The Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation has confirmed that it has received a number of requests from foreign customers for the Su-57E multirole fighter aircraft, an official spokesman of the Service told at the IDEX-2021 defense exhibition in Abu Dhabi. “Requests were received concerning the Su-57E aircraft, although there are no Middle East countries among them. Nevertheless, foreign customers of this region show interest in […]
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The U.S. Air Force has publicly released new photos showed Russian-made surface-to-air missile systems used during Emerald Flag, Eglin’s first native multi-domain test exercise. Photos posted last week appear to show a 2K12 “Kub” (NATO reporting name: SA-6 “Gainful”) mobile surface-to-air missile systems that used to serve as adversary targets for a joint service exercise, Emerald Flag, at Eglin Air Force Base. U.S. contractors with Russian-made combat vehicles, include […]
Eisenhower’s Ghost Haunts Biden’s Foreign Policy Team By Nicolas J. S. Davies, Popular Resistance. December 3, 2020 Eisenhower’s Ghost Haunts Biden’s Foreign Policy Team2020-12-032020-12-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/biden-scaled-e1606995179433.jpg200px200px Above photo: Tony Binken, second from left, has been Joe Biden’s right-hand man for almost two decades. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters. NOTE: This article questions what will be the foreign policy of the Biden administration. It is pretty clear from Biden’s history, rhetoric and […]
Ten Foreign Policy Fiascos Biden Can Fix On Day One By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, Popular Resistance. November 21, 2020 Ten Foreign Policy Fiascos Biden Can Fix On Day One2020-11-212020-11-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/saudiarabia-e1605995000182.png200px200px Above photo: Saudi Arabia’s War in Yemen Has Failed – Council on Foreign Relations. Donald Trump loves executive orders as a tool of dictatorial power, avoiding the need to work through Congress. But […]
Obama Official Admits Biden Camp Is Already Working With Foreign Leaders By Glenn Greenwald, Substack. November 11, 2020 Obama Official Admits Biden Camp Is Already Working With Foreign Leaders2020-11-112020-11-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/rice-e1605103121872.jpeg200px200px Above photo: White House National Security Adviser Susan Rice, shakes hands with incoming White House National Security Advisor Gen. Michael Flynn, on January 10, 2017, in Washington, DC. Mark Wilson/Getty Images. Exactly What Flynn Did. In late […]
How Biden Flubbed Town Hall Foreign Policy Question By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, Popular Resistance. October 20, 2020 How Biden Flubbed Town Hall Foreign Policy Question2020-10-202020-10-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/biden-e1603234793201.png200px200px Toward the end of Joe Biden’s October 15 town hall session, a Trump supporter asked Biden the only foreign policy question of the night. “So peace is breaking out all over the world,” the questioner claimed. “Our […]
The final debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden will not include foreign policy as a topic, a decision for which the president’s campaign has slammed the commission, especially after the recent Hunter Biden allegations. “Good morning to everyone except Presidential Debate Commission members who changed focus of final debate away from foreign policy,” the Trump campaign’s senior adviser Jason Miller tweeted on Monday morning. Miller […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/12/1080809792_0:0:1200:676_1200x675_80_0_0_fbfc9eb323a84f95ddfc47c146578331.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Henry Batyaev. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/world/202010181080809697-armenias-military-shares-video-allegedly-showing-foreign-mercenaries-in-azeri-border-guard-uniform/ Armenia has been accusing Azerbaijan of engaging the aid of foreign mercenaries in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. In particular, multiple media reports suggested that Baku redeployed militants from Syria via Turkey. Baku has refuted the allegations emphasising that no country has provided any proofs to support such claims. Press Secretary of the Armenian Ministry of Defence, Shushan Stepanyan, […]
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VT: The FBI is investigating Steve Bannon and Rudi Giuliani for their involvement with Russian intelligence officers in an operation involving a laptop computer loaded with fake emails. FBI intelligence recently questioned one VT editor for hours on Russian intelligence operations in Ukraine, including on scenarios deeply similar to the one being played out through arch-zionist Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post. The “pointed” emails are similar […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/19/1080575729_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_cd212173afedd0f64861fb545169987a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202010161080785739-japanese-prime-minister-to-make-his-first-foreign-visit-from-october-18-21-official-says/ TOKYO (Sputnik) – New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will make his first foreign visit in this post from October 18-21, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said on Friday. The first two countries that will be visited by the new prime minister are Vietnam and Indonesia. The first official visit of previous Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was also […]
