Syria war: Russia says no agreement on ceasefire resolution
Russia has said there is no agreement on a UN Security Council resolution to bring in a 30-day truce in Syria. Russia's UN ambassador,...
BBC News
Feb 22, 2018
Russia resists Western bid to condemn Iran at U.N. over Yemen Arms
By Michelle Nichols The United Nations Security Council should not condemn Iran in a resolution to renew sanctions on Yemen, Russia’s...
Reuters
Feb 22, 2018
Don't Speak, Memory: How Russia Represses Its Past
Every spring, buses covered in portraits of Joseph Stalin appear on the streets of Russian cities. His face replaces ads for cell phones,...
Foreign Affairs
Feb 14, 2018
Israel, Hizbollah and Iran: Preventing Another War in Syria
What’s new? A new phase in Syria’s war augurs escalation with Israel. As the Assad regime gains the upper hand, Hizbollah probes the...
International Crisis Group 1
Feb 7, 2018
How Crimean Tatars Defy Moscow's Pressure
Bakhchisaray, Ukraine - Mumine Saliyeva cannot forget how masked, gun-toting pro-Russian security officers pounded on her door last...
Al Jazeera
Feb 2, 2018
Watch List 2018
Global Overview For Europeans who have chafed at the embrace of U.S. hyper-power, resented being relegated to the part of...
International Crisis Group 1
Jan 31, 2018
Russian website closed after investigating security chief’s assets
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the latest blow to investigative journalism in Russia, the closure of the news website...
Reporters without Borders 1
Jan 27, 2018
The Korean Peninsula Crisis (I): In the Line of Fire and Fury
What’s new? The threat of catastrophic war on the Korean peninsula is graver than at any time in recent history. North Korea’s neighbours...
International Crisis Group 1
Jan 23, 2018
The Korean Peninsula Crisis (II): From Fire and Fury to Freeze-for-Freeze
What’s new? The U.S. has responded to North Korean weapons tests with a campaign of “maximum pressure”, involving economic sanctions,...
International Crisis Group 1
Jan 23, 2018
Politics and Security Hold Each Other Hostage in Nagorno-Karabakh
By Magdalena Grono Sniper fire can hit almost every open-air spot in Nerkin Karmiraghbyur, an Armenian village in the Tavush region on...
International Crisis Group 1
Jan 17, 2018
Saved by Ukrainian Family, Jewish Boy Lived to Become Nobel Laureate
January 27 is the day the international community observes Holocaust Remembrance Day by recalling the horrors committed during World War...
VOA (Voice of America)
Jan 12, 2018
Words in Action: Language and Education in the Armenian Diaspora
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