Inbound Latakia AB, Syria Russia Russian Air Force IL62 RA86496
2 year agoMonster waterspout going ashore in Salerno, Italy this afternoon, Nov 20th - report: Tornado in Italia
2 year agoChechenya's Ramzan Kadyrov in UAE
Belarusian government hopes that Azerbaijan's national energy champion SOCAR will consider investing in its giant chemical plant Grodno Azot as bilateral relations expand further beyond military-technical cooperation.
Lithuanian Parliament votes 88-0 to immediately consider withdrawing from Interpol, along with other democratic countries, if Russian candidate Prokopchuk is elected as head of Interpol
Milorad Dodik, Sefik Dzaferovic and Zeljko Komsic, the newly elected members of Bosnia's tripartite presidency, were sworn in today at an official ceremony in Sarajevo.
2 year agoCherkasy court freed suspects in kidnap and murder of journalists Sergieno for bail
2 year agoPutin instructed to fix issues in military industry
Vadim Novinsky was elected as new head of "Opposition Bloc" faction
Vladimir Putin on the phone congratulated Patriarch Kirill on his birthday
2 year agoMikhail Khodorkovsky: I have personal experience with Russian candidate for Interpol presidency; I believe he'd follow orders from Kremlin.
Russian prosecutors say over $150 million embezzled during construction of new $5-billion spaceport in Russia's Far East
2 year agoBill Browder and Mikhaïl Khodorkovsky holding presser on possible election of a Russian as head of Interpol. They claim Russia has repeatedly abused Interpol red notice system to persecute enemies.
Georgia's government is printing fake ID cards to swing presidential elections in favour of Georgian Dream–endorsed Salome Zurabishvili, @TIGeorgiaEng @isfed_official and @GYLA_CSO have claimed, citing a whistleblower in the agency.
2 year agoMFA @PavloKlimkin made a working visit to Canada
India, Russia finalise USD 500 million deal for construction of 2 warships for Indian Navy
Kremlin: Letter by US senators against Russian candidate for Interpol presidency is clear example of meddling in electoral process of an international organization.
Russia says Moscow and Ankara must take swift decisions on Syria's Idlib
2 year agoTurkey's Minister of Defence Hulusi Akar and Chief of National Intelligence Hakan Fidan met with Sergei Shoigu and other Russian Defence Officials.
The chairperson of the Foreign Committee of the German parliament @n_roettgen (CDU) says Russia's Prokopchuk is "unelectable" as @INTERPOL_HQ president due to his "multiple abuses of the Red Notice instrument to pursue political opponents".
Lavrov: Attempts to endow the OPCW with the functions of the prosecutor violate the convention on the prohibition of chemical weapons
2 year agoThe @EcuPatriarch Patriarch of Constantinople reiterates its sacred decision to grant the Tomos of Autocephaly to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine
Since last night ~159 refugees and migrants arrived on Samos by sea in 3 boats. Conditions are dire for more than 4,000 people already living in and around the state-run camp which has the capacity for 650.
2 year agoPushilin "inaugurated" today in Donetsk
2 year agoAnother tornado, this one in Taurisano, Salento, south Italy this morning. Video: Laura Rattazzi
Turkish and Russian defense ministers meet in Moscow to discuss Idlib's case before Astana meeting
German finance minister Scholz: Italy must deal with reality of euro-area rules
Private aircraft of Ukrainian Tycoon Medvedchuk Dassault Falcon 900EX P4-GEM
Downing Street says Prime Minister Theresa May will travel to Brussels tomorrow evening for a meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker
Spanish Foreign Minister says Sanchez government would not block an independent Scotland, that seceded constitutionally, from re-joining the EU.
2 year agoActing FM of Armenia @Zmnatsakanyan met with the PACE's newly elected President Liliane Maury Pasquier during his working visit to Strasbourg. A wide range of issues of mutual interest were discussed.
Armenia's Pashinyan: Relative calm with Azerbaijan is result Dushanbe arrangements
2 year agoGreece Central government debt increases by 10.7 bln to 356.03 bln in Q3
Spanish PM @sanchezcastejon says if there are no changes to the current Brexit agreement, Madrid will vote against it. Spain wants a separate deal over Gibraltar with the UK
Hungary to continue blocking Ukraine-NATO Commission: Szijjarto claims there is no "forward progress" on the issue of rights of the Hungarian minority in Zakarpattia
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic confirmed that Macedonia's fugitive ex-PM Nikola Gruevski exited Serbia at the Tompa-Horgos-Roszke border crossing with Hungary - but insisted that Belgrade had no legal ground to arrest him at the time.
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - Ionian Sea
2 year agoArtillery drills started at the Russian base in Tajikistan
Armenia's Acting PM Pashinyan is trying to retain rotating chairmanship of CSTO against the overwhelming odds as both Belarus and Kazakhstan made clear that by recalling its chairman, who's under investigation, Armenia forfeited that right.
