Cold War

Frayed U.S.-Russia relationship makes any agreement on release of Evan Gershkovich difficult to secureUpdated March 31, 2023 3:39 pm ET WASHINGTON—President Biden urged Russia to release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich—saying “let him go” as he boarded a helicopter on Friday—amid a broadening rift in U.S.-Russia relations already so…

A court in Moscow has formally arrested an American reporter accused of espionage. As per the Russian state news agency TASS, the Lefortovo district court in Moscow has sent Wall Street Journal (WSJ) journalist Evan Gershkovich to pre-trial custody till 29 May. Gershkovich denied the allegations in the court, state-run…

Key PointsThe arrest comes amid bitter tensions between Moscow and Washington over the fighting in Ukraine.Mr Gershkovich could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted of espionage.He covers Russia, Ukraine and other ex-Soviet nations as a correspondent in the Wall Street Journal's Moscow bureau.Russia's top security agency has…

Three days after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his intentions to deploy “tactical nuclear weapons” to Belarus, the Kremlin ally said it was willing to host the arsenal to defend itself. “Over the last two and a half years, the Republic of Belarus has been subjected to unprecedented political, economic…

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Ali Shamkhani, Iranian security official (right), Wang Yi, Chinese diplomat (centre), and Musaid al Aiban, Saudi Arabia’s National Security Advisor. Picture credit: Stimson.org As it happened during the Cold War, where smaller dictators played one power against the other to secure their rule and maximise benefits, it will happen presently…

Madrid —  Nearly sixty years after one of the world's worst nuclear accidents, Spain has asked the United States to clean up tens of thousands of cubic meters of radioactive soil and end a controversial chapter of the Cold War. Madrid hopes that improved relations with Washington may make the…

Freezing temperatures are impacting several provinces across Canada, with more chilly weather on the way for the weekend, according to Environment Canada. The agency has posted extreme cold warnings for regions in Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Nunavut, while British Columbia is dealing with numerous snowfall warnings. Canadians…

Russia is in talks with a Chinese drone maker to supply it with self-explosive drones that could be deployed in Ukraine, German magazine Der Spiegel reported Friday. The magazine said it has seen information indicating that Russia’s military is negotiating with Chinese drone manufacturer Xi’an Bingo Intelligent Aviation Technology to…