Iraq Is Losing Billions In Oil Revenue To ISIS
Iraqās Oil Ministry has said that the country is losing as much as $1.2 billionĀ a month in oil revenues as a result of Islamic State militantsĀ seizing oil refineries and pipelines in theĀ areas it...
View ArticleThe French Firm Due To Hand Over A Warship To Russia Is Not Picking Up The Phone
The French firm responsible for delivering the first of two Mistral class helicopter carriers to Russia is no longer picking up the phone to Russian officials, Ria Novosti reports.The news service...
View ArticleUkraine Redeploys Troops After Russians Pour Over The Border
KIEV/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Wednesday it was redeploying troops in the east because of fears that separatists will launch a new military offensive, despite Russia's denials it has...
View ArticleThe Ukraine 'Ceasefire' Is A Cynical And Deadly Sham
So the Russians are on the move once again in Ukraine.Gen. Philip Breedlove, the supreme allied commander, Europe, finallyĀ confirmed todayĀ what OSCE monitors and Ukrainian officials have been saying...
View ArticleScientists Have Finally Taken A Look Inside One Of The Mysterious Siberian Holes
Scientists have finally descended into one of theĀ three enormous holes that mysteriously opened up in SiberiaĀ several months ago.The holes, on Russiaās Yamal Pensinsula, captured attention after one...
View ArticleExpert Says The Russian Ships Off Australia Could Be Used To Spy On The G20
An international security expert says the presence of Russian ships in international waters so close to Australia is a show of force and could be linked to intelligence gathering operations ahead of...
View ArticleMonitor: Russian-Backed Rebels Seem To Be Preparing To Attack A Crucial Port...
Intensified shelling and military activity by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine have raised fears that the rebels may try to take a crucial port city, Europe Secretary General of the...
View ArticleRussia Is Upgrading Its 'Flame Weapons'
The Russian army will modernize a major portion of the countryās weaponry over the next six years, head of the Russian Troops of Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defense, or RChBD, announced...
View ArticleRussia Has Sent A Convoy Of Warships To Australia's Northern Maritime Border
Russia has dispatched a convoy of warships to Australiaās northern maritime border in what some in the country are calling a āpuerileā display of Moscow's military muscle ā and just weeks after...
View ArticleNorthern European Nations Have Agreed To Boost Security Cooperation Against...
OSLO (Reuters) - Eight northern European nations agreed on Wednesday to step up cooperation to counter an increase in Moscow's military activity that has included a tripling of NATO intercepts of...
View ArticleDutch Fighter Jets Intercept Russian Plane Over Baltic States
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Two Dutch F16 fighter jets, part of a NATO force patrolling the skies above the Baltic states, intercepted a Russian Ilyushin transport aircraft after it intruded into Estonian...
View ArticleThe Arctic Is Turning Into The World's Newest Geo-Strategic Battleground
As the climate warms and the ice melts, the Arctic could become the next great theater of global cooperation ā or a battlefield.One hundred and sixty-eight years ago this past July, two British...
View ArticlePro-Kremlin Russian Media Says Moscow Has A 'Nuclear Surprise' For NATO
The Russian Pravda has published an article titled "Russia Prepares Nuclear Surprise For NATO," citing a Sept. 1 US State Department report that signaled US and Russia had reached parity in terms of...
View ArticleA Showdown Over Ukraine Is Coming
BRISBANE Australia (Reuters) - The G20 leaders summit in Australia starting on Saturday is setting up as a showdown between Western leaders and Russian President Vladimir Putin, following fresh reports...
View ArticleRussia Just Gave France A Final Deadline To Hand Over The Mistral Warship
Russia has given France until the end of November to deliver the first of two Mistral-class helicopter carriers currently stuck in a shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, according to reports.The ship, the...
View ArticleRussia Is Launching Its Own Version Of Wikipedia
Russia is planning to launch its own version of Wikipedia to correct what it sees as errors about the country on the crowd-sourced encyclopedia.An article on the country's Presidential Library website...
View ArticlePUTIN: We Are Prepared For A 'Catastrophic Decline In Energy Prices'
The Russian economy is prepared for the worst-case scenario, Russian President Vladimir Putin told TASS in an interview on Friday before flying out to the G20 summit."Yes, it's ready. We are...
View ArticleRussia Is Threatening France With 'Grave Consequences' If It Does Not Deliver...
Moscow is warning Paris of "serious" consequences if France does not deliver a Mistral-class assault ship by the end of this month.Under a $1.5 billion deal signed in 2011, the first of two Mistral...
View ArticlePussy Riot: Russian Prisoners Are 'Treated Like Cattle' And Casually Beat Up
Russian inmates "are treated like cattle" according to members of RussianĀ feministĀ punk-rock activist and protest group Pussy Riots.The two punk-rock activists Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria...
View ArticleRussia's More Interested In Squeezing Ukraine's Energy Prospects Than...
War looms once again over eastern Ukraine as speculation floods the internet of a possible offensive by Russian backed separatists.There have been reports of a stream of new amour and weapons crossing...
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