The Lebanese armed group has clashed with Israeli forces several times since fighting erupted in Gaza Hezbollah will only step up its involvement in the conflict between Israel and Hamas if the Palestinian faction is completely eliminated in Gaza, a senior Hamas spokesman has said.

The far-right presence is so prevalent that the honoring of a Waffen-SS veteran in parliament is not surprising, Dmitry Polyansky has said The recent honoring of a Waffen-SS veteran in Canada’s House of Commons was hardly surprising, given the country’s history of harboring Nazi collaborators after World War II, a senior Russian diplomat told RIA…

Moscow has set out its plans for cooperation with key allies in the region for the next 15 years, Gazprom’s CEO has said Russia is seeking long-term cooperation in natural gas supplies with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, Gazprom CEO Aleksey Miller has revealed.