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The UN General Assembly on Friday called on Russia to withdraw troops from the breakaway Region of Transnistria based on the corresponding draft resolution proposed by Moldova. The resolution was supported by 64 states with 14 countries voting against, while other 83 countries abstained. The …...

Japan’s Princess Takamado was seen by a Reuters witness in the Russian city of Saransk, where she will watch her national team compete in the soccer World Cup later on Tuesday. She is the first member of Japan’s royal family to visit Russia since 1916, … Read more via Premium Times...

The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, will by tomorrow, Tuesday, lead a delegation of the Senate on a three-day parliamentary visit to.... Read more via Daily Post Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2t50GJO Get More Nigeria Sports News

Vladimir Putin has ordered a Russian media blackout on crime coverage during the World Cup in order to paint a better image of the country. A central federal district colonel instructed Russian.... Read more via Daily Mail News – https://ift.tt/2MvLygG Get more World News

A taxi drove into a crowd of pedestrians near Moscow’s Red Square on Saturday, injuring seven people including two Mexicans in the city for the soccer World Cup which Russia is hosting, officials and eyewitnesses said. The incident took place as residents and visiting … read more via More...

Russia and Saudi Arabia will ask OPEC to hike production by 1.5 million barrels a day in the third quarter of 2018, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Saturday. OPEC and Russia decided together in 2016 to... Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2HV8N06 Get more...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that he’s happy to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump once Washington is ready to hold the.... Read more via AP News – https://ift.tt/2JsqYA3 Get more World News

Gernot Rohr, Super Eagles coach has banned members of his squad from eating goat meat and pepper soup as they prepare for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. In an interview with Omasports TV, the Franco-German coach said his players will not be permitted to eat goat meat, … read more via...

China opens Saturday a two-day regional security summit attended by Russia, Iran and other allies confronting rising tensions with the US over trade and Washington’s withdrawal from the Iranian nuclear deal. Armoured vans lined the streets of the coastal city of Qingdao as world leaders arrived...

Special counsel Robert Mueller has brought new obstruction charges against President Donald Trump’s campaign chairman and a longtime associate who prosecutors have said has ties to Russian intelligence. The indictment was unsealed Friday against Paul Manafort and Konstantin Kilimnik just days...

Ex-international, Austin Eguavoen, told CHARLES OGUNDIYA that Super Eagles performance in the first game against Croatia would determine how far they would go in Russia. Excerpts… What’s so special about the FIFA senior World Cup? It’s hard to explain. It’s like talking about universities in the...

Russian President Vladimir Putin used his televised call-in show on Thursday to speak out against commodity tariffs imposed by the United States on its western allies. Taking questions during the annual marathon... Read more via DW.com News – https://ift.tt/2kYCCUl Get more World News

A woman has died following complications from breast enlargement surgery in the latest death linked to plastic surgery in Russia. A 30-year-old mother-of-two identified as... Read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/2kRLv2a Get More Nigeria Metro News

Arkady Babchenko was seen here (in the background) at a news conference on Wednesday Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, widely reported to have been assassinated in Kiev on Tuesday, is alive and well. Mr Babchenko, a high-profile critic of of the Kremlin, appeared at a press conference …...

A 29-year-old has hit jackpot after she won a television show to marry Russian millionaire. The lady became the sixth wife of a 55-year-old oil tycoon.... Read more via Naija.ng News – https://ift.tt/2LAMyj6 Get More Nigeria Metro News

FIFA on Thursday published a list of official logos for each of 32 participating national teams in this summer’s Russia 2018 World Cup. According to the world’s governing.... Read more via Daily Post News – https://ift.tt/2IIQl08 Get More Nigeria Sports News

Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen is starting to take heat from the big guy himself over a brewing scandal involving a shady front company that bears every outward appearance of a thinly veiled pay-to-play scheme peddling whatever influence Cohen had on the president. Reports have...

Vladimir Putin on Monday took oath of office in Kremlin on Monday for a fourth term as Russia’s president. The former KGB agent, has ruled Russia as prime minister or president for more than 18 years. He walked alone through the red-carpeted Kremlin corridors and into a … Read more via...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to leave office in 2024/AFP-File MOSCOW, Russian Federation, May 6 – Vladimir Putin will be inaugurated for a historic fourth term on Monday, extending his almost two-decade rule by another six years after predictably winning Russia’s March presidential...

Opposition demonstrations are being held across Russia on the eve of Vladimir Putin’s inauguration for a fourth term as president. Alexei Navalny, who was prevented from standing in the country’s election in Read more via BBC – https://ift.tt/2HRPMkc Get more World News