The United States today filed a civil forfeiture complaint in the Southern District of New York against the motor yacht Amadea – a 348-foot luxury vessel reportedly worth more than $30… Read More

Putin is attending China’s Belt and Road summit for a third time but the meeting could be overshadowed by wars. Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Beijing ahead of a m… Read More

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Recommendation The violent regimes of autocrats like Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pot may be over, but tyranny itself is not yet a thing of the past. In this accessible version of some of their mo… Read More

3 Turkish companies have been positioned below sanctions for supplying Russian defense-related producers (File) Washington, United States: The USA blacklisted 5 Turkish firms as a part… Read More

India has been a significant beneficiary, choosing up Russian oil on a budget Moscow: Russia’s prime lenders Sberbank and VTB have mentioned they’re bettering their potentia… Read More

Introduction Following the Russian Federations invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the nation’s oligarch class came into the spotlight as the United States and its allies implemented sweep… Read More

Western microchips used to power smartphones and laptops are continuing to enter Russia and fuel its military arsenal, new analysis shows. Trade data and manifests analyzed by CNBC show t… Read More

Although too early to discuss Russia’s chairship of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) plus six new members, which begins next year Jan 1, 2024. Obviously at a quick… Read More

Johannesburg, South Africa To numerous spectators, South Africa's position on Russia's conflict in Ukraine is astounding. While the nation claims to be "uncommitted," Western representativ… Read More

Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. What’s driving the day in Brussels. By NICHOLAS VINOCUR with ZOYA SHEFTALOVICH Send tips here | Tweet @… Read More

Scheherazade, a $700 million superyacht linked to Russian President Putin, is being refitted in Italy. Italy seized the yacht in 2022 following sweeping sanctions against Russia over the… Read More

During recent years, the oil sector has borne witness to many substantial changes and formidable challenges arising from a diverse array of factors encompassing remarkable technological adva… Read More

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken — AFP/ File The United States on Wednesday clarified that no new nuclear agreement was on the table with Iran, after quiet new diplomacy betwee… Read More

Richard Masters, 52, was arrested on Friday on charges of violating US sanctions laws A British citizen has been arrested in on US criminal charges alleging that he helped a billio… Read More

More than $1bn of EU exports targeted by sanctions have disappeared in transit to Russia’s economic partners, a flow of “ghost trade” that western officials believe has h… Read More

So, it turns out that the US has not made a covert deal with Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan. According to some reports, the State Department pulled up negotiator-diplomat… Read More

You can only push someone so far for so long before he fights back. For the last couple of years, the U.S. has been aggressively trying to stop the rise of the red dragon – from trade… Read More

Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham As the war in Ukraine intensifies, President Volodymyr Zelensky has concluded a series of successful visits to Rome, Berlin, Paris and London to sho… Read More