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The United States formally accuses Iran of supplying short-range ballistic missiles to Russia

By Kouthar Sambo The United States has formally accused Iran of supplying short-range ballistic missiles to Russia to use in the war in Ukraine and announced fresh sanctions on Tehran. The accusations come while the US forms part of Israel’s main supplier of ammunition, furthering the ongoing genocide leveled against Palestinians. Speaking on VOC's PM Drive show on Wednesday, an international relations expert and Mail & Guardian columnist Donovan Williams […]

12 September 2024

International

Why Turkey wants to join Brics

Turkey has made a strategic move to join the Brics economic bloc earlier this year, three Turkish officials with knowledge of the matter told Middle East Eye. Brics, an acronym for its early members - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - is seen likely by some commentators to dominate the global economy in the coming decades. Often seen as an alternative to the G7, which is led primarily […]

8 June 2024

International

Kim to meet Putin as Russia seeks closer military ties with North Korea

Kim Jong Un plans to travel to Russia this month to meet President Vladimir Putin and discuss the possibility of supplying Moscow with weapons for the war in Ukraine, as Russia says it is seeking closer military ties with North Korea. In a rare trip abroad, Kim would travel from Pyongyang, probably by armored train, to Vladivostok, on the Pacific Coast of Russia, where he would meet Putin, the New York Times […]

5 September 2023

International

Russia attacks Ukraine grain port ahead of Putin-Erdogan talks

Russia has launched a wave of drone attacks on one of Ukraine’s biggest grain exporting ports, hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, were due to hold talks. Ukraine’s Air Force early on Monday urged residents of Izmail port, one of the country’s two major grain-exporting facilities on the Danube River in the Odesa region, to seek shelter. Odesa Governor Oleh Kiper later said 17 […]

4 September 2023

Local

Russia to continue engagements with BRICS for Ukraine crisis resolution

Russia says it will continue dialogue with China, Brazil and African partners on prospects for a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine crisis. The Russian Foreign Ministry’s statement follows a Russia-African Summit last week at which some African leaders sought to persuade President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine. Earlier, President Cyril Ramaphosa, who attended the summit, said South Africa appreciated Putin’s support for the BRICS summit to be held in […]

31 July 2023

International

Israel concerned by Russia’s military cooperation with Iran

Tel Aviv has told Russia it is concerned by its military cooperation with Iran in the war in Ukraine and the possibility it is providing advanced weapons to Tehran, the Hebrew Walla news site reported yesterday. The site quoted three members of the Israeli parliament who participated in a closed door meeting on Tuesday, as saying that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed them that there is dialogue with the Russian government, […]

16 June 2023

Local

Mbeki believes SA government did not sell weapons to Russia

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki says he doesn’t believe there were weapons sold to Russia by the South African government. This follows the allegations of the US ambassador to South Africa Reuben Brigety that South Africa sent weapons to Russia in December last year. President Cyril Ramaphosa has instituted an inquiry into the allegations. Speaking to the SABC in Guinea Conakry, the former President says South Africa has strong […]

26 May 2023

Local

Government to establish inquiry into “Lady R” weapons allegations

The South African government has undertaken to institute an independent inquiry to be led by a retired judge into allegations by the US Ambassador to South Africa Reuben Brigety that Pretoria sent arms to Russia. Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year. A Russian vessel, the “Lady R” docked in Simonstown in December last year and Brigety alleges it was loaded with South African ammunition. The Presidency says it has […]

12 May 2023

International

Syria announces demands ahead of four-way talks in Russia

Syria yesterday announced its demands in preparation for the upcoming four-way meeting between Russia, Syria, Turkiye and Iran in Moscow. Al-Watan quoted official sources as saying that there were "ongoing serious deliberations to reach a meeting," adding that its official date would be announced "if the deliberations' results are positive." The source pointed out that Damascus' demands had included calling on Turkiye "to withdraw from the Syrian territory and to stop […]

15 March 2023

Russia

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