Russia

Russian region declares emergency situation as Black Sea oil spill fallout widens

The pollution has caused serious problems for seabirds and everything from dolphins to porpoises and over 10,000 people have been trying to clear it up.

By REUTERS
25/12/2024

Plane from Azerbaijan to Russia crashes in Kazakhstan, many feared dead

Unverified video of the crash showed the plane, which was operated by Azerbaijan Airlines, bursting into flames as it hit the ground and thick black smoke then rising.

25/12/2024

Russian delegation in Tehran ahead of January cooperation pact signing

The proposed deal is set to bolster the ties between Tehran and Moscow.

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
24/12/2024

Over 50,000-year-old mammoth calf 'Yana' discovered in Yakutia

Local residents constructed stretchers from improvised materials to lift the mammoth calf, preserved it in a glacier, and contacted scientists for further study.

Russian cargo ship sank in Mediterranean Sea with two crew missing, Russian Foreign Ministry says

Russian military cargo ship sinks in Mediterranean after engine room explosion, with two crew members missing as rescue operations continue off Spanish coast.

24/12/2024

Russian delegation invites Iran's president to visit, Iranian media reports say

Russia has cultivated closer ties with Iran and other countries hostile towards the United States, such as North Korea, since the start of the Ukraine war.

By REUTERS
23/12/2024

Bashar al-Assad's wife files for divorce, seeks to move to UK

Asma al-Assad moved to Syria in 2000 and married Assad in the same year at the age of 25. 

22/12/2024

'They’re tearing the church apart': Putin targets Russia's 'godless' Jews at media conference

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that a freeze on the war would only allow Putin to rearm.

By CORINNE BAUM , BEN SALES/JTA
20/12/2024

Russland simuliert taktische Atomwaffen Streik gegen der Westen, erholten Akten zeigt

Aus den Akten geht hervor, dass Russland weiterhin in der Lage ist, Atomwaffen auf Überwasserschiffen zu transportieren, was das Risiko einer Eskalation oder gar eines Unfalls erhöht.

Putin says Israel main winner from fall of Assad, denies Russian defeat

Russia had proposed using its Hmeimim air base to deliver humanitarian aid, and had also evacuated 4,000 Iranian fighters from Syria via that route, he said.

By REUTERS
19/12/2024
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