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Saudi Arabia: 100 Executions In 6 Months
“Saudi Arabia has beheaded a Syrian drug trafficker, rocketing the number of this year’s executions in the Kingdom to 100. This figure is already more than the 87 sentenced and put to death in the country during the whole of last year,” RT reports. The execution took place on Monday in the northern region of … Continue reading
Vladimir Putin: Telephone Conversation With British Prime Minister David Cameron
Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with British Prime Minister David Cameron. By The Kremlin Mr Putin once again congratulated Mr Cameron on his re-election as Prime Minister n the parliamentary election on May 7, 2015. The President affirmed his readiness to work together with the British government to restore constructive cooperation on the bilateral agenda and on international affairs. Mr Putin and Mr Cameron discussed, in particular, the situation in the Middle East, especially … Continue reading
The Money Trail: How the U.S. Fostered Yemen’s Separatist Movement
By Sputnik News As Saudi Arabia and its allies have begun the bombing campaign against Yemen, in the south, a separatist movement calling for a “State of South Arabia” is emerging. Fostered by the US, it will leave the Houthis with two hostile states at their borders and locked access to the sea, if it … Continue reading
Israel Plans To Build “Separation Wall” Along Jordanian Border
Israel is planning to build another “separation wall” on its border with Jordan to protect it from possible infiltration by global jihadists, Israeli media reported on Thursday. The Israeli government’s plan to build the new wall has been revealed following the completion of a similar security fence on its border with Egypt. The Israeli government said that the first … Continue reading
No Legal Hurdles In Expanding The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Secretary General Says
There are no legal hurdles in expanding the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and expansion talks will be discussed in the near future with a decision possibly being announced at the summit of SCO and BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) in Russia over the summer, the SCO’s Secretary General Dmitry Mezentsev told TASS news agency on … Continue reading
Saudi Arabia: Next In The Crosshairs Of The Islamic State
By Chris Zambelis The meteoric rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, which has since styled itself the Islamic State in an affirmation of its broader aspirations of dominion over a self-declared caliphate beyond the territories where it exercises control, has aggravated the Middle East’s already treacherous geopolitical landscape. Having emerged out of conflict … Continue reading
Iran, China Moving Toward Strategic Relations
By Saeed Mohammadian More than four decades have passed since the establishment of official political relations between Iran and China. Although these effective players in East and West Asia have had longstanding relations as old as the history of the Silk Road, political and economic relations between the two countries have been sometimes criticized by Western … Continue reading
India Planning Free Trade Zone With Eurasian Economic Union
India has proposed creating a free trade zone with the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU*). “The question was raised by India, which is now considering a free trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union. This is a new level in our relationship. The possibility is being discussed,” Alexey Pushkov, head of the International Committee of Russian State Duma … Continue reading
What The BRICS And Germany Are Really Up To – OpEd
By Pepe Escobar Winston Churchill once said, “I feel lonely without a war.” He also badly missed the loss of empire. Churchill’s successor – the ‘Empire of Chaos’ – now faces the same quandary. Some wars – as in Ukraine, by proxy – are not going so well. And the loss of empire increasingly manifests itself … Continue reading
Damascus: Syria And Russia Discuss Boosting Economic Cooperation
“Primer Wael al-Halaqi discussed with Russian Ambassador in Damascus Alexander Kinschaka ways to activate the agreements signed between Syria and Russia” Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) said. During the meeting which took place on Thursday, February 26th, the two nations discussed signing new agreements covering the following areas: electric power, drinking water, higher education, transport, … Continue reading
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