US SHOOTS DOWN SYRIAN WAR PLANE
A US warplane on Sunday shot down a Syrian military aircraft that dropped bombs near US-backed fighters in Syria, the US military said… To Read More Visit Reuters
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A US warplane on Sunday shot down a Syrian military aircraft that dropped bombs near US-backed fighters in Syria, the US military said… To Read More Visit Reuters
Image by NordNordWest The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has been concerned about defending the almost indefensible Baltic members of the alliance for some time. This focus has become especially worrisome after Russia embarked on a remilitarization of the area by placing large amounts of weaponry and forces in Kaliningrad,…
The frozen conflict of Nagorno-Karabakh simmers out of the limelight of the global press but it doesn’t make it any less deadly. This week Armenian-backed separatists in the region said three of their soldiers were killed by Azeri forces along the Nagorno-Karabakh border. The area is inside the territory of…
A contract reporter for Radio Free Europe/Radio Free Liberty, an organization funded by the U.S. government has been captured by pro-Russian rebels in East Ukraine, according to a prominent activist with Human Rights Watch. Stanyslav Aseyev, a freelance contributor to US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Free Europe’s Ukrainian service has been…
What Will Happen If Congress Strengthens Russia Sanctions?
Image by Podluzhnaya Ukrainian authorities have arrested suspects believed involved in the assassination of former Russian lawmaker Denis Voronenkov who was gunned down leaving a club in kyiv earlier in the year. In a statement on June 16, the National Police said that “investigative steps” including searches and detentions were…
Putin Accuses Hillary Of Meddling In Russian Elections.
Image by AGERPRES Romanian Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu refused to resign Thursday as his party withdrew support over alleged attempts to weaken anti-corruption laws. Grindeanu’s leftist Social Democrat Party (PSD) said he was not implementing the coalition’s program and withdrew support for his cabinet. A no-confidence vote was scheduled for…
Moldovan intelligence believes five Russian diplomats expelled from Moldova last month were spies who were recruiting fighters for the Moscow-backed insurgency in neighbouring Ukraine, a government source and two diplomatic sources told Reuters. Moldova, a former Soviet state that has long been the focus of a struggle for influence between…
It has been reported that one of administrators famous suicide game – BLUE Whale, Iliya Sidorov, has been detained. According to Mail Online, Sidorov was filmed sobbing as police interrogated about how he instructed a school girl to “jump under a metro train”. He was arrested and taken to Chelyabinsk…