Russia urges dialogue in Qatar-Gulf dispute
Trump demands Doha stop funding extremist groups By AFP – Jun 11,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Customers are seen shopping at Al Meera market in the Qatari capital Doha on […]
In Greece and Russia, the veneration of saintly remains is a huge phenomenon
Source: The Economist The politics of holy relics Jun 2nd 2017 by ERASMUS IF YOU consult “The Orthodox Church”, a standard introduction for English-speakers penned by Metropolitan Kallistos Ware, you […]
Putin takes an Orthodox route to cement power
Source: The Washington Times By L. Todd Wood – – Thursday, June 1, 2017 ANALYSIS/OPINION: Because of radical Islamic terrorism, your religious affiliation has become an existential issue across […]
Ex-national security adviser ‘to defy Senate Russia inquiry’
Source: BBC President Donald Trump’s fired national security adviser will refuse to hand over files to a Senate panel probing alleged Russian political meddling. According to US media, Michael Flynn […]
Orthodox Christians in Central and Eastern Europe favor strong role for Russia in geopolitics, religion
Source: Pew Research Center BY JEFF DIAMANT Roughly a quarter century after the end of the Soviet era, Russia retains substantial influence throughout many parts of Central and Eastern Europe. […]
Trump asked FBI’s Comey to drop Flynn inquiry – reports
Source: BBC President Donald Trump asked FBI chief James Comey to drop an inquiry into links between his ex-national security adviser and Russia, US media report. “I hope you can […]
A Russian honeytrap for Gen Flynn? Not me…
Source: BBC By Gordon Corera Security correspondent, BBC News Image copyrightSVETLANA LOKHOVA When Svetlana Lokhova saw the internet light up with suggestions she was a Russian spy, she initially thought […]
Ransomware cyber-attack threat escalating – Europol
Source: BBC Friday’s cyber-attack has affected more than 200,000 victims in 150 countries, Europol chief Rob Wainwright says. He told the BBC the act was “unprecedented in its scale” and […]
Cyber-attack: Europol says it was unprecedented in scale
Source: BBC A cyber-attack that hit organisations worldwide including the UK’s National Health Service was “unprecedented”, Europe’s police agency says. Europol also warned a “complex international investigation” was required “to […]
Syria will abide by ‘de-escalation’ plan – foreign minister
Reutes International MAY 8, 2017 – Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem speaks during a news conference in Damascus, Syria April 6, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki/File Photo (reuters_tickers) BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said on Monday that his government would abide by the terms of a Russian plan for […]
Some deal for Syria, finally?
May 06,2017 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The endorsement of a plan to establish four major deescalation zones in Syria by the sponsors of the Astana peace talks on the Syrian […]
Russia, Turkey, Iran ink deal on safe zones in Syria
By AFP – May 05,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Russian mediator Alexander Lavrentiev, Iranian deputy foreign minister, Hossein Jaberi Ansari, Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov and UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura attend the signing of a memorandum on creating safe zones in Syria during the fourth round […]
Hypnosis and holy water: Russian ‘cures’ for gay people
Source: BBC By Anastasia Golubeva BBC Russian Service Image copyrightINSTAGRAM.COM/XCV_CHURCHImage captionChristian Pastor Peresvetov claims religion can cure gay “perversion” Controversial “treatments” by psychotherapists and preachers are being offered to gay people in Russia. BBC Russian heard accounts of so-called cures, after it emerged that gay men were being persecuted in […]
U.S. Commission Says Russia, Pakistan Among Worst Violators Of Religious Freedom
April 26, 2017 Pete Baumgartner Crimean Tatars pray inside a mosque during the Eid al-Adha festival in Crimea. The annexed Ukrainian peninsula has been referenced in a new report on religious freedom that criticizes Russia’s “repressive policies” toward people of certain faiths. Share Print A U.S. government commission on religious […]
Why is Russia so good at encouraging women into tech?
Source: BBC By Caroline Bullock Technology of Business reporter Image copyrightOLEG YAKOVLEV Irina Khoroshko, from Zelenograd near Moscow, had learned her times tables by the age of five. Her precocious […]
West to East
Source: Medium By Alex Hacillo The US continues to flag as the world’s last superpower, and critics fret that China is poised to take over the reins. Should its perceived […]
Turkey could ‘suspend EU migrant deal if no progress on visas’
Reuters | Published — Saturday 15 April 2017 Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu answers a question during an interview with Reuters in Ankara, in this file photo. (Reuters) ANKARA: Turkey could re-evaluate or suspend all agreements under its migration deal with the EU if the bloc does not give a […]
Don’t believe Trump when he says relations with Russia are at an ‘all-time low’ – the truth in Moscow is different
It’s significant that Rex Tillerson went ahead with his Moscow trip so soon after the air strikes in Syria. It’s equally significant that a meeting with Putin went ahead – and, for once, Putin […]
European court rules Russia fatally botched Beslan school siege
Reuters International APR 13, 2017 – An interior view shows the building of a school, which was seized by Islamist militants in 2004 in the southern town of Beslan, Russia, April 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kazbek Basayev (reuters_tickers) By Kazbek Basayev and Andrew Osborn BESLAN/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia broke European human rights […]
Syria war: Trump and Putin trade barbs as ministers meet
Source: BBC The US and Russian presidents have revealed the wide gulf between them over Syria, even as their foreign ministers were meeting in Moscow. Donald Trump said Russia was […]