2 year agoTornado in Cutro (Crotone), Calabria, south Italy this morning, November 20. Report: Amedeo Migale
Ukrainian MFA confirmed that Ukrainian Ambassador at OSCE Ihor Prokopchuk is a brother of Russian police general Olexander Prokopchuk(aimed to be elected as Interpol chief). Highlights that is not a threat to national security
Royal Air Force ISR Plane Sentinel R1 ZJ961
2 year agoThe train accident in Vacarisses: 44 injured and one killed near Barcelona
2 year agoRussian hacking group "Cozy Bear" likely responsible for phishing campaign targeting US State Dept @StateDept officials, says US security firm
2 year agoKosovo gets big majority but not the 2/3 needed for membership to @INTERPOL_HQ.
Russia denounces 'interference' in Interpol leadership election
Ryanair Boeing 737-800 was damaged on the ground at Shannon Airport
2 year agoI will raise a challenge we all face: new Russian missiles, putting the INFTreaty in jeopardy. These missiles are mobile, hard to detect and nuclear capable. We should call on Russia to ensure full and transparent compliance with the INF treaty - NATO SG @jensstoltenberg at FAC
EU human rights court calls on Turkey to release former HDP co-chair @hdpdemirtas
2 year agoRussia's government paper today warns that "a big new warthat could end mankind" is "looking more and more likely" and says it must be prevented. Another paper welcomes the idea of an EU army (it's becoming clear Moscow sees it as a way of weakening NATO).
2 year agoA meeting was held between the chiefs of general staffs of Azerbaijan and Turkey
2 year agoOwners of cars with foreign registration has blocked highway Kyiv-Odesa
2 year agoFollowing the ceremony of signing documents, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko have made press statements.
Moscow court arrested(in absentia) Syrian citizens for murder of Russian military(pilots Oleg Peshkov, Roman Filipov). No names of suspects or even number given
3 killed, 1 wounded in Ganja explosion
Members of the opposition party "Opposition bloc" Yuriy Boyko and Sergei Lvochkin were expelled from the Opposition bloc faction in the Verkhovna Rada.
2 year agoPoliceman was stabbed in central Brussels in an apparent Islamist militant attack, but police said the motive is unclear
Italy orders seizure of migrant rescue ship Aquarius: MSF
Russian frigates 'Admiral Makarov' and 'Admiral Essen' hold anti-submarine warfare drills in Mediterranean
2 year agoPentagon approves sale of precision guided munitions kits for NATO's allies
2 year agoTwitter has suspended Graham W Phillips (@GrahamWP_UK) account
2 year agoUkrainian military shot down another Russian Orlan-10 UAV
Joint Forces Operation Press Center: yesterday Russian forces opened fire 21 times. 3 Ukrainian soldiers were wounded
2 year agoPossible natural gas explosion destroyed a home in Ganja, searched and rescue operation ongoing
Artillery shelling reported on Tryohkizbenka and Krymske
2 year agoDonetsk: Central streets will be codroned off tomorrow, Nov20, from 06:00 until the end of Pushilin's "inauguration"
[email protected] has entered Mediterranean after historic participation in Trident Juncture and operating in Arctic Circle
Russian CozyBear/APT29 hacking group (associated with Russian Military Intelligence GRU) comes back to life with new US spear-phishing campaign targeting both the US government and private sector.
MEP Gérard Deprez, chair of Friends of a Free Iran, condemns Iran government Violates Human Rights and Plots Terrorism in EU.
2 year ago"Yellow vests": the deblocking of roads by police will continue
2 year ago"Yellow vests" Block in Barentin, near Rouen. Suspended traffic
2 year agoPutin: When the United States unilaterally withdrew from the anti-missile defense treaty, we openly declared that we would be forced to take retaliatory measures. That was done. Now Russia has a hypersonic weapon capable of overcoming any missile defense system.
2 year agoPutin began the cycle of military meetings in Sochi: I propose today to discuss our steps related to the possible withdrawal of the United States from the INF Treaty. The decision of the United States to withdraw from this treaty, of course, cannot and will not remain unanswered on our part.
6 Romanian ministers fired as party leader seeks more power
Asked to comment on Turkey's Foreign Ministry warnings against Exxon @StateDept repeats "the US recognizes the right of the Republic of Cyprus to develop the resources in its EEZ/we discourage any actions or rhetoric that increase tensions in the region"
FAC: as Russia continues aggression against Ukraine, including de facto blockade of UA ports and militarization in Azov Sea, EU reaction is needed–individual sanctions in response to illegitimate 'elections in Donbass' should be expanded,assistance to Ukraine reinforced
The Police Inspectorate of Kosovo has launched an investigation into five police officers suspended on Friday on suspicion of abuse of office after a video capturing homophobic verbal abuse during questioning was published.
