President Donald Trump held an unscheduled meeting on Thursday, November5th, with Kirill Dmitriev, a special representative of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Dmitriev also is the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund,
Former President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad and his family have arrived in Moscow, Kremlin sources confirmed to RIA Novosti on December 8, 2025. The Russian government has officially granted them asylum, citing
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Russia increased supplies of platinum to the United States in October to their maximum level in two years – $203 million, which is almost a third of all imports, Sputnik’s analysis of
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Pakistan’s energy sector has seen notable growth, with the country’s certified oil and gas reserves increasing significantly by the end of the 2024 financial year. According to official data from Pakistan’s Petroleum
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Editorial In 1997, George F. Kennan, a key architect of post-World War II American diplomacy, issued a striking warning that should have reverberated through history but was, tragically, ignored. He warned that
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In a candid reflection on a 2007 meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has claimed that the Russian leader brought his black Labrador, Koni, to the meeting
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The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) announced on Sunday that it has severed scientific collaborations with Russian scientists, effectively ending a 60-year cooperation agreement with Moscow. The Swiss-based research center cited
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The Russian Embassy in Colombo has responded to recent media reports claiming that young men from Jaffna were allegedly forced to participate in the ongoing Ukrainian conflict while attempting to travel to
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This story has been updated. Click here to read our latest update. Reliable yet unconfirmed sources now claim that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has not returned from his recent trip to Moscow,
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Editorial The Syrian conflict has never been merely about territory—it is a profound struggle for the very identity of a nation, and a theatre for the ambitions of global powers. Assad’s survival
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The first snowfall blanketed much of Ukraine this week as citizens troubled by a growing sense of anxiety over a harsh winter amid ongoing hostilities and widespread power outages. Having long suffered
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A British court has heard details of a Russian espionage operation involving a ‘honeytrap’ scheme to target journalists and dissidents, with two Bulgarian men pleading guilty to conspiracy charges. The ring, led
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The American film maker and philanthropist who created the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, George Lucas, once said, “Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger
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The ongoing standoff over Ukraine is increasingly becoming a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO, raising serious concerns about the risk of nuclear escalation. In this new phase, both Moscow and the
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In a statement that has escalated tensions between Russia and the West, Sergey Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), claimed that US and British intelligence agencies were behind the
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There is a scene early on in Nathanael West’s satirical 1933 novella Miss Lonelyhearts that reeks of depression, despair, and genius. It’s hard to forget. The protagonist is a lovelorn advice columnist for a
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