Russia ready to protect itself in unpredictable world

 Russia is ready to protect itself in a world that is getting more unstable and unpredictable, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.

France and Spain object to separate negotiations in Scotland with the EU

French President Francois Hollande and the Prime Minister of Spain, Mariano Rajoy strongly oppose the idea to keep Scotland in the EU – bypassing of results of a British national referendum.

Blasts Rock Turkish Airport, Multiple Casualties

Several explosions rocked Istanbul's Ataturk airport late Tuesday.  Early reports, quoting unnamed authorities, described the blasts as suicide bombings.

Cameron aims to secure 'the best deal for our country'

British Prime Minister David Cameron and Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne have moved to calm nerves over Britain's withdrawal from the EU.

Merkel warned against haste in the case of a British exit from the EU

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, speaking to reporters on 25 June, urged not to hurry with the beginning formal procedure of a British exit from the European Union.

EU parliament president Schulz says bloc wants UK out 'as soon as possible'

EU Parliament President Martin Schulz told Britain to start negotiations to quit the bloc "as soon as possible", after outgoing Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday he would leave the negotiations to his successor.

Colombia and FARC sign historic ceasefire deal

The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have signed a ceasefire, which includes the armed group laying down their arms after more than 50 years of conflict.

Brexit referendum marks Britons' most important decision in decades, political experts say

Up to 46 million Britons will make their most important decision in decades in Thursday's referendum on the nation's membership in the EU, according to political experts.

Iraqi army only retook third of Falluja - US commander

A US military commander in Baghdad has openly contradicted the Iraqi army's claim last week that it had liberated the key city of Falluja and driven out ISIS from most of the city.

ISIS expels Syria regime forces from Raqqa province. Kerry: Cable urging Syria strikes ‘very good’

ISIS expelled Syrian regime troops Monday from the northern province of Raqqa in a lightning counter-offensive that killed 40 regime forces, a monitoring group said.

Brazil detects Islamic State radical messages ahead of Olympics

Authorities in this year's Olympic host Brazil detected users exchanging messages in Portuguese linked to the Islamic State extremist group in an online web forum, intelligence services said Friday.

Putin: Russia’s first priority in Syria is to keep the country unified

The Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed the West for the chaos in the Middle East and other parts of the world.

Cockpit voice recorder from EgyptAir jet found

The cockpit voice recorder from the EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean last month has been found and pulled from the waters, Egypt’s investigation committee said on Thursday.

Libyan forces 'retake port' in ISIL bastion of Sirte (video)

Forces loyal to Libya's internationally backed government say they have recaptured both the port and airport of Sirte from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), forcing the armed group also known as ISIS to retreat.

Russia: More than 200 terrorists crossed Turkish border to Syria along with huge arms-laden trucks. 100 civilians were killed

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that huge trucks carrying arms and ammunitions have been spotted moving along Syria’s borders with Turkey and more than 200 militants crossed the Turkish borders to join Jabhat al-Nusra near Idleb.

Saudi denies threatening UN over blacklist

Saudi Arabia on Thursday denied threatening to cut-off humanitarian funding to pressurize the United Nations into removing the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen from a blacklist of child rights violators.

US, Russia not teaming up militarily in Syria

The Pentagon is not coordinating militarily with Russia in northern Syria, even though US- and Moscow-backed forces are drawing closer together as they make gains against ISIS, a US official said Monday.

Units of Kurdish militia abandon defenses in Aleppo, retreat

Units of Kurdish militia have abandoned defenses in Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsood and retreated, a spokesman for the Russian center for reconciliation of opposing sides in Syria said on Saturday.

Churkin rejects “opposition” attempts to complicate Syrian dialogue by imposing new conditions

Russia’s Permanent Representative at the UN Vitaly Churkin said Russia rejects the “opposition’s” attempts to complicate Syrian-Syrian dialogue by imposing new conditions.

Stoltenberg said about the exclusively peaceful purposes of NATO troops on the border with Russia

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that NATO does not want confrontation with Russia. On Thursday, June 2, according to TASS.

US-backed forces launch anti-ISIS offensive in Syria

Kurdish-led Syrian fighters have launched a new advance on the northern town of Manbij, a key ISIS stronghold, with the aid of US-led airstrikes, the Associated Press reported a spokesman for the fighters and a monitoring group as saying on Wednesday.