Russian president proposes new rules for using nuclear weapons
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Russia would consider an attack from a non-nuclear state that was backed by a nuclear-armed one to be a...
Russian official calls 11-year secondary education “an unaffordable luxury”
An aide to the Russian president, former Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky, stated that the duration of schooling and higher education in Russia should...
Israel bombs Lebanon: Death toll rises to 569, over 1,800 wounded
Al Jazeera reported yesterday that according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, at least 569 people, including 50 children, have been killed and 1,835...
State Duma adopts law allowing criminal defendants to conclude military contracts or be mobilized
Russian media reports say Russian lawmakers have adopted a law allowing criminal defendants to serve in the army.
State Duma (Russia’s lower chamber of parliament)...
Iran builds wall among its common border with Afghanistan ‘to improve country’s security’
Iranian media reports say Iran has started building a concrete wall along its common border with Afghanistan.
Iranwire.com reports that an initial stretch of over...
