No Right Turn

The European Court of Human Rights has found Russia guilty of horrific human rights violations during its unlawful invasions of Ukraine : R...

As expected, Donald Trump just threw Ukraine under the bus , demanding that it accept Russia's illegal theft of land, while ruling out a...

Overnight, Russia launched more missiles against Ukraine , targeting apartment blocks and electricity facilities in an effort to terrise civ...

When Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, people were quick to point out that his war was funded by fossil fuels . 60% of Russia's export rev...

The International Criminal Court has formally opened an investigation into war crimes in Ukraine , after being asked to by 39 countries: Th...

In the Middle East, Putin has a lot to thank Trump for right now

To Putin, Assad’s enemies in Syria are the same as Russia’s in Chechnya

Vladimir Putin is positioning himself as the main player in the Middle East

Is there truth in the conspiracy theories about who killed Russian Lieutenant General Valery Asapov in Syria?

The US air strikes say more about the Vladimir Putin-Donald Trump relationship than the Middle East

It's not Donald Trump who matters now in the Middle East – it's Putin

A Russian MP wants to "decriminalise" domestic violence. Yes, really : Ultra-conservative Russian MP Yelena Mizulina, best known ...

Erdogan’s meeting with Putin will tell us what the future holds for Syria

Being able to state your religious beliefs and pointlessly argue about them with other people is something we take for granted in New Zealan...

Last year, the US started bombing Syria . As usual, there was no UN authorisation; they simply scraped together a bunch of vassals to form a...

What’s Putin up to in Syria? I would wager he’s after something big – retaking Palmyra

The superpowers are battling to be the biggest hypocrite

A meeting of minds in Cairo: Billion-dollar arms deal on table as Putin and Abdel Fattah al-Sisi seek closer trade links and alliance agains...

As expected, Crimea has voted to rejoin Russia : Some 95.5% of voters in Crimea have supported joining Russia, officials say. after half th...

Western leaders cannot face a ‘looming’ war. So I guess they'll patch something up - and let Russia gobble part of Ukraine