Jet Crashes After Moscow Take-Off
A Russian passenger plane has crashed after leaving Moscow’s Domodedovo airport with 71 people on board. The Saratov Airlines jet vanished minutes after take-off and crashed near the village of...
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Russian Jet Crashes After Moscow Take-Off
The missing plane was An-148 like the one in this archive picture A Russian passenger plane has crashed after leaving Moscow’s Domodedovo airport with 71 people on board. The Saratov Airlines...
Cameroon Gas Project Brings Royalties For Shareholders, But Tainted Water and Brutalities To Locals
As the first rays of daylight pierced a thick haze blanketing the Ndogpassi neighborhood, several dozen angry men appeared, seemingly from nowhere. They formed a human barrier across the main...
Sjostrom Wants More In Women’s 100m Freestyle Final
Sarah Sjostrom says there is more in the tank, with the women's 100m freestyle world-record again under threat after powering her way into Friday's final at the world championships. The 23-year-old...
Motorsports Boom In China
Trailing enormous plumes of dust, the Silk Way rally cars tore through the Gobi Desert bound for China's Imperial city of Xi'an -- fresh evidence of the Middle Kingdom's newfound love of motorsports....
US House Set To Vote To Sanction Russia, Iran, NKorea
The US House of Representatives will vote Tuesday to slap new sanctions against Russia, a move that limits President Donald Trump's ability to tinker with the penalties and has also triggered uproar...
US House Votes Tuesday To Sanction Russia, Iran, NKorea
The US House of Representatives votes Tuesday to slap new sanctions against Russia, a move that limits President Donald Trump's ability to tinker with the penalties and has also triggered uproar in...
Syria Army Announces Halt In Fighting In Parts of Ghouta
Syria's army announced Saturday a halt in fighting in parts of Eastern Ghouta after rebels and regime ally Russia agreed on how a safe zone will function for the besieged opposition enclave. The army...
Russia Says Agrees Safe Zone Mechanism With Syrian Rebels
Russia's defence ministry said Saturday that its officials had signed a deal with moderate Syrian rebels at peace talks in Cairo on how a safe zone near Damascus will function. "As a result of talks...
Strong Export Demand To Lift Asian Economies
Surging global demand for Asian exports and low oil prices will help China and the region's developing economies grow faster than expected this year and next, the Asian Development Bank said...
In China, High Security For Off-Road Race
Dozens of police officers wearing bulletproof vests and toting assault rifles guard the camp of an international off-road race across China's troubled far-western region of Xinjiang. The show of...
Ghanaian Footballers Wives and Girlfriends
Ghanaian Footballers Wives or girlfriends are usually points of attraction… A few years back, only an insignificant number of people believed that football would grow to become an enviable...
Fifth Round of Kazakh Syria Talks Focuses On Safe Zones
Powerbrokers Russia, Iran and Turkey on Tuesday focused on shoring up a plan for safe zones in Syria at a fifth round of talks they are pushing in Kazakhstan to help end the six-year conflict. Moscow...
Fifth Round of Syria Talks Begins In Kazakhstan
A fifth round of talks on ending the six-year Syrian conflict began in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, focused on shoring up a plan for safe zones in the war-torn country. Russian news agencies reported that...
Syrian Army Declares Unilateral Fighting Freeze In South
The Syrian army on Monday unilaterally announced a halt to fighting in the country's south that would coincide with a new round of peace talks in the Kazakh capital Astana. The army statement,...
UN Envoy Optimistic Over Syria Talks In July
The UN envoy for Syria said Tuesday he hoped that talks set to begin next week in Astana would help create favorable conditions for the next round of talks scheduled in Geneva, despite rising...
We Retain the Right To Self Defense
The White House hit back at Russia on Monday after the Kremlin warned it would track US-led coalition aircraft in Syria as potential 'targets' and halted an incident-prevention hotline with...
India, Pakistan Join China and Russia-Led Security Bloc
Asian rivals India and Pakistan on Friday formally joined the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a security bloc spearheaded by China and Russia, despite bilateral tensions bubbling over Kashmir....
Indian, Pakistan Prime Ministers Exchange Greetings At Summit
The leaders of rivals India and Pakistan have met for the first time in 17 months, at a summit in Kazakhstan, officials said, despite renewed tensions over Kashmir. Indian premier Narendra Modi and...
Next Round of Astana Syria Talks Delayed
Russian-backed peace talks on Syria in Astana have been pushed back, Kazakhstan's foreign ministry said Thursday, as key players wrangle over the future of fragile safe zones in the war-torn country....