Dirty Bombs, and More from CRS
A substantial new report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) considers the potential threat posed by radiological dispersal devices or “dirty bombs.” At the direction of Congress, the CRS...
View ArticleMorocco’s king plans Gulf tour: officials
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Morocco’s King Mohammed plans to tour Gulf Arab countries in the next few weeks to discuss investment and bilateral relations, a senior Kuwaiti official said on Thursday. Excerpt...
View ArticleIndia, Australia weigh uranium deal during Gillard visit
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Australian and Indian prime ministers held talks on Wednesday that could pave the way for Australia to sell uranium to energy-hungry India, after Canberra lifted a...
View ArticleJapanese officials visit controversial shrine
Chinese media slams visit by head of Japan’s opposition and others, saying it will “further poison bilateral ties”. Originally from: Japanese officials visit controversial shrine
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California dreaming? Putin pushes peace on Fort Ross anniversary
At a time when bilateral relations between the two former Cold War powers are showing signs of strain, President Vladimir Putin took the opportunity to send a message of peace and friendship to the...
View ArticleInside Story – Can Algeria and France forget the past?
http://www.youtube.com/v/tgfdH-FwzXc?version=3&f=videos&app=youtube_gdata Jump to original: Inside Story – Can Algeria and France forget the past?
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Russia signs $3bn arms deals with India
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ahead of a meeting at Singh’s residence in New Delhi on December 24, 2012 (AFP Photo / Mustafa...
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Moscow regrets US pullout from bilateral commission on human rights
RIA Novosti / Maxim BlinovThe United States has delivered the latest setback to Russia-US relations by announcing it will no longer participate in the Russian-American Bilateral Presidential...
View ArticleColombian president threatens to end peace talks with rebels
President Juan Manuel Santos, frustrated over a lack of progress in peace negotiations with leftist FARC rebels, threatened Saturday to abandon bilateral talks to end their nearly 50-year old...
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EasyJet to launch flights to Russia in March
EasyJet flights will fly between Domodedovo and Gatwick.The first daily easyJet flight from Moscow to London is planned todepart on March 18. Starting from April 15 a second daily flightwill be...
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New Chinese President Xi aims to paint Africa red
At a recently held meeting of the National People’s Congress inBeijing, China’s leaders unveiled a dramatic long-term plan tointegrate some 400 million countryside dwellers into urbanenvironments, by...
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Russia-UK strategic dialogue: New modalities
This is a 2+2 framework that had been agreed upon during themeeting between the President of the Russian Federation VladimirPutin and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron inLondon on...
View ArticleIsrael to Turkey: We’re sorry
JERUSALEM — Israel agreed to restore full diplomatic relations with Turkey in a surprising turnaround Friday after apologizing for a botched naval raid that resulted in the deaths of nine Turkish...
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BRICS in the Great Wall
Probably, the most thought-provoking question is why BRICS is of so much interest to China, which traditionally abstained from making unions or joining alliances that could have limited its activities...
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Ecuador in talks with UK Labour party over Assange – reports
The Ecuadorian government has held talks with the British Labour party to try to strike a deal to send Assange to Sweden to end the political impasse, which has seen the Australian whistleblower holed...
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Russia warns US against publishing names on ‘Magnitsky List’
Russia has its own list of US officials that would be similarly sanctioned under the ‘Dima Yakovlev law,’ and will release those names when the United States publishes the names on the Magnitsky List,...
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US publishes 18 names on Magnitsky list as Moscow warns of response
The SDN list published on the US Treasury Department website includes the names 18 people from Russia and the CIS countries, who are blacklisted under the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability...
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Magnitsky case ‘strictly internal Russian affair’ – Putin spokesperson
Speaking on a Sunday night talk show on Russia 1 TV station, Peskov called the Magnitsky Act a “blow to Russia-US relations as a whole.” He said that the legislation was particularly ill-timed, as...
