Oil drops to near $107 a barrel after Obama speech over Syria
The price of oil dropped Wednesday after President Barack Obama said he asked U.S. lawmakers to postpone a vote authorizing the use of military force against Syria. Obama, in a televised speech to the...
View ArticleRussian nuclear submarine catches fire causing no injuries or leak
Fire broke out on a Russian nuclear submarine undergoing repairs, but no injuries or radiation leaks have been reported. Russian news reports said the Monday fire on the Tomsk submarine at repair yards...
View ArticleDutch apologize to Moscow for detention of Russian diplomat
THE HAGUE: The Dutch foreign minister apologized to Moscow on Wednesday for the detention of a Russian diplomat in The Hague, saying his right to diplomatic immunity had been violated. Russian Embassy...
View ArticleBolshoi dancer goes on trial over acid attack
MOSCOW: A Bolshoi dancer accused of organizing a horrific acid attack against the famed Moscow ballet company’s artistic director went on trial Wednesday, with hearings expected to shed more light on...
View ArticleSix tourists killed in ferry accident in Thailand
BANGKOK: An overcrowded tourist ferry capsized and sank near a popular Thai seaside town on Sunday, killing six tourists, including two Russians and a Chinese, police said. The rest of the roughly 200...
View ArticleNationalists stage Russian pride march in Moscow
MOSCOW: Thousands of Russian nationalists planned to march in Moscow on Monday in an annual show of anger against the presence of Muslim migrants that has previously spilled into violence. The...
View ArticleAnger grows over latest Russian ballet scandal
MOSCOW: Teachers at Russia’s legendary Vaganova Ballet Academy on Tuesday published an open letter to President Vladimir Putin asking him to reconsider the appointment of a controversial dancer as its...
View ArticlePentagon cancels plans to buy Russian helicopters
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon no longer will buy Russian helicopters for the Afghan Air Force from Rosoboron export, a state-owned arms exporter that also sells weapons to the government of Syrian President...
View ArticleThe development of Egyptian and Russian relations
CAIRO: There is no doubt that Russia has succeeded in taking advantage of the failure of American policies to forcibly change the map of the Middle East by using its religious extreme right-wingers....
View ArticleSuspected Russian spyware Turla targets Europe, U.S.
LONDON/BOSTON: A sophisticated piece of spyware has been quietly infecting hundreds of government computers across Europe and the United States in one of the most complex cyber espionage programs...
View ArticleRussian tourist arrested over harassing Egyptian
CAIRO: A Russian tourist is accused of sexually harassing an Egyptian woman Tuesday evening in Hurghada in a hotel they were both staying in. Hurghada prosecution is investigating the incident, Youm7...
View ArticleRussian tourist arrested over harassment released
CAIRO: A Russian tourist who was arrested Tuesday night over having been accused of sexually harassing an Egyptian woman was released upon a Thursday decision by Hurghada District Attorney due to...
View ArticleRussian investments in Egypt hits $7B: Dmitriev
CAIRO: Kirill Dmitriev, Chief Executive Officer of the Russian Investment Fund announced Sunday night that the Russian investments in Egypt reached $7 billion. He added in statements to Al-Nahar...
View ArticleRussian air strikes in Syria to last 3-4 months -Putin ally
PARIS: Russia estimates its air strike campaign in Syria could last three to four months, the head of the lower house of the Russian parliament’s foreign affairs committee said on Friday. “There is...
View ArticleActivists say Russian warplanes bomb key IS town
MOSCOW: The latest developments as Russia and other nations counter Islamic State militants in Syria. All times local: ___ 1:40 p.m. Syrian activists say warplanes believed to be Russians have attacked...
View ArticleAt least 39 civilians, 14 fighters killed since start of Russian air strikes
BEIRUT: At least 39 civilians, including eight children and eight women, have been killed in Russian air strikes in Syria in the past four days, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on...
View ArticleTurkey says Russian airstrikes in Syria ‘unacceptable’
ANKARA: Turkey’s president says Russian airstrikes that have targeted some foreign-back insurgents in Syria are unacceptable and warned Moscow that it runs the risk of alienating itself in the region....
View ArticleNATO chief: Russian jets in Turkish airspace no accident
BRUSSELS: NATO’s secretary-general on Tuesday rejected Moscow’s claim that its military incursion into alliance airspace over Turkey wasn’t intentional or important, saying there were two separate...
View ArticleRussian warships launched rockets on IS in Syria, minister tells Putin
MOSCOW: Russia’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin during a televised meeting on Wednesday that four Russian warships in the Caspian Seahad launched 26 rockets at Islamic...
View ArticleEgypt’s presidency extends condolences over crashed Russian plane statement
CAIRO: Egypt’s presidency extended in a statement its condolences for the families of the Russian victims killed in the Saturday’s plane crash. President Abdel Fatah al Sisi, who arrived in Cairo...
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