By Aparna Nathan Last summer, satellite cameras captured a strange image: a shroud of smoke hovering over the Arctic. But beneath these still, swirling clouds, towers of flames punctuated the bleak expanses. In short, the Arctic was on fire. The… Read More ›
Russia
Thousands rally in Moscow to demand release of jailed protesters
Protesters say opposition activists prosecuted in recent months must be freed as they allege campaign to stifle dissent. Thousands have taken to the streets in Russia to demand the release of opposition protesters prosecuted in recent months in what the… Read More ›
Detained Russian journalist Ivan Golunov freed
Rare victory for an independent journalist in Russia follows wide public anger over case By Henry Foy A Russian investigative reporter arrested last week on drugs charges has been freed after the case sparked national protests, triggering a rare U-turn… Read More ›
Убийство российского журналиста
Из статьи «Российский журналист, который сообщил о секретных полувоенных убийствах» в Нью-Йорк Таймс Moscow — A Russian journalist who had reported recently on clandestine Russian paramilitary groups in Syria died on Sunday after falling from the balcony of his fifth-floor… Read More ›
Russian airstrikes have killed thousands of civilians in Syria since 2015
A total of 5,233 civilians have been killed in Syria since Russia began airstrikes against opponents of the Syrian regime in 2015, according to a Syrian NGO. The fatalities included 1,417 children and 886 women, the London-based Syrian Network for… Read More ›
Was a Trump Server Communicating With Russia?
This spring, a group of computer scientists set out to determine whether hackers were interfering with the Trump campaign. They found something they weren’t expecting. By Franklin Foer Read Franklin Foer’s follow-up story for new statements from the Trump campaign… Read More ›
America’s Failure — and Russia and Iran’s Success — in Syria’s Cataclysmic Civil War
By John Judis Joshua Landis is head of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma and publishes the influential blog “Syria Comment.” He is, perhaps, the nation’s foremost expert on Syria. He has been consistently right… Read More ›
‘It’s NOT safe in Germany anymore’ German family flee to Russia to claim asylum
Fleeing over the border in their VW camper van the Griesbach family told Vladimir Putin’s Government they had escaped the ‘German dictatorship’ where they could no longer raise their children. Carola Griesbach, 51, and her husband Andre, 45, raced… Read More ›
Russia’s New Missile Means the Nuclear Arms Race Is Back On
Team Putin is talking up fearsome new hardware that could accelerate a nuclear contest not seen since the Cold War. Russia has a new nuclear missile — one that Zvezda, a Russian government-owned T.V. network, claimed can wipe out an… Read More ›
Citing Urgency, World Leaders Converge on France for Climate Talks
By Coral Davenport and Gardiner Harris LE BOURGET, France — One of the largest gatherings of world leaders in history began a multinational effort Monday toward forging what many called the planet’s last, best hope to stave off the worst… Read More ›