WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

China 'concerned' after Myanmar fighting crosses border

Mar 10, 2015 (AFP)

China on Tuesday warned over escalating violence between Myanmar's military and rebel forces after a civilian home was hit by shelling from across the border, a...

UN puts Libya request for weapons on hold

Mar 09, 2015 (AFP)

Libya's request for UN approval to buy fighter jets, tanks and other weaponry to fight Islamic State militants has been put on hold at the request of seven Secu...

Hybrid War: Old wine in new bottles?

Mar 08, 2015 (UPI)

It is seductive to conclude that "hybrid war" is a creature of the 21st century in which technology now offers an alternative and a reinforcement to the blunter...

FARC demands Colombia government release classified files

Mar 04, 2015 (AFP)

Colombia's FARC rebels called on the government Wednesday to release classified military and intelligence files about the half-century old civil war, saying ful...

Nobel Peace committee demotes controversial head

Mar 03, 2015 (AFP)

Norway's Nobel Peace Prize committee on Tuesday demoted its controversial chairman Thorbjoern Jagland in a move unprecedented in the long history of the award. ...

Kerry in staunch defence of Israel at UN rights council

Mar 02, 2015 (AFP)

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday launched a staunch defence of Israel at the UN rights body, despite strained ties with the Jewish state over nuclear ...

Syria opposition praises France's anti-Assad stance

Mar 01, 2015 (AFP)

Syria's exiled opposition praised France on Sunday for maintaining its "exemplary" opposition to President Bashar al-Assad after a group of French lawmakers mad...

Israel army launches 'surprise' West Bank drill

Mar 01, 2015 (AFP)

Israel's army said it launched a "surprise exercise" Sunday calling up thousands of reservists for its central region of operations that includes the West Bank....

In muddy fields,Spain's International Brigades live on

Feb 26, 2015 (AFP)

Through the mud and olive trees, Scotsman Andy Crawford trudges over the Spanish fields where eight decades ago his grandfather William fought and died. A Commu...

Colombia, FARC rebels resume peace talks in Havana

Feb 25, 2015 (AFP)

Colombia's government and leftist rebels launched a new round of peace talks Wednesday, one day ahead of the arrival of former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan t...

Human Rights Watch denounces Syria barrel bomb attacks

Feb 24, 2015 (AFP)

Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called for sanctions and an arms embargo to be imposed on Syria to punish the regime for its continued use of devastating barrel b...

Colombia welcomes naming of US special envoy to peace talks

Feb 23, 2015 (AFP)

President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday welcomed the appointment of a US special envoy to Colombia's talks with FARC rebels as a strong signal of Washington's in...

Opinion: Bill O'Reilly's very own Scoop

Feb 22, 2015 (UPI)

Fox News pundit Bill O'Reilly is under fire for claiming to have been, well, "under fire," or rather, as he put it, "in a war zone," during the Falklands war, w...

Israel army's top legal officer unconcerned by ICC probe

Feb 19, 2015 (AFP)

The Israeli army's top legal officer said Thursday he is unconcerned by Palestinian plans to sue Israel at the International Criminal Court over its conduct in ...

Tens of thousands flee Myanmar conflict as aid curbed

Feb 18, 2015 (AFP)

Nearly 90,000 civilians in northeastern Myanmar are believed to have fled clashes between troops and ethnic rebels, an official said Wednesday, as sporadic viol...

Myanmar declares emergency in war-torn region as fighting rages

Feb 17, 2015 (AFP)

Myanmar on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in a conflict-torn border region, where ferocious fighting between the army and ethnic rebels has sent thousand...

Thousands shelter in monastery as Myanmar army battles rebels

Feb 17, 2015 (AFP)

Fugitives from the escalating violence gripping northern Myanmar on Tuesday described fleeing airstrikes and gun battles between the army and ethnic rebels, as ...

Thousands seek shelter in monastery as Myanmar army battles rebels

Feb 17, 2015 (AFP)

Fugitives from the growing violence in northeast Myanmar described on Tuesday how they fled airstrikes and gun battles between the army and ethnic rebels, as th...

Death toll rises in Myanmar unrest, China warns of instability

Feb 16, 2015 (AFP)

Growing fighting between Myanmar's army and ethnic Kokang fighters in a region bordering China has killed dozens in the past week and sent tens of thousands fle...

Rebel attack kills three soldiers in Colombia

Feb 16, 2015 (AFP)

Leftist guerrillas detonated an explosive charge under a military vehicle, killing three soldiers in northern Colombia, the military said. Two others were injur...