Nicaragua Attacked For Using Same US Policies Against Foreign Meddling By John Perry, Council on Hemispheric Affairs. October 15, 2020 Nicaragua Attacked For Using Same US Policies Against Foreign Meddling2020-10-152020-10-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/dan-nic-800×445-1.jpg200px200px Above photo: Rosa Poser, from Flickr.com. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo launched another attack on Nicaragua’s Sandinista government last month, accusing President Daniel Ortega of being a “dictator” who is “doubling down on repression and refusing to […]
Moscow doesn’t believe the New START treaty with the US can be continued, as achieving common ground is impossible against the backdrop of ultimatums employed by Washington, the Russian Foreign Minister said on Wednesday. In his interview with three Russian radio stations, Sergey Lavrov was asked if he saw any prospect of the two countries agreeing to prolong the landmark deal until 2026. The New Strategic […]
ATHENS (Sputnik) – German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said he was “extremely surprised” by the latest actions of Turkey after successfully bringing the contradictions between Turkey and Greece onto the path of diplomacy. Speaking at a joint press conference with Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Ersin Tatar on 6 October, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the opening of the […]
BERLIN (Sputnik) – Germany remains interested in maintaining good or “at least reasonable” relations with Russia, despite the incident with opposition figure Alexey Navalny, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told RIA Novosti in an interview. Germany, where Navalny was transported to after falling ill aboard a Russian domestic flight, claims to have evidence of his poisoning with a nerve agent from the Novichok group “What happened to […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/0c/1080744290_0:294:3118:2047_1200x675_80_0_0_af95a1af6b0cf59c028720ceb513f1f3.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010121080744363-russian-and-armenian-foreign-ministers-hold-press-conference-after-talks-in-moscow—video/ During the Friday talks in Moscow, the foreign ministers of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia agreed to a humanitarian ceasefire; however, the parties to the conflict have repeatedly accused each other of violating the truce. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Armenian counterpart Zohrab Mnatsakanyan are holding a joint press conference following talks in Moscow on Monday. Lavrov already […]
The notorious ‘Novichok’ nerve agent described as Russia’s lethal weapon has been first presented to the world by Americans and has since been replicated by 20 of their allies, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. The structure of a substance that has since been known to the world as ‘Novichok’ has been first unveiled by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology back in 1998 on […]
Swedish citizen and climate activist Greta Thunberg, 17, is encouraging US voters to “get organized” and vote for Joe Biden, despite claiming she does not “engage in party politics.” Thunberg made her endorsement while citing a tweet from Scientific American Magazine telling voters to “protect science instead of destroying it” by voting Donald Trump out of office in November. “I never engage in party politics. But […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/09/1080726633_0:328:3059:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_fb2dee3b99b04d2bf43a63c394faa9c6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202010091080726665-swiss-hostage-killed-by-terrorists-in-mali–foreign-ministry/ ZURICH (Sputnik) – A Swiss female citizen, who had been a hostage of terrorists in Mali for four years, has been killed, the Swiss Foreign Ministry said. “Friday afternoon the French authorities informed the Swiss authorities that the Swiss hostage in Mali is dead. She was apparently killed by kidnappers of the Islamist terrorist organization Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal […]
Both Armenia and Azerbaijan have confirmed they will send delegations for talks in Moscow in a bid to reach a ceasefire in the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said. “Baku and Yerevan have confirmed their participation in the consultations in Moscow. Active preparations are underway,” Maria Zakharova told reporters on Friday. Russian President Vladimir Putin had earlier invited the foreign ministers of bitter rivals […]
It is one thing to flout a coronavirus travel ban to fly overseas for the purposes of buying a yacht. It’s altogether another matter to do so when your wife is the one who made the rules. South Korea’s foreign minister, Kang Kyung-wha, came under pressure to resign Monday after her husband defied her ministry’s advice against all but essential travel overseas, and flew to the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/04/1080664157_0:320:3072:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_3f797695cd8a42baf7e06898d1d3c91c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010041080664192-armenias-national-security-service-says-foreign-citizens-detained-on-espionage-claims/ YEREVAN (Sputnik) – The National Security Service of Armenia has said on Sunday evening that several foreign citizens have been detained on suspicion of espionage. “We have received factual information on foreign citizens’ collection of data about military equipment belonging to the Armenian armed forces, the transportation of weapons, the location of military units, as well as those mobilized […]
