TEHRAN, June 04 -The United States plans to sharply reduce the number of American Special Operations forces in Africa as part of a new Pentagon strategy that focuses on countering “rising threats” from Russia and China, according to a report.
TEHRAN, June 04 - A Russian court on Monday sentenced Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko to 12 years in jail on charges of spying for Ukraine, the TASS news agency reported.
TEHRAN, June 04 - Unlike the UK, France and Germany -- the three European signatories of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal -- Russia and China have taken real steps to save the agreement after US President Donald Trump’s pullout, according to American analyst Stephen Lendman.
TEHRAN, June 04 - The Kremlin said on Monday it had no received no communication from Washington aimed at setting up a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin since the two spoke by phone in March.
TEHRAN, June 04 - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met in South Africa's Pretoria and agreed to boost coordination on solving the conflict on the Korean Peninsula, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday in a statement.
TEHRAN, June 03 - The French newspaper Le Monde is reporting that Saudi Arabia wants France to help prevent Qatar from buying Russia's most advanced air defense missile system.
TEHRAN, June 03 - Iranian Deputy Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Mehdi Karbasian said Russian companies are in talks with Iran for investment in mineral sector.
TEHRAN, June 01 - The foreign ministers of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine may meet to discuss Ukraine in June, TASS news agency reported on Friday, citing Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin.
TEHRAN, May 31 -The besieged Gaza Strip is facing an "epic" crisis after Israeli forces killed and injured hundreds of Palestinians during recent protests, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned.
TEHRAN, May 31 -The Danish parliament has approved a legislation that prohibits women from covering their faces with burqa and similar accessories in public places.
TEHRAN, May 31 - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un complained of "U.S. hegemonism" to Russia's visiting foreign minister on Thursday, a comment likely to complicate ties with the United States as plans proceed for Kim's expected summit with President Donald Trump in Singapore next month.
TEHRAN, May 30 - A Lukoil official has been quoted as saying that Russia’s second oil producer has put its plans to develop projects in Iran on hold in the face of US sanctions.
TEHRAN, May 29 -Kiev should clinch a deal on guaranteed transit of Russian gas through Ukrainian territory with the launch of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Germany, says Ukraine’s permanent representative to the Council of Europe, Dmytro Kuleba.
TEHRAN, May 29 - Alexei Aleshin, Head of the Russian Federal Environmental, Industrial and Nuclear Supervision Service (Rostekhnadzor) met with Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali-Akbar Salehi.
TEHRAN, May 29 - Moscow has rejected an Israeli media report that a Russian jet intercepted the regime’s warplanes over Lebanon, saying Russian aircraft conduct no mission in Lebanese skies.
TEHRAN, May 28 - Russian authorities have asked Apple to help the country’s telecommunication regulator Roskomnadzor block the popular messaging application Telegram.
TEHRAN, May 28 - French Total will buy a 10-percent stake in Russian Novatek’s LNG-2 project in the Arctic, Novatek’s chief, Leonid Mikhelson, said, as quoted by Reuters.