The more military activity and weapons appear near the Russian borders, the more illusory the prospect ofconcluding amutually acceptable agreement between Russia and Japan will become, writes Andrey Gubin, Associate Professor of the Department of International Relations of the Eastern Institute of t

talks with the Russian President Vladimir Putin is the joint economic activity in the southern Kuril

Of all the 195 countries that make up this world, why was it this nation that took Israel to court for its genocide of the Palestinian people?... Unlike the Muslim and Arab countries, South Africa has no real ethnic, cultural or religious affinity with Palestine and — unlike the Arab states — is located over 7, 000km from Gaza.... Why then did South Africa take on the Zionist state when those much closer — in all senses — to Palestine have chosen to remain silent spectators to mass murder?...

. Japan lays claim to the Russian-held southern Kuril islands in the nearby Sea of Okhotsk, which Tokyo

Northern Territories in Japan and the Southern Kurils in Russia.... With regard to joint economic

the Kuril island chain in the Pacific near Japan, the Ministry of Defence's Zvezda TV channel said

MADRID( AFP)-Firefighters hampered by strong winds were battling to contain a wildfire in southern

MANILA( Reuters)-An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 struck the southern Philippine province of Davao

PETALING JAYA: Cable and wire manufacturer Southern Cable Group Bhd has secured a RM18. 5mil

KUALA LUMPUR: Southern Cable Group Bhd has secured a contract from Telekom Malaysia Bhd to supply