An executive member at the European Central Bank says a digital euro could protect the Eurozone’s monetary sovereignty from outside influence. Source link
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On World Tourism Day, let’s revisit some popular destinations where Bollywood movies have been shot, offering picturesque backdrops and leaving people entranced while providing new travel ideas. The tourism boards of the Maldives, Portugal, Thailand and Vienne tell Sputnik about plans to invite international filmmakers to make movies on location. Adapting to the “new normal”, Bollywood celebrities have already started to film overseas, with all safety […]
UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem has called on all countries targeted with sanctions to unite and take joint political and economic action to resist the measures. “Unilateral coercive measures imposed by some countries clearly violate international law. The humanitarian exemptions they repeatedly invoke do not exist on the ground. […] We call on all affected countries and those that reject such measures […]
UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – Sanctions and foreign interference in the internal affairs of Belarus will have the opposite effect, Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei said at the UN General Assembly, warning against attempts to bring chaos to Belarus. “We note with regret the increasing attempts by a series of countries to abuse the UN platform including the Security Council, to further their own narrow political interests. […]
After narrowly winning a February 2014 Swiss referendum seeking immigration quotas to limit free movement from EU countries, the Swiss People’s party witnessed their demands being eventually watered down amid Bern’s lengthy talks with Brussels; the party has condemned the compromise which was struck with the EU as a “betrayal”. Switzerland will vote in a referendum on 27 September that is set to decide whether it […]
First published 24 September 2020, PressTV New and deeply disturbing footage shows a Saudi Arabia-backed terrorist group in the very act of a 2018 attack on a parade in southwestern Iran, which killed 25 people and injured 70 others, mostly civilian bystanders. The video pertains to September that year, when the terrorist outfit known as al-Ahwaziya, struck a military parade in the city of Ahvaz, the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/15/1079945539_0:0:3071:1729_1200x675_80_0_0_6702f418f465a139e2e370af0b52eba8.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202009241080560181-russian-and-iranian-foreign-ministers-hold-press-conference-in-moscow—video/ Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said earlier in the day that the United States must compensate his country for the damage suffered by Iran if it wants Tehran to return to the 2015 nuclear pact. Sputnik is live from Moscow, where the Russian Foreign Minister and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif are speaking to the press following […]
On Monday, the Trump administration announced that it was imposing “UN” sanctions on the Iranian Defence Ministry and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for what Washington called aiding Tehran’s weapons programmes. Iranian analyst Mani Mehrabi has explained what’s behind the failure of the US to gain international support for its Iran policy. “Our actions today are a warning that should be heard worldwide: No matter who you […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Max Gorbachev. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202009231080551985-fbi-warns-foreign-actors-and-hackers-could-spread-misinformation-on-results-of-presidential/ Both Republicans and Democrats have previously warned that foreign actors may attempt to influence the upcoming presidential election scheduled for 3 November by using various means. In response to these claims, tech companies such as Facebook and Twitter have introduced new rules to prevent election interference. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released a public service announcement […]
Facebook says the fake accounts it removed focused mainly on Southeast Asia. But they also included some content about the U.S. election, which did not gain a large following. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images Facebook says the fake accounts it removed focused mainly on Southeast Asia. But they also included some content about the U.S. election, which […]
Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, shown at a news conference last November, says he sees the possibility of closer relations with the U.S. Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, shown at a news conference last November, says he sees the possibility of closer relations with the U.S. Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images Taiwan […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/14/1080229790_0:38:3072:1766_1200x675_80_0_0_e3ff6d44b9e66cc43760f4588146560d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009231080543626-france-received-russias-request-on-navalny-situation-foreign-ministry-says/ PARIS (Sputnik) – France has received a request from Russia regarding Russian political opposition figure Alexei Navalny and it is currently under review, the French Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, the Russian Interior Ministry said that Germany, Sweden, and France had not responded to Russia’s request for legal assistance regarding the Navalny situation. “We have […]
