latent entre Ankara et Washington sur la question du recyclage des « jihadistes de Daesh ». Ce conflit s’est révélé au grand jour par la mort d’un chef de milice, qui est passé incognito. Une mort […]
Under the U.S. Constitution, the Senate has sole authority to confirm a president’s nominee to serve in the Cabinet. And while President-elect Donald Trump can’t officially nominate anyone until he becomes president on Jan. 20, the Senate is getting an early start this week on […]
Iraqi forces pushed Islamic State fighters back further in Mosul on Tuesday in a renewed effort to seize the northern city and deal a decisive blow to the militant group, though progress was slow in some districts, the army said. Iraqi forces and their allies […]
Top U.S. intelligence officials have briefed leaders in Washington about an explosive — but unverified — document that alleges collusion between Russia and President-elect Donald Trump, NPR has learned. The brief, which NPR has seen but not independently verified, was given by Senate Armed Services […]
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