Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Xi expresses support for Iran amid Western pressure

Chinese leader Xi Jinping expressed support for Iran during a visit by its president on Tuesday as Tehran tries to expand relations with Beijing and Moscow to offset Western sanctions over its nuclear development.The official Chinese account of Xi’s...

War going according to plan: Putin to West

Russian President Vladimir Putin showed no regrets for the war against Ukraine, insisting it was going to plan and playing down any nuclear standoff with the West, while both sides prepared for what could be a key battle in...

Ahead of elections, Biden announces steps to reduce gas prices in US

Ahead of the crucial mid-term polls, US President Joe Biden has announced a slew of measures to lower gas prices, which have been hurting the middle class.Biden, in a major policy speech, reiterated that Russian President Vladimir Putin was...

Putin declares martial law in annexed regions of Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared martial law Wednesday in the four regions of Ukraine that Moscow annexed and gave additional emergency powers to the heads of all regions of Russia.Putin didn’t immediately spell out the steps that would be...

Missiles, drones hit Zaporizhzhia again as death toll rises

The death toll from a missile attack on apartment buildings in a southern Ukrainian city rose to 11 as more Russian missiles and — for the first time — explosive packed drones targeted Ukrainian-held Zaporizhzhia on Friday.As the war...

Putin signs unification laws for annexed regions

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed laws formally absorbing four Ukrainian regions into Russia, even as its military struggles to control the territory that was illegally annexed.The documents finalizing the annexation, carried out in defiance of international laws, were...

Agree with Modi, not the era of war: Antony Blinken

The United States was quick to back India’s recent and more explicit expression of disdain for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken was the latest U.S. official to echo Prime Minister Modi’s...

Russia, China agree to expand security ties

A top Russian security official declared Monday on a visit to China that the Kremlin considers beefing up ties with Beijing as a top policy goal.Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of the national Security Council chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin,...

Today’s era is not of war: PM Modi to Putin

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday pushed Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the conflict in Ukraine, saying “today’s era is not of war” even as he called for finding ways to address the global food and energy security...

Russia happy about Iran joining SCO: Prez Putin tells Iranian Prez

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday met his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi here on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Uzbekistan’s Samarkand and expressed his happiness about Tehran joining the eight-member grouping.The 22nd heads of states summit of...