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TEHRAN (Sputnik) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry called on the United States on Sunday to reconcile with the international community and get back to observing its legal commitments following the controversial statement on the restoration of UN sanctions on Tehran. “Tehran’s message to Washington is clear — return to the international community, act in accordance with your obligations and stop the rebellion. In this case, the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/05/1080373427_0:0:2622:1474_1200x675_80_0_0_834642da2b74577c5b1f425e0a8abccb.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009191080513866-belarus-warns-to-consider-tikhanovskayas-meeting-with-eu-foreign-ministers-meddling/ MINSK (Sputnik) – The participation of former Belarusian presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya in the upcoming meeting of EU foreign ministers next week will amount to interference in Belarus’ internal affairs, Belarusian Foreign Ministry spokesman Anatoly Glaz said on Saturday. “It could certainly be funny and curious if it were not so sad. It is quite obvious, in fact, that […]
Will A Biden Foreign Policy Make A Difference For The World? By Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report. September 18, 2020 Will A Biden Foreign Policy Make A Difference For The World?2020-09-182020-09-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/baraka845x400.jpeg200px200px For the people of the world the real fascism of anti-democratic, brutal regimes supported by the U.S., murderous sanctions, and right-wing coups will continue unabated. The reoccupation of the Executive Branch by the Democrats will […]
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The US-Cyprus agreement to construct a new regional border security training center on the island will not contribute to peace and stability in the Eastern Mediterranean, Spokesperson of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hami Aksoy said. “The steps taken by the US, such as lifting the arms embargo on the Greek Cypriot Administration and including the Greek side in the military training […]
Today marks the 19th anniversary since the deadliest terrorist attacks in modern history – a series of coordinated attacks by the Al-Qaeda Islamist group against the United States. Dr Rubrick Biegon, a lecturer in international relations at the University of Kent, an expert on US foreign policy, international political economy, terrorism, reflects on how the 9/11 terrorist attacks have changed the US foreign policy and international […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik), Valentina Shvartsman – Pakistan has warned fellow members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) about “spoilers” that seek to undermine the Afghan peace process from both within and outside the country, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said in an exclusive interview with Sputnik. On Thursday, Taliban spokesman Mohammad Naeem Wardak confirmed via Twitter that long-awaited negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government […]
Foreign Policy Of This Country Has To Reject US Exceptionalism By Janine Jackson, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. September 9, 2020 Foreign Policy Of This Country Has To Reject US Exceptionalism2020-09-092020-09-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/phyllis-bennis-scarf-featured-1-1024×512.jpg200px200px Above photo: Phyllis Bennis. CounterSpin interview with Phyllis Bennis on foreign policy visions. Janine Jackson interviewed IPS’s Phyllis Bennis about foreign policy visions for the August 28, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. Janine […]
The UK government has summoned Russian Ambassador Andrey Kelin to express its “deep concern” over what it called the “poisoning” of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny. The diplomat brushed off the accusations as “baseless.” The British Foreign Office urged Moscow to conduct a “full, transparent investigation” into the matter, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said in a Twitter post, adding that London considers it “completely unacceptable that […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/07/1080389956_0:155:3072:1883_1200x675_80_0_0_1aae056bb957db3734f8f1bb4acef8e9.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202009071080389731-russian-and-syrian-foreign-ministers-hold-a-joint-presser-in-damascus/ The Russian delegation headed by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in the Syrian capital of Damascus for talks on the state of affairs in the Syrian Constitutional Committee and the current situation in the Arab country. A live broadcast shows Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Syrian counterpart Walid Muallem holding a joint press conference in Damascus. The […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/18/1080264589_0:0:3282:1846_1200x675_80_0_0_398ca0d726f244da6fb915a2f541ab87.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009071080386880-polish-foreign-ministry-refutes-warsaw-berlin-phone-talks-about-navalny-case/ WARSAW (Sputnik) – The Polish Foreign Ministry refuted on Monday, in a comment for Sputnik, claims about a Warsaw-Berlin phone conversation about the alleged poisoning of Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny, currently undergoing treatment in Germany. “We refute Belarusian reports about the Warsaw-Berlin phone conversation, in which the two countries’ authorities allegedly had to admit that Alexey Navalny was […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106738/14/1067381490_0:142:3799:2279_1200x675_80_0_0_696c3427404ed7daa858880fa621db93.