Sept. 6 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg international correspondent Hans Nichols reports on the friction between President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 meeting as Obama seeks a roll call of leaders...
PUTIN GREETS OBAMA WITH SYRIA THREAT – President Obama arrived in Russia today to find the already failing relations with his host in even worse condition. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to provide his Syrian allies with...
Russia Boosts Mediterranean Flotilla as U.S. Weighs Syria Strike Russia is sending three more ships to the east Mediterranean to bolster its fleet there as a U.S. Senate panel will consider President Barack Obama’s request...
Interfax: Russia to beef up presence over “well-known” crisis; navy says deployment is unrelated to developments in Syria. MOSCOW – Russia will send two ships to the east Mediterranean to strengthen its naval presence...
Syria looks set to face a military onslaught as British media report that warplanes and transport jets are being deployed at the UK’s airbase in Cyprus. The spot is just a hundred kilometres from...
Russia and China have stepped up their warnings against military intervention in Syria, with Moscow saying any such action would have “catastrophic consequences” for the region. The US and its allies are considering launching...
Centcom has inaugurated its Forward Command center in Jordan. It is linked to Israeli, Jordanian and Saudi Air Force HQ, ready for a decision by President Barack Obama to impose a no-fly zone over...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has created an anti-CNN for Western audiences with the international satellite news network Russia Today. With its recipe of smart propaganda, sex appeal and unlimited cash, it is outperforming its...
The House of Representatives passed a $598.3 billion defense spending bill Wednesday, while rejecting an amendment to the bill that would have challenged the National Security Agency’s collection of millions of Americans’ phone records,...
Tensions are high as NSA leaker Edward Snowden officially submitted application for temporary asylum in Russia on Tuesday. After Russian and international human rights advocates and lawyers met with Snowden at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport...
