Luna-25, made by Roscosmos from entirely domestic components, aims for a historic first polar landing Read Full Article at RT.com
The US and Iran have reportedly agreed to a prisoner swap and the release of Iranian assets to free five detained Americans Read Full Article at RT.com
Moscow’s Vnukovo International Airport stopped its service on Friday, reportedly due to a drone alert Read Full Article at RT.com
India and China continued to buy most of their oil from Russia, OPEC data shows Read Full Article at RT.com
The EU’s anti-Russia sanctions should be lifted due to their devastating effect on the German economy, Uwe Schulz says Read Full Article at RT.com
The US government has committed large-scale “cyber theft” against Japan and other countries in Asia, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has said Read Full Article at RT.com
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 11 (IPS) - Going back to the 16th century and continuing through the late 1960s, France was described as the world’s second largest colonial power—just behind the British Empire.
As the old saying goes: The sun would never set over the British Empire because God wouldn’t trust an Englishman in the dark. But would that also apply to the French colonial empire?
Read the full story, “Russia Upstages Neo-Colonialist France in West Africa”, on globalissues.org →
BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE, Aug 10 (IPS) - Zimbabwe's ballooning informal sector has, in recent years, spawned the over-exploitation of the country's natural resources, with the fisheries taking some of the most felt battering.
Read the full story, “Disappearing Fish Spell Hard Times for Women in Zimbabwe”, on globalissues.org →
Three UN agencies on Thursday appealed for greater access to safe and regular pathways for migration and asylum in the European Union after another deadly shipwreck claimed dozens of lives in the Mediterranean.
UN-appointed independent rights experts have called on the Chinese Government to provide information about nine Tibetan human rights defenders serving prisoner sentences of up to 11 years.