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202009061080380629-no-certainty-berlin-isnt-playing-double-game-in-navalny-case-russian-foreign-ministry-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Moscow is not yet sure that Germany isn’t playing a double game regarding the situation surrounding Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday. Zakharova said that if the German government was “sincere in their statements”, then Berlin should promptly respond to a Russian Prosecutor General’s Office request to exchange […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Amazon has prohibited the import of plant and seed products into the US after Americans received suspicious packages this summer with seeds they did not order, The Wall Street Journal reports. According to the spokesperson, sellers who violate the new guidelines (effective 3 September) could have their Amazon account removed. “Moving forward, we are only permitting the sale of seeds by sellers who […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/104761/75/1047617596_0:109:2048:1261_1200x675_80_0_0_3cfd787539c0c8f0d8cf4e4aac99e165.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009031080352622-venezuelan-foreign-minister-describes-us-sanctions-against-icc-as-confession-of-guilt/ MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza called the US sanctions against the International Criminal Court the “confession of guilt” of crimes against humanity. “The International Criminal Court judges crimes against humanity. The US commits them frequently. US ‘sanctions’ the Court’s Prosecutor and threatens all judges to avoid investigation on its atrocious crimes: an illegal practice that […]
Two House Democrats are urging the nation’s top intelligence official to make public what they argue is crucial information about the extent to which foreign actors are exploiting recent racial and social unrest in the U.S. to advance their own agendas. In a September 1 letter obtained by The Daily Beast, Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Val Demings (D-FL), members of the House Intelligence Committee, thank […]
Known in the international arena for his sharp tongue, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has on various occasions expressed his distaste with the US foreign policy and has done so in articulate way. “Novice Bully” One of the most recent comments by Zarif, which he shared on his Twitter page, criticized the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, whose “lawless bullying leaves US isolated again.” […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202009011080333665-ex-japanese-foreign-minister-fumio-kishida-plans-to-run-for-ruling-party-leadership/ TOKYO (Sputnik) – Former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday announced his intention to contest the leadership of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. “I would like to propose my candidature for the election of the party chair. I would like to do my best for the country, for the people,” Kishida said at a meeting of his faction, […]
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The Belarusian foreign ministry has withdrawn accreditation from journalists from certain foreign media, a decision which the country’s law enforcement agencies have justified on the basis of ‘countering extremism.’ Journalists from Western media organizations, such as Reuters and Associated Press, along with state media outlets AFP, BBC, Deutsche Welle and RFE/RL, have been stripped of their right to report, meaning that they could be arrested if […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/19/1080272719_0:309:2235:1566_1200x675_80_0_0_cfbe5b270238d82c879b3152fe9751bf.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/photo/202008251080273589-discovering-the-soviet-union-images-of-foreign-celebrities-visiting-moscow-/ The Moscow International Film Festival was first held in 1935 and became a regular event in 1959. Since 1999 it has been held annually. In Soviet times, the event was more than just a film festival but an opportunity for people to meet each other despite political difficulties. Visiting the Soviet Union, mainly Moscow and Saint Petersburg, was an […]
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President Alexander Lukashenko has likened recent events in Belarus to color revolutions, saying protesters are trying to follow a similar, foreign-backed template to overthrow the government. “Everything is clear. As we expected, everything is following the plan of color revolutions by whipping up domestic political tensions in the country,” Lukashenko said. The embattled leader, who has headed Belarus for 26 years, also accused foreign countries of […]
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton again sounded alarms about election-meddling “foreign adversaries” in her speech to the Democratic convention, while urging voters to take revenge for her bitter 2016 loss to Donald Trump. “For four years, people have said to me, ‘I didn’t realize how dangerous he was,’ ‘I wish I could go back and do it over,’ or worse, ‘I should have voted,’” Clinton […]
