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World Freedom Day

09 Nov 2022

World Freedom Day 2022: The historical significance of this day

World Freedom Day is observed on 9th November every year This day marks the fall of the Berlin wall in now Germany US president George W. Bush established as a federal observance in 2001 for this day

31 Aug 2022

DNA: How did Gorbachev become a Western hero?

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last president of the Soviet Union, died yesterday. 91-year-old Mikhail Gorbachev was ill for a long time. Mikhail Gorbachev is a personality about which the world is divided into two views. One is that Gorbachev is seen as the hero who ended the Cold War. Others also blame Gorbachev for breaking up the Soviets.

Mikhail Gorbachev

31 Aug 2022

Mikhail Gorbachev: Who restored democracy to Communist-ruled European nations

Mikhail Gorbachev former head of the Soviet Union passed away at the age of 91 He is credited with ending the Cold War by bringing important political and economic changes to the USSR He is a leader who altered the course of history and briefly raised the prospect of superpower harmony

31 Aug 2022

‘My last conversation...': Tharoor recalls his meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev

“I had the privilege of meeting Mikhail Gorbachev twice, both times in Italy at small conferences. He was pleasant, charming &affable, &had no airs. My last conversation w/him was in Rimini...,” said Tharoor in a tweet.

Mikhail Gorbachev

31 Aug 2022

Mikhail Gorbachev, former Soviet President who ended The Cold War, dies at 91

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev died at the age of 91 He is credited to have ended the Cold War Mikhail Gorbachev was the last leader of the United Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

19 Jul 2022

Why Taiwan is important for China - Key factors and strategic importance

Amid an ongoing war in Ukraine, it`s crucial to keep an eye on yet another conflict that could erupt at anytime China`s intent on Taiwan and the US` stake in it. Taiwan is 8th in the world and first in Asia in the democracy index 100 miles from the coast of China, Taiwan is an island, that is located in the "first island chain"

26 Mar 2021

China says it firmly opposes Quad alliance led by US

China has said that it firmly opposes Quad alliance Beijing has told the US to refrain from 'creating troubles out of nothing' Senior Colonel Ren Guoqiang Quad adheres to the Cold War mentality

Russia nuclear test

27 Aug 2020

Russia releases test footage of world’s most powerful atomic bomb blast

Given the destructive capability of this atomic bomb, the nuke test was about 50 megatons and was torn to a strength equal to 50 million tons of conventional explosives The bomber dropped the bomb but it slowly fell on the earth as it had contained a parachute. The bomb and the aircraft got so much time that it could not fall into the blast When this bomb reached a height of about 13 thousand feet from the ground, it was detonated

29 Nov 2018

Trump pulls out of Putin meeting due to Ukraine crisis

Differences over Ukraine, as well as Moscow's role in the civil war in Syria, have been an irritant in US-Russian relations for years.

04 Feb 2018

China accuses US of 'Cold War mentality' with new nuclear policy

China urged the United States to drop its "Cold War mentality" and not misread its military build-up.

06 Dec 2017

Introducing Vitaly Mutko: Russia's controversial sports tsar

The 58-year-old Mutko, known for contradictory statements and diatribes against critics of Russian sport, has insisted in the past that Russia will reform its scandal-ridden anti-doping system but has denied state complicity in doping cover-ups.

08 Oct 2017

North Korea's Kim promotes sister, reaffirms nuclear drive

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has promoted his sister to a senior ruling party post, state media said Sunday, and praised the country`s nuclear weapons programme which has sparked international alarm.

Russian soldier

18 Sep 2017

Quick-witted Russian soldier who averted Cold War nuclear conflict dies

The Russian held his nerve when the radar screen showed five US ballistic missiles cruising toward the Soviet Union.

05 Aug 2017

'Russian leader Nikita Khrushchev blasted China's Mao Zedong for 1959 border skirmish with India'

Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev squarely blamed China's Mao Zedong for the border skirmish in 1959 with India and the subsequent escape of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, absolving then Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of any blame, a media report said on Saturday.

03 Aug 2017

Russia ties most 'difficult' since Cold War: NATO

"I think (it) is correct to say that NATO`s relationship with Russia is more difficult than it has been any time since the end of the Cold War," Stoltenberg told CNN.

31 Jul 2017

Russia urges US to fix ties as it cuts American diplomatic staff

Amid a major diplomatic retaliation unseen since the Cold War era, Russia urged the United States today to show the "political will" to repair ties.

15 Jul 2017

Despite setback in relations, Cuba to continue dialogue with United States

Castro said that Trump's decisions ignored large sectors of the US and most Cuban emigrants in support of lifting the embargo and normalising bilateral ties, and merely satisfied a small group in Florida.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif

13 Jun 2017

Iran urges Gulf peace mechanism, says Saudi Arabia backing militants

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain broke off relations with Qatar on June 5, accusing the small but oil-rich emirate of supporting "terrorism".

mother of all bombs

29 Apr 2017

Is it Cold War-II already?

11 Apr 2017

Ties with US worst since Cold War, says Russia

Relations between Russia and the US are at "their worst" since the Cold War ended, Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

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