View ArticleBritain to end direct aid to South Africa in 2015
Britain announced Tuesday that it will cut off direct aid to South Africa in 2015, citing its status as Africa’s biggest economy. London currently gives £19 million of bilateral aid a year to...
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Obama, Putin exchange letters amid troubled US-Russia relations
The response was delivered by Russian National Security Council head Nikolay Patrushev, who has been on a two-day visit to Washington, DC. Patrushev delivered the letter to White House National...
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President Putin says he is bored with the same sex marriage issue, but ready...
“You really got me with these same sex marriages. Wherever I go… When I come to Europe they are waving their flags there, I come here – now you start pestering me with this,” the Russian leader told...
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US urges Hong Kong to act soon on NSA whistleblower extradition – report
“If Hong Kong doesn’t act soon, it will complicate our bilateral relations and raise questions about Hong Kong’s commitment to the rule of law,” a senior Obama administration official told the news...
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Ban on US adoptions won’t be canceled or altered – Russian ombudsman
Pavel Astakhov talked to journalists in Washington, DC, on Wednesday after another round of Russia-US bilateral talks on problems of cross-border adoptions and Russian children’s rights. “Speculation...
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EU-US free trade talks start, overshadowed by espionage allegations
In the pipeline for 2 years, the transatlantic free trade talks will kick off on Monday. In the aftermath of extending bilateral trade ties, the deal is due to cover about 50 percent of global...
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Aeroflot may create low-cost airline by 2014
So far the business plan is in a nebulous stage, but the carrier- ‘Loukostera’ will offer customers tickets 20-40 percent cheaper than traditional airlines, and will be based either at Sheremetyevo or...
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Moscow rips into ‘vicious practice’ of extraditing Russian nationals to US
The incident, which transpired in June, only became known a month later when it turned out that the24-year-old programmer from the Russian town of Tver was wanted for cyber-crimes. According to...
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Kremlin ‘disappointed’ Obama calls off Putin talks, decision ‘Snowden-related’
“We are disappointed by the US administration’s decision to cancel the visit of President Obama to Moscow that was planned for the beginning of September. It is clear that the decision is related to...
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Kremlin: No deal discussed with Saudi Arabia on changing Syria stance
“Putin didn’t discuss any deals,” the Russian president’s aide, Yury Ushakov, answered when asked by RT about media reports, which claimed that a $15 billion Saudi offer was put on the table during...
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Kerry faces Latin American grilling over NSA spying
Amid a chill in relations between Washington and Latin America, Brazil appears reluctant to go ahead with a planned $4 billion purchase of 36 US fighter jets, with sources close to the deal citing...
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An estate agent with guns: Israel’s new settlements disable peace process
Only days before bilateral negotiations were scheduled to resume between Israelis and Palestinians, the Israeli government announced the construction of some 1,200 new apartments for Jewish...
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Russia ‘regrets’ US decision to shelve Syria talks
The US government announced it was postponing bilateral talks with Russia late Monday, citing “ongoing consultations” over the Syrian government’s alleged use of chemical weapons. Russian and American...
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G20 going political: Syria, NSA scandal pushing summit’s agenda
Gorgeous weather and the serenity of Konstantinovsky Palace – where the first day of the G20 summit kicked off – could seem a bit misleading as the world’s largest economic powers braced for political...
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US snub of Syria talks ‘proof of weakness in position’ – Duma speaker
“The unwillingness to listen to arguments on inter-parliamentary level testifies to the fact that our American partners themselves understand the weakness of their positions. In addition, this step...
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Agreement on Russian military base submitted to Tajik parliament
The previous treaty on Russian military presence on Tajikistan’s territory expires in October this year. The new agreement was signed in October 2012, during Vladimir Putin’s official visit to...
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Russian region completely bans foreign adoptions
The official comments to the bill read that “the solution of the problem of adoption of Russian citizens is the internal issue of the Russian state.” One of the Kemerovo lawmakers, Galina Solovyova,...
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