The platform has recently gone after certain media entities, adding labels to accounts and tweets tied to certain government officials and “state-affiliated media” – but some outlets are more equal than others. Twitter’s search tool appears to have started ghosting the accounts of several news organisations from Russia and China in a follow-up to its selective crackdown on “state-affiliated media”. The Twitter pages of Russia’s Sputnik […]
So who blew up Beirut? The chances of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) accidentally blowing up in Beirut at this particular time do not seem to me to be high. The MSM love coincidences. Intelligence analysts do not. With every respect to those of my colleagues taking a different view I’m not thinking nuclear, nor the Israelis. Ammonium nitrate is a fertilizer. It’s not actually […]
So who blew up Beirut? The chances of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) accidentally blowing up in Beirut at this particular time do not seem to me to be high. The MSM love coincidences. Intelligence analysts do not. With every respect to those of my colleagues taking a different view I’m not thinking nuclear, nor the Israelis. Ammonium nitrate is a fertilizer. It’s not actually […]
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HONG KONG—The founder of a popular newspaper has been arrested by the Hong Kong Police Force, six weeks after Beijing passed a national-security law that carries a maximum penalty of life in prison for people deemed to have participated in acts of “secession, subversion, treason, or collusion with foreign forces” against the Chinese and Hong Kong governments. Jimmy Lai, a media mogul who owns the broadsheet […]
BEIJING (Sputnik) – The joint statement of the foreign ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States on Hong Kong is yet another instance of interference in China’s domestic affairs, the Chinese embassy in Canada said in a statement on Monday. “On 9 August, the foreign ministers of Canada and other countries made a statement which once again contained irresponsible comments […]
Demonstrators who took to the streets of Beirut after the Lebanese capital was rocked by a massive blast earlier this week have stormed the Foreign Ministry and other government buildings, amid violent clashes with police. Around 10,000 people gathered at Martyrs’ Square in central Beirut to accuse the government of negligence, which they say allowed a massive ammonium nitrate explosion to occur at the port on […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/05/1080073959_0:113:1280:833_1200x675_80_0_0_064f7e9b8d55ab83a9122721558ba732.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202008051080073937-armenia-adopts-law-limiting-broadcast-of-foreign-media/ YEREVAN (Sputnik) – Armenian President Armen Sarkissian has signed a law limiting public multiplex options for foreign broadcasters, the presidential press service said. “The Armenian president has signed a law on audiovisual media”, the press service said. The law adopted by the parliament in July stipulates that foreign audiovisual programming requires agreements with other countries to be broadcast via […]
Pakistan’s foreign minister has tweeted a new “political map” of disputed Kashmir as Pakistani territory, one year after its autonomy was revoked by India. New Delhi previously blasted the map as “political absurdity.” Wednesday marks a year since New Delhi revoked the decades-old autonomy of the part of Kashmir it controls. The mountainous state was split into two union territories: Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. Indian officials […]
Stimulus checks are prepared on May 8, 2008, in Philadelphia. In 2020, stimulus checks again went to many Americans, this time during the pandemic’s economic fallout. But some of that money went to thousands of foreign workers not eligible to receive the funds. Jeff Fusco/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jeff Fusco/Getty Images Stimulus checks are prepared on May 8, 2008, in Philadelphia. In 2020, stimulus […]
Joe Biden’s foreign policy is a disaster for America. No doubt it will enrich the Biden family and their accomplices around the world but not the average American. The Biden family enriched themselves while Joe Biden served as Obama’s Vice President, a Biden Presidency would no doubt increase the Biden’s riches off of the backs of Americans even more. The AP released an article over the […]
The speaker of Russia’s State Duma (parliament) has ordered the Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption to determine which lawmakers have alternative citizenships or other residence permits, after a claim by an opposition MP. A key part of Vladimir Putin’s constitutional changes, approved in a national vote earlier this month, called for a halt to top officials having foreign passports or the right to reside in other […]
The Brookings Institute was heavily involved in the Democrat and Deep State Russia collusion hoax and Ukraine impeachment fraud. These actions against President Trump were criminal. This institute is influenced from foreign donations from entities who don’t have an America first agenda. Julie Kelly at American Greatness released a report where she addresses the connections between the Brookings Institute, Democrats and foreign entities. She summarizes her […]
China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday slammed the United States for “reckless provocation of confrontation” after the two countries ordered tit-for-tat closures of each other’s consulates. In a call with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian, Wang warned that China-US relations could “fall into the abyss of confrontation,” AFP said. He also called for the international community to resist “any unilateral or […]
