For the second time in as many weeks, Russian and Turkish fighter jets carried out a joint operation against Islamic State forces in the town of Al Bab in Syria, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said late Thursday.
The UK will be much better off after leaving the EU and its protectionist policies, Professor Patrick Minford CBE, former economic adviser to Margaret Thatcher and member of the Economists for Brexit campaign group, told Radio Sputnik.
The Norwegian secret service blamed Russia for attempts to influence the Nobel Committee in order to prevent awarding a Nobel Peace prize to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
Prime Minister Theresa May will meet Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday to discuss trade and security, her spokeswoman said, part of a charm offensive to bolster her hand in negotiations to leave the EU.
Southern European leaders meet on Saturday in Lisbon to discuss growing challenges, from the refugee crisis to rising borrowing costs and low economic growth, at a time when rising populism has increased political uncertainty in Europe.
Deputy Director of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation said that Russia is preparing a response to Argentinas commercial offer on the purchase of over 15 MiG-29 fighter jets.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday that it is not so easy to change U.S. President Donald Trumps mind on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Military development in China is not a threat to Russia, said Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for President Vladimir Putin, in televised remarks on January 24.
The United States will upgrade and build facilities on Philippine military bases this year, Manilas defense minister said on Thursday, bolstering an alliance strained by President Rodrigo Dutertes opposition to a U.S. troop presence.
Since Prime Minister Theresa May set out her Brexit goals last week, interest in Britain has focused on the future trade deals she may one day strike with the United States and other powers, as well as with the European Union.
