By Tyler Durden – Zero Hedge – 01/07/2020 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has offered Iraq Tuesday the option to purchase the world’s most advanced missile defense system to protect its airspace, reported RIA Novosti. According to the report, the Iraqi Armed Forces could purchase the Russian S-400 Triumf air defense system, […]
RT | January 7, 2020 Washington has reportedly refused to issue a visa to Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, even though, as the host of the United Nations headquarters, the US is obliged to allow foreign officials into the country. According to multiple diplomatic sources, the visa request was filed several weeks ago, before […]
RT | January 5, 2020 Tehran has removed the last constraints it agreed to impose on its nuclear program under the 2015 deal but said it is ready to return to fulfilling its obligations under the agreement if the US lifts sanctions. Iran’s nuclear program “no longer faces any operating restrictions,” a government statement cited […]
Press TV – December 30, 2019 Mexico has ordered its ambassador in Bolivia to return to the country in order to ensure her safety. The Mexican Foreign Ministry said on Monday that the order was issued after Bolivia declared Mexico’s Ambassador Maria Teresa Mercado a “persona non grata.” Bolivia’s interim leader Jeanine Anez announced Monday […]
RT | December 29, 2019 Kiev is exchanging dozens of prisoners with the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk republics in the first such effort in two years. The swap was given a boost at the recent Normandy Four talks in Paris. The self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic has handed over 51 people to Kiev, while receiving 61 […]
Yad Vashem – Benjamin and Sara Netanyahu, Donald Trump and Melania, Ivanka and Jared Kushner, Rabbi Yisrael lau. credit: Amos Ben Gershom GPO/ Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs/ Flickr) By Philip Giraldi • American Herald Tribune • December 29, 2019 Now that 2019 has ended, it is more than seventy-four years since the end of […]
Press TV – December 27, 2019 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has ruled out the possibility of renewing a UN arms embargo against Iran which is to expire in October 2020 in line with the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers. Speaking to the Russian news agency Interfax, Ryabkov said restrictions on […]
MEMO | December 19, 2019 Thousands of immigrants to Israel from the former Soviet Union “may have come only to receive an Israeli passport before moving back abroad”, reported JTA, with the total such cases amounting to up to a quarter of all Russian immigrants. The article, citing reporting done by Israeli weekly newspaper Makor […]
Press TV – December 18, 2019 The US State Department reportedly plans to significantly and permanently draw down the number of its personnel in Iraq. CNN reported Wednesday that it had obtained a memo sent in early December by the State Department to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, outlining the plan to cut the number […]
By M. K. BHADRAKUMAR | Indian Punchline | December 17, 2019 The Kuala Lumpur Summit 2019 hosted by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur on December 18-21 was originally conceived as a landmark event in the politics of the Muslim world. It still is, albeit on a wet wicket struggling to tackle […]