A poll released by a Sydney-based think tank in June showed that only 23 percent, an all-time low, of Australians express trust toward China with regard to international responsibility. Australia’s agricultural business leaders are calling for a separation between foreign policy and trade ties in dealing with China as they’re concerned that rising tensions will impact the nation’s exports to the Celestial Empire. Mark Allison, the chief […]
DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Dave Davies, in for Terry Gross. Christopher Dickey, the foreign correspondent and editor who covered war, terrorism and espionage for more than 40 countries, died last week from a heart attack at his home in Paris. He was 68. Dickey was known for his coverage of conflicts in Central America and the Middle East. He worked for The […]
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In recent comments to the press, Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu claimed Chinese aircraft flying close to the island’s areas of control is “virtually a daily occurrence.” However, he failed to mention the US is also sending planes near Chinese airspace close to Taiwan on a daily basis. “What it is doing now is unceasingly preparing to use force to resolve the Taiwan problem,” Wu told […]
The Iranian Foreign Minister arrived in Moscow for face-to-face talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday. The talks focused on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, also known as the Iran nuclear deal signed in 2015, as well as bilateral ties and matters of regional and international significance. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif sat with Sputnik to discuss what steps Iran expects from Russia […]
22 Jul, 2020 07:33 Follow RT on The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that the US asked it to close down its consulate in Houston, Texas. Beijing condemned the move, promising retaliation if the decision is not reversed. Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of China’s Global Times newspaper, tweeted that Beijing was given 72 hours to vacate the consulate building. “This is a crazy move,” he wrote. The US […]
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer have sent FBI Director Chris Wray a letter asking for a briefing about alleged foreign interference efforts in this year’s election. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer have sent FBI Director Chris Wray a letter asking for a briefing about alleged foreign […]
A probe into former VP Joe Biden’s dealings in Ukraine is reportedly the ‘foreign interference’ in US elections that prompted Democrats to demand an urgent defensive briefing from the FBI for all members of Congress. “We are gravely concerned, in particular, that Congress appears to be the target of a concerted foreign interference campaign, which seeks to launder and amplify disinformation in order to influence congressional […]
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For the second time in two years, a democratic socialist upstart from the Bronx has knocked a powerful Democratic congressman from office. In the Tuesday primary for New York’s 16th Congressional District, progressive challenger Jamaal Bowman defeated Rep. Eliot Engel, the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, according to the Associated Press. The win, which took nearly one month to tally, all but ensures Bowman’s […]
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The Trump administration has dropped a proposed policy that would have seen thousands of international students deported if their schools were offering only online courses in the fall, following a massive lawsuit. US District Judge Allison Burroughs announced Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology had reached a settlement with the administration on Tuesday to cancel the new policy, which required non-resident international students to take […]
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Russian fighter jets tracked 30 foreign planes near Russia’s borders within a week, according to the infographics published in the Defense Ministry’s newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda on Friday. “Thirty spy planes of foreign states conducted air reconnaissance along the borders of the Russian Federation and were tracked by Russian radar systems,” the infographics says. Moreover, two drones flew close to the Russian borders, according to the infographics. […]
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California has joined several Ivy League schools in challenging immigration rules that would send foreign students back if they can’t attend classes in person, claiming such a requirement would only spread Covid-19. Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced on Thursday that the state will file a legal challenge against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), over their recent clarification of […]
BEIJING (Sputnik) – Beijing-Washington relations are at the lowest level since the establishment of diplomatic ties between the countries, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday during a China-US think tank media forum. “More alarmingly, China-US relations, one of the most consequential bilateral relationships in the world, is faced with the most severe challenge since the establishment of diplomatic ties,” Wang said, as quoted by […]