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Russia, China bolster defence ties at ‘substantive’ talks

Oct 15: Russia and China held "substantive" defence and military talks to bolster ties, Russia's defence minister said on Tuesday, ...

Ukraine says destroyed army transport plane in Russia

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Kyiv said Monday its forces had destroyed a Russian military transport plane stationed at an airfield deep inside Russian territory ...

Russia says captured another east Ukrainian village near key town

MOSCOW, Oct 13: Russia on Sunday said it has captured another east Ukrainian village as it closes on the important ...

Russia sets price floor for wheat at int’l tenders

MOSCOW, Oct 12:Russia's agriculture ministry asked exporters at a closed-door meeting on Friday not to sell wheat by tender to ...

Turkey imposes duties on China, Russia, India, Japan steel imports

Oct 12: Turkey imposed anti-dumping duties on some steel imports from China, Russia, India and Japan, an Official Gazette announcement ...

Nearly 7,000 people cross into Syria from Lebanon in 24 hrs: Russian military

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Nearly 7,000 people entered the Syrian territory from Lebanon in the past 24 hours, Oleg Igansyuk, deputy chief of the ...

Russia and Iran hail ‘close’ world views

ASHGABAT, Oct 11: Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday hailed their "close" views on world affairs, with ...

Saudi's MbS will not attend Russia's BRICS summit

MOSCOW, Oct 10: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is not expected to attend the Russian-hosted BRICS summit later this ...

Iran-Russia: A growing alliance that rattles the West

PARIS, Oct 10: The burgeoning alliance between Iran and Russia, which has already seen Tehran assist Moscow in its war ...

Consumer goods giant Unilever finally exits Russia

LONDON, Oct 10: British consumer goods giant Unilever on Thursday completed the sale of Unilever Russia, finally joining other multinationals ...

Saudi's MbS will not attend Russia's BRICS summit

MOSCOW, Oct 10: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is not expected to attend the Russian-hosted BRICS summit later this ...

Iran-Russia: A growing alliance that rattles the West

PARIS, Oct 10: The burgeoning alliance between Iran and Russia, which has already seen Tehran assist Moscow in its war ...

Consumer goods giant Unilever finally exits Russia

LONDON, Oct 10: British consumer goods giant Unilever on Thursday completed the sale of Unilever Russia, finally joining other multinationals ...

Dr Yunus praises Russian cooperation in power, energy sectors

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Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday praised Russia's cooperation in the power and energy sectors and acknowledged Russia's role ...

Russia says emergency hotlines with US and NATO remain as nuclear risks rise

MOSCOW, Oct 8: Russia said on Tuesday that it still had an emergency hotline with the United States and the ...

RNPP experts trained up in Russia on nuclear fuel handling

Business Correspondent

Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) experts have recently completed training at a Rosatom research institute in Troitsk, Russia. Organized by Rosatom ...

Russia, China hold joint navy patrol in Pacific

Observer Online Desk

Russian and Chinese navy ships have carried out a joint patrol in the northeast of the Pacific Ocean, the Russian ...

Russia says Israel must withdraw troops from Lebanon

MOSCOW, Oct 1: Russia urged Israel to "immediately" pull its troops out of southern Lebanon on Tuesday, after the Israeli ...

Russia says it thwarts Ukraine’s attempts to enter Kursk region

MOSCOW, Sept 29: Russia's defence ministry said on Sunday its forces had repelled six new Ukrainian attempts to enter its ...

Finland to place NATO base near Russian border

HELSINKI, Sept 27: Finland will place a key NATO base less than 200 kilometers (125 miles) from its border with ...

Russia claims more advances in east Ukraine

MOSCOW, Sept 25: Russia's army said Wednesday it had captured two more villages in eastern Ukraine, the latest gains for ...

Russian cosmonauts return to Earth after record ISS stay

ALMATY, Sept 23: Two Russian cosmonauts landed back on Earth on Monday after a record-breaking stay aboard the International Space ...

Zelensky says hopes Biden will support his plan to end war with Russia

KYIV, Sept 20: Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday he hopes US President Joe Biden will support his plan to ...

Media reports put Russian military death toll at 70,000

WARSAW, Sept 20: The BBC and the independent Russian news site Mediazona said on Friday they had documented the deaths ...

Russia claims another village in Ukraine's Donetsk region

MOSCOW, Sept 19: Russia on Thursday said it had captured another village in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, where its troops ...

EU to send 160m euros from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine

BRUSSELS, Sept 19: The sum of 160 million euros from the proceeds of frozen Russian assets will be allocated to ...

Ammunition from India enters Ukraine, raising Russian ire

NEW DELHI, Sept 19: Artillery shells sold by Indian arms makers have been diverted by European customers to Ukraine and ...

Russia boosting army size due to ‘threats’: Kremlin

MOSCOW, Sept 17: Russia is boosting its army size to 1.5 million active soldiers due to "threats" along its borders, ...

Meta bans Russian state media outlets for 'interference'

Observer Online Desk

Meta late Monday said it is banning Russian state media outlets from its apps around the world due to "foreign ...

Deadly shelling in Ukraine’s Pokrovsk as Russia inches closer

KYIV, Sept 15: Russian shelling killed one person in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk on Sunday, local authorities said, ...