In a move likely to rile Japan, Russia on Tuesday deployed an S-300 air defense system on the disputed Kuril Islands in the North Pacific. The system's readiness was examined by Col. Gen. Gennady Zhidko, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. The S-300 is meant to protect important ...

MOSCOW (TASS): Russia considers it important for member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) to harmonize their legislation on the fight against drug trafficking, international terrorism and extremism, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his address to a session of the ...

MOSCOW (TASS): The Northern Fleet’s frigate Admiral Gorshkov successfully test-launched a Tsirkon hypersonic missile from the White Sea against a target in the Barents Sea, Russia’s Defense Ministry announced on Thursday. “The Project 22350 lead frigate Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet ...

SOCHI/ISLAMABAD – Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan that a COVID-19 vaccine should be a global public good. Speaking at the Russia-hosted summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on Tuesday, Khan said that the member nations must ...

Zircon hypersonic cruise missile has successfully hit a target in the Barents Sea, the Russian Ministry of Defence stated. The military stressed that the missile flew around 450 kilometres, reaching Mach 8 speeds. Russian President Vladimir Putin has hailed the successful test of a ...

Sofia: Bulgaria has expelled two Russian diplomats accused of spying on the military, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. The pair were given 72 hours to leave the EU country, a former Russian ally during Soviet times, after the Bulgarian public prosecutor alleged they had been seeking out ...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says United States faces defeat in its move to reimpose U.N. sanctions on Tehran. In a televised speech on Sunday he said, America is approaching a certain defeat in its sanctions move. “It faced defeat and negative response from the international ...

BEIJING - Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretary General, Vladimir Norov has welcomed the beginning of inclusive talks between the Afghanistan’s Government and the Taliban in Doha, the capital of Qatar. “We would like to express hope for the progressive development of ...

Moscow: A high-level meeting is expected between the defence ministers of India and China to hold talks in Moscow regarding dispute at Himalayan border. This would be the highest level face-to-face political contact since tensions boiled at the disputed border in May. Army deployment along the ...

MOSCOW (TASS): The Russian Army will shortly start receiving the latest satellite communications stations that can easily fit into a backpack and are the most compact to date, the press office of Ruselecro-nics Group (part of the state hi-tech corporation Rostec) announced on Monday. “The ...