Russia

In an efforts to secure the return of the besieged Syrian civilians, Russia opened two humanitarian corridors to evacuate the displaced people in al-Rukban Camp in al Tanf area of Syria’s

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey would not “turn back” on a deal with Moscow to buy Russian S-400 missile defence systems in comments published on Saturday.

Countries from across the globe condemned the terror attack in Pulwama with nations such as the US, Russia and France asserting they stand with India in combating the menace of terrorism.

India’s S-400 missile defence system deal with Russia doesn’t have a “sovereign guarantee” as the process of inter-government agreements with countries like Russia and the US are already “streamlined”, top IAF officers said on Tuesday.

The United States Defence Intelligence Agency’s latest report has claimed that both China and Russia are separately “developing a variety of means” to target US satellites in space.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed Thursday to take a “step-by-step” approach in resolving a territorial dispute with Russia left over from World War II.

President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said Russia was suspending its participation in a key Cold War-era missile treaty in a mirror response to a US move the day before, agencies reported.

The United States said on Friday it was withdrawing from the landmark Cold War INF missile treaty with Russia, saying Moscow was in violation.

The parents of Akshay Jadhav, one of the Indian sailors who went missing after two vessels caught fire off Russia, are still hopeful of receiving a positive news about their son and said he was supposed to return home in Kolhapur district after spending one year on the sea.

At least 14 people have been killed in a fire that broke out on two Tanzanian-flagged ships, both carrying Indian crew, near the Kerch Strait that separates Crimea and Russia. The victims have not been identified yet.