Uhuru in Sochi for first Russia-Africa Summit

By Paul Ombati,

President Uhuru Kenyatta is in Sochi for the inaugural Russia-Africa Summit. The two-day event will see more than 3,000 delegates from across Russi...

Uhuru kenyatta

Russia says no plans to install new missiles unless U.S. deploys them

By Reuters,

Russia will not deploy new missiles as long as the United States shows similar restraint in Europe and Asia, Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu sa...

Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) , russia , United States

Ukraine calls for more peace talks after four soldiers killed

By Muia Joseph,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the leaders of Russia, Germany and France to resume talks on a peaceful solution to the separatist confl...

Eastern Donbass , Enemy shelling , Russian troops , Ukrainian soldiers

U.S. formally withdraws from 1987 nuclear pact with Russia

By CNN,

cThe United States formally withdrew from a landmark nuclear missile pact with Russia on Friday after determining that Moscow was in violation of the ...

1987 nuclear treat , INF , russia , U.S

Britain’s new leader Johnson: ‘We are going to get Brexit done’

By Reuters,

Boris Johnson, the Brexiteer who has promised to lead Britain out of the European Union with or without a deal by the end of October, will replace The...

Boris Johnson , brexit , BRITISH PM , Theresa May

Georgians angry over Russian lawmaker’s visit; try to storm parliament

By Reuters,

Crowds angry over the visit of a Russian lawmaker tried to storm Georgia’s parliament building on Thursday evening, pushing against lines of riot po...

Georgians , Moscow , parliament , Russian lawmaker

Russians, Ukrainian to face murder charges over downing of Flight MH17

By Reuters,

Three Russians and a Ukrainian will face murder charges for the deaths of 298 people aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 that was shot down over east...

Flight MH17 , Kuala Lumpur , russia , Ukraine , Vladimir Putin

Sweden wants to extradite Assange over rape allegation, complicating U.S. effort to try him for conspiracy

By Reuters,

Sweden reopened an investigation into a rape allegation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday and will seek to extradite him from Britain...

Ecuadorean embassy , Eva-Marie Persson , Julian Assange , WikiLeaks

North Korea is waiting for Trump to blink … or leave office

By CNN,

It used to be North Korea that was facing maximum pressure, not exerting it. Pyongyang conducted its second ballistic missile test in a week Thursd...

Russia commemorates end of World War II

By VOA,

Russia on May 9 commemorated the 74th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in World War II with a military parade on Moscow's Red Squar...

Forty-one reported killed after Russian passenger plane crash-lands in Moscow

By Reuters,

Forty-one people on board a Russian Aeroflot passenger plane were killed on Sunday, including two children, after the aircraft caught fire as it made ...

President Vladimir Putin , Russian Aeroflot , Sheremetyevo airport , Sukhoi Superjet 100

41 reported killed after Russian passenger plane crash-lands in Moscow

By Reuters,

Forty-one people on board a Russian Aeroflot passenger plane were killed on Sunday, including two children, after the aircraft caught fire as it made ...

Moscow , russia

North Korea fires ‘projectiles’, South Korea says stop raising tensions

By Reuters,

North Korea fired several “unidentified short-range projectiles” into the sea off its east coast on Saturday, prompting South Korea to call on its...

Mike Pompeo , North Korea

Japan’s Abe signals shift on North Korea, says will meet Kim without conditions: media

By Reuters,

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said he is ready to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un without conditions to end long-running mistrust betwee...

Russia, Iran maneuver for influence in Syria

By VOA,

Once-hidden Russian-Iranian disagreements over Syria are starting to surface. Moscow and Tehran are jostling to wield the main influence over the gove...

US Names New Commander in Europe Amid NATO Tensions

By VOA,

The United States is installing new military leadership in Europe at a moment of heightened worries about Russian aggression, doubts about the future ...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange sentenced to jail

By Reuters,

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was sentenced to 50 weeks in jail by a London court on Wednesday for skipping bail to enter the Ecuadorean embassy wh...

WikiLeaks

China puts gentler face on Belt and Road, hits back at critics

By Reuters,

China sought to put a gentler face on its massive plan to recreate the old Silk Road at a summit that ended on Saturday, saying it must do more to exp...

Belt and Road Initiative , china , President Vladimir Putin , President Xi Jinping

China puts gentler face on Belt and Road, hits back at critics

By Reuters,

China sought to put a gentler face on its massive plan to recreate the old Silk Road at a summit that ended on Saturday, saying it must do more to exp...

Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) , china , President Xi Jinping

Putin seems to pop up wherever there is a political vacuum in the world

By CNN,

Russian President Vladimir Putin capped a week of high-profile diplomacy on Friday, when he appeared at the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing -- and rece...

Chinese President Xi Jinping , Russian President Vladimir Putin