Russia
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U.S. touts military ties in Philippines as Duterte courts Russia, China
Oct 24, 2017News Hour: The timing of U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ trip to the Philippines this week couldn’t have been better, coming just as it celebrated a victory against Islamist militants in Marawi City – with a... -
Russia says Iraqi Kurds must act in concert with Baghdad
Oct 23, 2017News Hour: Russia respects the desire of Iraqi Kurdistan to assert its identity but this must be done in dialogue with the Iraqi government, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday at talks with his... -
Russia launched a European satellite dedicated to monitoring the Earth’s atmosphere
Oct 14, 2017News Hour: Russia on Friday launched a European satellite dedicated to monitoring the Earth’s atmosphere, the protective layer that shields the planet from the sun’s radiation, live footage from the cosmodrome showed. The Sentinel-5P orbiter took... -
Russia accuses U.S. of pretending to fight Islamic State in Syria, Iraq
Oct 10, 2017News Hour: Russia accused the United States on Tuesday of pretending to fight Islamic State and of deliberately reducing its air strikes in Iraq to allow the group’s militants to stream into Syria to slow the... -
Russia accuses CNN International of violating Russian media law
Sep 29, 2017News Hour: Russia’s communications regulator on Friday accused U.S. TV channel CNN International of violating Russian media law and said it had summoned the broadcaster’s representatives in connection with the matter. The Russian foreign ministry accused... -
Putin heads to Turkey for talks on weapons deal, Syria
Sep 28, 2017News Hour Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday meets his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks on Syria and a key weapons deal, hoping to strengthen an increasingly active relationship that has troubled the West.... -
Russia builds bridge to move troops across Syria’s Euphrates river
Sep 26, 2017News Hour: The Russian military has built a bridge across the Euphrates river near Deir al-Zor to move troops and vehicles to the other side to support a Syrian army offensive, Russian TV reported on Tuesday,... -
Russian suspect detained after arson attacks against last tsar film
Sep 25, 2017News Hour A Russian court ordered the detention of a man on Saturday on suspicion of trying to intimidate cinemas into not showing a new film about the country’s last tsar, Russia’s news agencies said. Police... -
Russia says U.S. closure of diplomatic sites a ‘blatantly hostile act’
Sep 3, 2017News Hour: Moscow denounced the American decision to close three Russian diplomatic facilities in the United States as a “blatantly hostile act” that violated international law and demanded Washington reverse the order on Sunday. The United... -
Russia gears up for major war games, neighbors watch with unease
Aug 31, 2017News Hour: Russia is preparing to hold large-scale military exercises it says will be of a purely defensive nature, amid concerns in neighboring nations that the drills may be used as a precursor for an invasion....
