Senior Iranian Lawmaker Says Tehran Needs to Sign Strategic Partnership Pact With Moscow

Having established a strategic partnership pact with China, it’s now time for Tehran to turn north and reach similar long-term strategic agreements with Moscow, Mojtaba Zonnour, chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s national security and foreign policy committee, has said. … Read More >Senior Iranian Lawmaker Says Tehran Needs to Sign Strategic Partnership Pact With Moscow

Western govt contractor entrapped British scholar in sting operation to cover up Syria corruption scandal

CIJA, a taxpayer-funded outfit that collaborated with al-Qaeda, lied to entrap a British academic in a sting operation. Its goal was to discredit critics of the dirty war on Syria – and cover up its own corruption. … Read More >Western govt contractor entrapped British scholar in sting operation to cover up Syria corruption scandal

Russia gives elderly Crimean woman 12 years in prison for passing classified military secrets to Ukrainian intelligence

A Russian court on the Crimean peninsula has sentenced a pensioner to 12 years behind bars for high treason after being found guilty of sending information about the country’s Black Sea fleet to Ukrainian military intelligence. … Read More >Russia gives elderly Crimean woman 12 years in prison for passing classified military secrets to Ukrainian intelligence

Putin calls on nations across world to create new ‘legally binding’ global cyberspace treaty, as hack attack row with US escalates

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the international community should come together to make a new formal pact governing the use of the internet. It would ban potentially hostile actions in order to maintain peace online. … Read More >Putin calls on nations across world to create new ‘legally binding’ global cyberspace treaty, as hack attack row with US escalates

‘Catastrophic consequences for people’s lives’: Debt crisis looming for developing world due to Covid response, UN chief warns

The world faces severe problems of debt sustainability in the wake of the coronavirus crisis that have not been properly understood or addressed, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Financial Times. … Read More >‘Catastrophic consequences for people’s lives’: Debt crisis looming for developing world due to Covid response, UN chief warns

Work of 3 Checkpoints in Syria Suspended From Tuesday Amid Escalation, Russian Military Says

The work of checkpoints Seraqab and Miznaz in Idlib, as well as Abu Zeidin in Aleppo, will be suspended from Tuesday amid escalation until the situation stabilizes, Rear Adm. Alexander Karpov, deputy head of the Russian Centre for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria, said on Monday. … Read More >Work of 3 Checkpoints in Syria Suspended From Tuesday Amid Escalation, Russian Military Says