Russian Special Presidential Envoy for the Middle East and Africa Mikhail Bogdanov and senior member of the Syrian opposition Popular Front for Change and Liberation Qadri Jamil have discussed the situation in Syria, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday, as reported by TASS.
"The parties exchanged...
The European Union on Wednesday rejected the result of Belarus's disputed presidential election as strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko ordered his security forces to prevent any further unrest, The Moscow Times reported.
Following an emergency video conference on the elections, European Council chief Charles Michel said the EU would soon levy...
Norway said on Wednesday it had expelled a Russian diplomat on suspicion of espionage, drawing a rebuke from Russia’s embassy, which said the accusation was groundless.
Norway’s decision followed the recent arrest in Oslo of a Norwegian citizen suspected of illegally handing information to the diplomat, whom police believe to...
Russia’s defense ministry said on Wednesday it had scrambled a jet above the Black Sea to intercept two U.S. spy planes approaching its border, following a similar incident earlier in the day over the Baltic, Interfax reported.
In both cases, the U.S. planes turned away before reaching the Russian border,...
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has handed out medals to more than 300 members of the security forces for “impeccable service” days after a violent crackdown on post-election protesters, The Moscow Times reported.
Up to 7,000 people have been detained, hundreds injured and two have died in the days of protests...
An unknown man has repeatedly threatened the lives and well-being of Russian diplomats in New York, the Russian Consulate-General told TASS on Monday.
"Starting on August 10, an unknown man began threatening the Consulate-General’s staff and has also thrown stones at them," the Russian diplomatic mission said. "As a result...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan discussed the conflicts in Libya and Syria in a telephone call on Monday, Reuters reported.
The Kremlin said that the two leaders, focused mainly on the crisis in Libya, where they back opposing sides, highlighting the need to make real...
Dutch Charge d’Affaires in Moscow Dominique Kuhling-Bakker was summoned to Russia’s Foreign Ministry over the spy equipment found in the car of the Russian military attache in The Hague, the ministry said on Monday, TASS reports.
"Russia’s Foreign Ministry lodged a resolute protest to the Dutch ambassador over the surveillance...
A Sukhoi Su-27SM fighter was scrambled to intercept a U.S. Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance plane near the Russian border over the Baltic Sea, Russia’s National Defense Control Center reported on Monday, TASS reported.
Russian radars spotted an air target over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea approaching Russia’s state...
A Turkish military vehicle was hit by a blast on Monday during a joint Russian-Turkish patrol in northwest Syria’s Idlib region, the RIA news agency cited Russia’s defence ministry as saying.
No Russian soldiers were hurt in the incident, it said, Reuters reported.
Turkish security officials later said there had been...
