WAR REPORT - RUSSO DAILY

Malala dedicates Nobel award to 'voiceless' children

Oct 10, 2014 (AFP)

Education rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai dedicated her Nobel peace prize on Friday to "voiceless" children around the world, and called on the Indian and Pa...

Nobel Peace Prize: Russia and Tunisia on long candidate list

Oct 10, 2014 (AFP)

There was no clear frontrunner ahead of Friday's Nobel Peace Prize announcement, with a Russian opposition newspaper, Tunisia's democratic leadership, Pakistan ...

Syria regime air strikes kill at least 25 near Damascus: monitor

Oct 09, 2014 (AFP)

At least 25 people, including four children, were killed Thursday in multiple Syrian government air strikes on a town outside Damascus, a monitor said. The Syri...

Libya PM says Egypt will help train army

Oct 08, 2014 (AFP)

Libya's embattled prime minister, Abdullah al-Thani, said on Wednesday Egypt would help to train his army and called on compatriots to fight Islamist led-militi...

2 Israeli soldiers hurt in blast claimed by Hezbollah

Oct 07, 2014 (AFP)

Two Israeli soldiers were wounded Tuesday when a roadside bomb detonated near the Lebanese ceasefire line in an attack claimed by the Shiite movement Hezbollah....

Israeli gunfire wounds Lebanon soldier: army

Oct 05, 2014 (AFP)

Israeli troops shot and wounded a Lebanese soldier across the ceasefire line between the two countries on Sunday, the Lebanese army said. "A post belonging to t...

US waives child soldier sanctions on six nations

Oct 02, 2014 (AFP)

Washington is releasing some $26 million to Yemen in military aid and boosting funds to armies in five other nations, waiving sanctions imposed for recruiting c...

Why America needs boots on the ground in Iraq

Oct 01, 2014 (UPI)

If President Obama's no-boots-on-the-ground in Iraq is his final word, they'll have to wear moccasins or some other comfortable footwear. Bombing sans boots did...

US-led strikes hit Syria's Raqa, Aleppo provinces: monitor

Sep 29, 2014 (AFP)

Fresh US-led strikes hit Islamic State group targets in Syria overnight, both in its Raqa province stronghold and in Aleppo province further west, a monitoring ...

At UN, Syria closes the door on peace talks

Sep 29, 2014 (AFP)

Syria will not begin talks to end the three-and-a-half-year war while Islamist militants are rampaging through the country, the foreign minister told the United...

Army supporters storm Jazeera's Beirut office: agency

Sep 28, 2014 (AFP)

Lebanese army supporters protested outside and then stormed the Beirut offices of Qatar-owned satellite channel Al-Jazeera Sunday, after a journalist published ...

Rice meets Syrian opposition at White House

Sep 27, 2014 (AFP)

National Security Advisory Susan Rice reaffirmed US commitment to supporting Syria's moderate opposition at a meeting in Washington with a delegation from the S...

Kerry, Abbas meet in New York to discuss Gaza situation

Sep 24, 2014 (AFP)

US Secretary of State John Kerry met with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas Tuesday to discuss the situation in Gaza, a state department official said. The mee...

World facing most crises since WWII: EU aid chief

Sep 23, 2014 (AFP)

The world is facing more crises than at any point since World War II and the humanitarian community cannot cope unless the globe acts quicker to stop conflict, ...

Abbas to propose new Mideast peace talks timetable at UN

Sep 23, 2014 (AFP)

Drawing parallels with the US fight for civil rights, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas vowed Monday to present a new timetable for peace talks with Israel whe...

Chinese companies export 'tools of torture': Amnesty

Sep 22, 2014 (AFP)

The number of Chinese companies exporting "tools of torture" has surged over the past decade, Amnesty International said Tuesday, with many devices falling into...

US too late on Syria: former Pentagon chief

Sep 22, 2014 (AFP)

The rise of the brutal Islamic State group can partly be blamed on President Barack Obama's failure to arm moderate Syrian rebels far earlier, said former US de...

Israeli navy fire wounds Gaza fisherman: medics

Sep 18, 2014 (AFP)

Israeli naval gunfire wounded a fisherman off the coast of Gaza on Thursday, a medical official said, in a sign of ongoing tension around the battered Palestini...

Cyprus leaders agree to redouble peace talks

Sep 17, 2014 (AFP)

Cypriot leaders have agreed to redouble flagging peace talks to end the island's 40-year division and hold two meetings per month, UN envoy Espen Barth Eide sai...

Israel PM urges defence budget hike after costly Gaza war

Sep 15, 2014 (AFP)

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday called for an increase in defence spending, after a bloody and costly war in Gaza. "There is no leader who,...