German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her CDU party will discuss plans to reduce immigration Sunday as conservative rebels also meet, in key talks likely to determine the fate of her government. Merkel’s government has been pushed to the brink over the migration issue after allowing more than one million asylum-seekers into Germany since 2015. The […]

 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said that the Russian military presence in Syria after the end of the war on terrorism will depend on the request of the legitimate government in Syria. On September 30, 2015, the Russian air force started a military operation at the request of the Syrian state to support the […]

TEHRAN – The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) announced on Friday that the organization will continue suspension of counter-measures against Iran by October 2018. “The FATF is disappointed with Iran’s failure to implement its action plan to address its significant AML/CFT deficiencies. Given the Iranian government’s continued efforts to finalize and pass amendments to its […]

Arranging a summit of foreign ministers on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – the official for the Iran nuclear agreement – is currently on the agenda, Russia’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna has said, the TASS news agency reported on Friday. “During the latest extraordinary meeting of the JCPOA member states, […]

Unilateral steps to disrupt major international agreements indicate clear evidence of efforts aimed at undermining international law, Russia’s Security Council secretary said at a Friday meeting with top representatives of BRICS countries overseeing security issues. “Member-states of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) need to work out joint responses to today’s tough challenges. […]

US President Donald Trump, known for his madman approach and eccentric nature, reckons trade wars are “good” and tariffs should be raised, even if it leads to tit-for-tat escalation and hurts economies of other nations. Trump’s latest ill-advised move threatens to spark a global trade war which could possibly have far-reaching consequences. The megalomaniac US president […]

 The Russian military has signed the first state procurement contract for 12 fifth-generation fighters, Deputy Defense Minister Alexey Krivoruchko said Saturday. “The first contract for 12 aircraft has been agreed on, and the deliveries under this contract will begin shortly,” he told reporters at a briefing in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. The southeastern Russian city is home to […]

 US President Donald Trump says he has no plans to pull out of the World Trade Organization, pushing back against reports that he has told advisers he would like to. Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, “I’m not talking about pulling out” of the trade organization but reiterated his past views that the US […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that President Bashar al-Assad isn’t just defending Syria; he is defending the entire region against terrorism. In an interview given to Britain’s Channel 4 on Friday, Lavrov said that President al-Assad is defending Syria’s sovereignty and unity, and on a wider scale he is defending the entire region against […]

The transit camp in Myanmar’s Rakhine state stands ready to welcome back 150 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh every day. But on most days it lies completely empty, as members of the stateless minority dread returning to a place they were violently driven from by the military, and Myanmar makes little effort to reassure them things […]