Russia says Syrian ‘chemical attack’ was staged
Source: BBC News Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said a reported chemical attack in Syria was staged by foreign agents. The US and France have said they have proof it […]
PATRIARCH KIRILL AND MR. PUTIN
Source: First Things by George Weigel The annals of sycophancy are, alas, replete with examples of churchmen toadying to political power. Here in the United States, we’ve seen too much of that among certain evangelical leaders recently. In today’s Sycophancy Sweepstakes, however, it’s hard to top Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and […]
UN warns against letting Syria crisis ‘spiral’ out of control
By AFP – Apr 12,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Washington – The United Nations warned world powers against letting the crisis over an alleged chemical attack against civilians in Syria from […]
LDS prophet poised to launch global tour Tuesday after making historic changes to help boost international Mormonism
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By Peggy Fletcher Stack By any measure, the new Mormon prophet is an optimist. In a move at once audacious and somewhat inexplicable, for example, 93-year-old Russell M. Nelson stood at the pulpit at the conclusion of his first LDS General Conference as the faith’s 17th president […]
Syria war: Attacks hit Syrian airbase in Homs province
Source: Al Jazeera News Missiles have struck a Syrian airbase in Homs province early on Monday, state media reported, with Russia and Syria blaming Israel for carrying out the attack. Two Israeli […]
Gay Chechens flee threats, beatings and exorcism
Source: BBC News Family pressure has fuelled a sense of persecution felt by gay people in Chechnya, a mainly Muslim region in southern Russia. Dozens have fled and some have […]
Turkey, Russia, Iran urge ‘lasting ceasefire’ in Syria
‘No breakthrough announced’ following meeting between ‘brittle alliance’ By AFP – Apr 05,2018 -JORDAN TIMES ANKARA, Turkey — The presidents of Iran, Turkey and Russia vowed to work for […]
Russia calls UN security council meeting over nerve agent attack
Source: CNN Russia’s UN ambassador has requested the United Nations Security Council convene a special meeting for Thursday afternoon amid an ongoing diplomatic feud with the UK that began in an English country town and has spread to include London’s allies around the world. A month after former Russian double […]
Erdoğan, Putin launch Turkey’s first nuclear plant in Akkuyu
DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin review a guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace Complex […]
Impacts of ‘Russia, West’ tensions on the Middle East
Apr 01,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh Over the past week, the US and its European allies have taken serious coordinated measures against Russia by expelling Russian diplomats […]
These are the faces of those who have been affected by the siege of Eastern Ghouta
Robert Fisk discovers it would take a year, if not a decade, to understand the killing and the cynicism and the innocent suffering behind this epic battle Robert Fisk in Eastern Ghouta […]
The West’s unilateral Cold War
Mar 29,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Sergei Karaganov MOSCOW — Rising tensions between the United Kingdom and Russia are but further proof that Russia and the West, according to no […]
Russia and Taliban deny US claims of working together
Source: BBC News Russia and the Taliban have separately rejected comments made by the head of US forces in Afghanistan that Moscow has been supporting, and even supplying weapons to, […]
Why are politicians comparing everything to the Second World War?
By contrast, the Russians have avoided all mention of their own World Wars – an infinitely greater sacrifice in the second than all the other allies put together – and have shrewdly marketed their response and RT’s propaganda around our own failure to ask obvious questions Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday […]
After Documenting Nazi Crimes, A French Priest Exposes ISIS Attacks On Yazidis
Source: NPR BY ELEANOR BEARDSLEY Patrick Desbois, a Roman Catholic priest, has spent the last 15 years investigating and uncovering the details of Nazi massacres across Eastern Europe and Russia, crimes […]
Russia election: Muted Western reaction to Putin victory
Source: BBC News World leaders are congratulating Vladimir Putin on his election for a new six-year term as Russian president, but Western leaders have been slow to respond amid recent […]
Russia Is Now a Rogue State. We Must Treat It Like One
Source: Time By TOM TUGENDHAT Tom Tugendhat is a Conservative Party member of parliament and chairs the U.K. foreign affairs select committee On Monday, British Prime Minister Theresa May confirmed what many already […]
Spy poisoning: Putin most likely behind attack – Johnson
Source: BBC News Russian President Vladimir Putin is “overwhelmingly likely” to have ordered the nerve agent attack on an ex-spy and his daughter, Boris Johnson has said. The foreign […]
Russian spy: Moscow vows swift response on expulsions
Source: BBC News Moscow has vowed there will be a swift response to the expulsion of 23 of its diplomats by Britain. President Vladimir Putin would make a final decision […]
Islam in Russia
By 2020, Muslims are expected to account for one-fifth of the population. 7 Mar 2018 Grand Mufti of Russia Sheikh Rawil Gaynetdin speaks during an interview in Moscow, Russia on […]