World Feb 19 Ending Putin’s support of Venezuela no easy feat for U.S. The Trump administration wants to break up the blossoming alliance between Russia and Venezuela as part of its campaign to oust Nicolás Maduro, the successor of socialist leader Hugo Chávez.
World Jan 18 Putin’s moves leave Russian opposition with few options Putin announced what many see as a strategy for staying in power well past the end of his term in 2024. And the proposed constitutional reforms that might allow him to remain in charge as prime minister or as head…
World Jan 16 Who is Russia’s new PM? A career bureaucrat with no political aims As a career bureaucrat who has been in charge of Russia's taxes for the past 10 years, Mikhail Mishustin has always kept a low profile and stayed away from politics.
World Jan 09 Iran says Ukrainian plane was on fire and tried to turn back The Iranian report suggests that a sudden emergency struck the Boeing 737 operated by Ukrainian International Airlines that crashed just minutes after taking off from Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran.
World Jan 07 Russia’s Putin visits Syria to meet Assad, a key Iran ally While the official statements made during the previously unannounced visit made no mention of the killing last week of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the timing was conspicuous.
World Dec 27 12 killed, dozens hurt after jetliner crashes in Kazakhstan The Bek Air aircraft, identified as a 23-year-old Fokker 100, hit a concrete wall and a two-story building soon after departing from Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city and former capital, airport officials said.