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Democrats set contempt vote for William Barr over Mueller's report
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 7 (ANI): US House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler on Monday scheduled a vote for Wednesday (May 8), to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress after the latter failed to adhere to a deadline to furnish Special Counsel Robert Mueller'
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Presence of Russian military may be expanded, says Venezuela Foreign Minis
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 6 (ANI): Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza on Monday said that the number of Russian military specialists in Venezuela could be boosted considering the situation in the Latin American country.
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41 killed in Russia plane fire
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 6 (ANI): At least 41 people on board a Russian passenger plane were killed, including two children, after it caught fire while making an emergency landing at a Moscow airport yesterday, authorities said on Monday.
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Pompeo links Putin-Kim summit with North Korea's weapon tests
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], May 06 (ANI): North Korea tested missiles and rocket launchers after its leader Kim Jong-un's recent meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, indicated US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday.
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Lavrov to meet Pompeo in Finland today
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 06 (ANI): Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is expected to hold talks with the United States secretary of the state, Micheal Pompeo on Monday, reported TASS.
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US deploying its aircraft carrier, task force in Iran
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 6 (ANI): The United States is deploying a carrier strike group and a bomber task force in Iran to send a "clear and unmistakable " message that any action against Washington will be dealt with "unrelenting force", said US National Security Adviser John Bolton on Sunda
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Russia urges US to abandon 'irresponsible' plan to overthrow Maduro's regi
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 6 (ANI): Irresponsible plans by the United States to overthrow Nicolas Maduro's regime by force would disrupt the prospect of a political settlement in Venezuela, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Sunday.
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Death toll rises to 41 in Russian passenger plane fire, Putin orders 'thor
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 6 (ANI): At least 41 people were killed after a Russian passenger plane caught massive fire while making an emergency landing on Sunday.
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13 dead after Russian passenger plane catches fire
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 6 (ANI): At least 13 people were killed and 6 others sustained injuries after a massive fire broke out on a Russian passenger plane on Sunday, state news agency TASS reported.
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Top Russian, Venezuelan diplomats to meet today
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 5 (ANI): Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is scheduled to meet his Venezuelan counterpart Jorge Arreaza today amid mounting political and civil unrest in Venezuela.
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US to cut Turkey off F-35 programme over Russia S-400 deal
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 4 (ANI): Pentagon is planning to eliminate Turkey from a programme on creating F-35 multi-role fighters over the latter's deals to buy Russian S-400 defence system, said acting US Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan.
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Russian Embassy in US lodges protest over Maria Butina sentencing
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [USA], May 4 (ANI): The Russian Embassy in the United States has expressed dissent over the "unlawful court verdict" in the sentencing of Russian gun-rights activist Maria Butina by the US.
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