In an effort to bring stability amid the ongoing finger-pointing between the Syrian rebels and government over blame for disrupting a truce, UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is in Moscow […]
RT: In a scene reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller The Birds, a murder of crows has stoned several expensive vehicles parked near a regional legislative body in the Russian Urals, prompting internet jokes about possible political motives. “When leaving the office, I saw a group of drivers of ministers’ and […]
Russian TV: The Russian Foreign Ministry is concerned over Israeli plans to build more homes in East Jerusalem as an impediment to resuming Palestinian-Israeli negotiations, says a report posted on the ministry Web site. “Israeli homes built on occupied lands, including in East Jerusalem, poison the atmosphere of the already […]
Source: Spiegel. AP Moscow is denying that weapons were on board the Syrian Air jet forced to land in Ankara on Wednesday. But the incident is likely to increase tensions between Turkey and Syria. As Putin’s cancellation of a Monday visit to Istanbul shows, Turkey’s relationship with Russia could also […]
Source: Spiegel. AFP Political confidant of President Vladimir Putin (pictured here): “We think that Assad is still supported by a majority of the population.” Vladimir Putin has delayed a planned trip to Turkey following the forced landing of a Syrian plane in Ankara. In an interview, Vladimir Yukanin, a confidant […]
Source: TOI: LONDON: A Georgian woman, who claimed to be the world’s oldest living person surviving through two World Wars and the Russian Revolution, has died at the age of 132. Antisa Khvichava, who lived in the remote mountain village of Sachino in Georgia, held Soviet-era documents which said she […]
RT: After months of standoff with activists defending secular values in the society, the Russian Orthodox Church is taking the offensive, officially allowing priests to take part in politics. The Church’s supreme body, the Holy Synod, passed a decision that allows the clergy to take part in polls “in extraordinary occasions […]
Source: TOI MOSCOW: A Russian court paved the way for a potential closure of the video-sharing website YouTube by banning an anti-Islam video on Monday that sparked violent protests across the Muslim world. Moscow’s Tverskoy Court ruled that the crude video, which was made in the United States and portrays […]
Russian TV: Patriarch Kirill said the Orthodox Church did not intend to merge with the state but advised to stop copying western ways and values as this would mean ‘an […]
RT: As many countries face public unrest over alleged insults to religious sentiments by the authors of the controversial video ‘Innocence of Muslims,” the Russian Lower House took the first move to outlaw insults to religions. The State Duma approved a special address ‘On protection of the religious feelings of […]
Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs gave USAID until October 1 to shut its doors in Moscow. This is an excellent decision by the Russian Government. And Washington’s immediate and virulent reaction only confirms that Russia is right on target. The New York Times next morning on the front page cited […]
By Pete Troilo DEVEX.COM If you don’t believe foreign aid is a critical factor in the U.S. foreign policy calculus, recent events and headlines should make you think again. This […]
Wed Sep 19, 2012 PRESSTV.COM The US Agency for International Development (USAID) says it is withdrawing from Russia after Moscow decided to call a halt to the agency’s work in the country. “The United States recently received the Russian government’s decision to end USAID activities in the Russian Federation,” US […]
The world’s first liliger has been born in a Siberian zoo. Her father is an African lion, her mother is a cross between a tiger and a lion, and she […]
NOTE: When Jay Jason from San Francisco editorial team called me yesterday for verification before printing this, we had a little chit chat about my Muslim News. Then it occurred to me that I had left out our famous slogan “Love for All and Hatred for None.” I requested Jason to […]
Source: Asiatimes: By M K Bhadrakumar A period of intense high-level exchange is commencing this week between Russia and its Central Asian allies – and Pakistan. What characterizes the Russian strategy is a robust attempt to develop comprehensive partnerships with these countries in preparation of the post-2014 scenario in Afghanistan […]
Russian TV: The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has warned internet providers against the online distribution of the film, which Muslims say is blasphemous. “The Prosecutor General’s Office will appeal to the courts for this film to be acknowledged as extremist in order to prevent its online distribution in Russia,” Office spokesperson […]
Republika: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will hold a state visit to Mongolia and Russia on September 5-10. In Vladivostok, Russia, SBY will attend APEC Summit and deliver keynotes entitled APEC […]
In the center of the alleged Civil War Among Muslims in Russia is said to be the push for the “Creation of an Islamic State -the Caliphate.” It is believed to be based on Wahhabism. This is the declared mission of the Khilafa Movement (Read Khalifa Magazine found on-line). The Khilafa […]
MOSCOW: Russia said Saturday it would be “naive” for outside powers to expect Syrian President Bashar Assad to withdraw his troops first from cities and then wait for the opposition to follow suit. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said such a demand on the regime amounted to a call for “capitulation” […]