European Union foreign ministers agreed to consider economic sanctions on Iranian nationals over alleged assassination plots in Denmark and France.
Ukraine to acquire 6 Bayraktar TB2 UAVs from Turkey
Qatari Emir Al Thani visits Zagreb, meets with President @KolindaGK to discuss bilateral cooperation
Undersea quake of 4.7 Richter strikes off Zakynthos
2 year agoNew armored boats "Kentavr" arrived in Odesa
Tartous: The General Director of the governments Grain Foundation Yousef Qasim, announced that 4 ships loaded with 80 thousand tons of Russian wheat began to arrive to the ports of Tartous and Lattakia since the beginning of this week.
Ukrainian MIA Arsen Avakov: Ukraine will suspend membership in Interpol if Russian citizen elected as chairman
2 year agoVladimir Putin: This project (the “Turkish Stream”) is not directed against the interests of anyone, it is purely constructive.
2 year agoFSB detained Ukrainian fishing boat in Azov Sea
2 year agoMore than 100 drivers blocked Rivne customs, there were clashes with the police
Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 - 52km SSW of Lithakia, Greece
2 year agoPolice in Kyiv seized pistols and grenades from ISIS supporters
Georgia's PM Mamuka Bakhtadze has announced plans to write off ₾1.5 billion ($570 million) in unpaid loans for 'over 600,000' Georgians. Coming just 9 days before elections, opposition and rights groups accused the government of 'bying votes'
France 'extremely vigilant' on Renault after arrest of CEO Carlos Ghosn: Macron
Turk Stream natural gas pipeline project will be ready to operate in 2019 after tests are carried out. President Erdogan speaks in Istanbul at the completion of the sea part of Turk Stream gas pipeline from Russia
President Erdogan calls Russia a 'reliable' partner for Turkey and an 'important' natural gas provider that Turkey can cooperate with in the long run. Erdogan is speaking in Istanbul at the completion of the sea part of the TurkStream gas pipeline from Russia
Russian President Putin: "As Russia and Turkey, we are realizing the cooperation in the field of energy in a very successful way for many year"
2 year ago"The Turkish stream went ashore": Putin and Erdogan arrived at the ceremony of completion of the construction of the offshore section of the pipeline
Russian Ambassador Alexander Shulgin at OPCW referencing Douma chemical attack "I support my Syrian colleagues. This (alleged use of Sarin by Syrian govt. forces) is out and out lies."
"As regards this notorious Novichok, in the US 140+ patents granted for chemical warfare agents of this kind US friends pristine and pure as the air, paragons of morality. They rained down missiles on Syria under pretext of Sarin used." - Russia Ambo at @OPCW
2 year agoEU Foreign Affairs Ministers start the Council meeting with a discussion on current affairs. Also on FAC agenda: Central Asia, BiH, Ukraine Yemen, followed by EU defence with Defence Ministers
27 non-British EU members united behind draft Brexit deal, agreed not to reopen talks ahead of signing this weekend
2 year agoRussian President's entourage arrived to Istanbul Atatürk before Putin who will arrive later today to mark the completion of the TurkStream gas pipeline's offshore section: Rossiya Special Flight Squadron Tupolev Tu214 flew from Moscow Vnukovo to Istanbul Atatürk.
2 year agoA new Russian Progress cargo vehicle on board, supplying the @Space_Station with fresh food, water, air and experiments. Sergey and I were monitoring its flawless automatic approach to ISS, ready to step in if needed. Photo by @AstroSerena.
INF Treaty prevents US from dominating the military sphere - Ryabkov
Aleksei Kleshko, deputy speaker of the Krasnoyarsk regional parliament, has been found dead after possibly falling out of a window
In Simferopol, the FSB detained the director general of one of the Rosatom enterprises
Netanyahu: We still have good relations with Russia. My conversation with Putin in Paris was excellent. I proposed enhancing de-confliction talks between the Israeli army and the Russian army
Netanyahu: Our intelligence tells us that the amount of Iranian arms smuggling through Syria to Hezbollah in Lebanon has substantially decreased since the downing of the Russian plane
Netanyahu at the Knesset hearing: Israel has engaged in military operations in Syria since the downing of the Russian plane. Our intelligence planes are gathering information and I don't want to talk about other operations in this setting
Vladimir Bidevka named as chief of "DNR parliament"
Russia sends the report to United States on 1100 pages of Browder’s crimes - Prosecutor General’s Office
2 year ago[email protected] AF1464 to St Petersburg is declaring an emergency and returning to Paris CDG
2 year agoGigantic waves have been battering buildings on the north coast of Tenerife, causing 39 people to be evacuated.
The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation considers it "very likely" that Magnitsky was killed on order of Bill Browder
2 year agoYesterday in Chisinau, Moldova, thousands of protesters joined a rally organised by the opposition PSRM party of Igor Dodon to demand constitutional change from parliamentary to presidential republic
