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World Cup 2018: Argentina Issues Apology for Printing a Guide that Talks About Seducing Russian Women!
Now, there have been a number of controversies in the lead up to the World Cup 2018. It was first whether Russia would be...
How the politics of polarity affects the African continent
At any given moment in the global political order power is distributed in a way and manner that favours certain states more than others....
South Africa, centre of England’s World Cup bid controversy
FIFA, world football body has demanded probe into allegations by the England FA chief that Spain and Russia are conspiring to bribe officials at...
“The Forsaken – from the Great Depression to the Gulags: Hope and Betrayal in Stalin’s Russia”
This remarkable book unearths the untold story of thousands of American
citizens who travelled to the Soviet Union at the height of the Great
Depression only...
Obama faces his greatest test over Iran
This week President Obama released his new nuclear strategy review narrowing the circumstances in which the U.S. might launch a nuclear strike and yesterday...
Somalia: Number of successful pirate attacks decline
With the cooperation of the international shipping industry, there has been steady progress in the fight against maritime piracy off the east coast of...
Top European figures accused of fuelling African crises to rake in fortunes
Simon Mann has accused Sir Mark Thatcher, son of former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, of an Equatoguinean coup plot in 2004. Last week,...
Black politicians in Russia compete against a vile racist backdrop
The international community recently gave a particular attention to the political ambitions of a Black Russian of Guinea-Bissauan descent. Joaquim Crima ran for mayor...
Brutal killing of Egyptian in Germany ‘Islamophobic’ says head of Jewish group
Germany has broken its silence. A week after the murder of an Egyptian woman, Marwa El-Sherbini, in a German court, Angela Merkel is expected...
Two months of grace for Nigerian militants
Militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta of Nigeria have been offered two months to surrender and be rehabilitated, educated and transformed into regular society,...
Nigeria-Russia: To sign Industrial, Oil, Military agreement
Nigeria and Russia have agreed to cooperate on industrial, economic and military activities. The Russian president Mr. Dmitry Medvedev visits Nigeria for the first...
West backs trans-Sahara pipeline to counter Russian monopoly
Total, the French oil major, said on Wednesday that it was ready to participate in a planned Trans-Saharan gas pipeline, seen by European governments...
Russians escape but booming abduction business continues
Following the escape of two Russian hostages, reportedly abducted by gunmen in the middle of the night at Ikot Abasi of the restive Niger...
Gunmen abduct two Russians in Nigeria
Unknown gunmen have kidnapped two Russian workers at an aluminium smeltering company in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom state in the Niger Delta region, the...
Vulnerable populations relieved from cluster bombs
About 100 countries on Wednesday in Oslo, Norway, began endorsing an international treaty to ban the use of cluster bombs. The treaty described as...
Libya seeks closer economic ties with Russia
Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi, who is presently on a visit to Moscow, has expressed his wish to see the relations between Libya and Russia...
Russian role in EUFOR-Chad/CAR mission defined by EU
European foreign affairs ministers meeting in council in Luxemburg have approved Russia's participation in the EUFOR-Chad/CAR operation and defined the framework in which the...
Russian company eyes dormant Nigerian M-Tel / Nitel communications giant
A Russian firm Thursday signified interest in investing in the Nigeria's comatose national communications giant, M-Tel/Nitel just as Vice President Goodluck Jonathan reaffirmed the...
EUFOR : Heavy Russian participation expected in September
Russia will provide four Mig-8 helicopters and 120 soldiers to the European peace-keeping mission in Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR) -- EUFOR-Chad/CAR,...
Russian company, Inteco, embarks on a one billion euro project in Morocco
Inteco, the real estate subsidiary of the Russian gas company Gazprom, has announced its intention to invest nearly one billion euros in real estate...
Ghana : Russia invests $1bn in oil exploration
One of Russia's leading oil companies, LukOil Overseas Holding Limited, announced on Tuesday a US$100 million investment to support Ghana's efforts to improve on...
Pirates threaten to kill Dutch ship crew
Somali hijackers of a Dutch ship off the Somali coast have threatened to kill the crew if the freighter is stormed, according to local...
9 killed in Russian plane crash
All nine people on board a Russian cargo plane were killed when a Russian An-12 cargo plane crashed near the Siberian city of Chelyabinsk....
Russian President Medvedev embarks on first foreign visit
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is embarking on his first foreign visit since he took over the Russian leadership. The trip will take him to...
Medvedev sworn in as President in Russia
According to BBC News, Dmitry Medvedev has been sworn in as the third President of Russia, after having won the elections held in March...
Five policemen dead in Chechnya blast
According to France 24 five policemen were killed yesterday in a blast caused by a home-made mine in Chechnya. The search for the criminals...
Rising tensions between Russia and Georgia
Tension is high between Russia and Georgia following a statement today from the Russian foreign ministry indicating that Georgia was planning a war in...
19 dead in helicopter crash
19 people died today when a Ukrainian helicopter crashed into the Black Sea according to Reuters. The gas company helicopter collided with an offshore...
Georgian spy plane shot down.
Georgia's air force commander claimed that the jet that shot down a Georgian unmanned spy plane earlier this week was Russian. The plane was...
Federer wins his first title of the season.
Roger Federer, the top-ranked tennis player from Switzerland obtained his first title this year by beating Nikolay Davydenko in Portugal yesterday. The Russian sportsman...