In Egypt, the Great Pyramid was illuminated with the French, Russian and Lebanese flags in solidarity with victims of terrorist attacks, but most of the focus in the West has been on the victims in Paris.
EPA/Khaled Elfiqi
Selective sympathy raises troubling questions. If you neglect suffering in other places, it is much more difficult to mobilise political actors to take it seriously.
EPA/Russian Defence Ministry
Vladimir Putin has been proved right again as Western priorities shift from removing Assad to destroying Islamic State.
Russia has lots of gas – but needs a lot of heat.
Ilya Naymushin / Reuters
Russia wants recognition for its huge forests and will ensure any climate deal doesn’t harm its economic interests.
The moon makes its own Olympic bid.
REUTERS/Luke MacGregor
When the integrity of sport lies tarnished, it is the right time to end the merry-go-round of Olympic bids and national oversight over performance and doping.
The “Armstrong era” forced cycling into deep soul-searching.
REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
A massive doping problem in the Lance Armstrong era has inspired some useful reform ideas, but governance issues must be solved as well.
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma being welcomed on his arrival in Khartoum by Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir earlier this year.
Reuters/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah
South Africa’s withdrawal from the ICC could have mere symbolic value. The country will continue to have obligations to binding decisions taken by the UN Security Council – including those pertaining to the court.
Feet to the fire. Is athletics going the way of cycling?
Reuters/Kevin Coombs
Where can sport go when performance-related doping always seems one step ahead? The WADA report should open the door to a more rational future.
EPA/Alexey Druzhinyn/RIA Novosti
Moscow’s mixed messages on the future of the Syrian president is fuelling speculation that it might be preparing to desert its long-term ally.
“Smile, everyone”: Turkey, the US, Saudi Arabia, and Russia at the table in Vienna.
EPA/Eduard Pesov
With Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iran and the US all at the table, Russia’s benighted Syria plan may at last have a chance of success.
EPA/Pavel Konovov
Increased submarine activity is fuelling concerns at Russia’s capability to wage information warfare on the West.
Just watch me.
Reuters/RIA Novosti
Russia’s Syrian venture is a dramatic example of modern realpolitik which has taken the West completely by surprise.
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Rouhani’s hand grows stronger thanks to Iran’s cooperation with Russia.
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Russia’s stepped-up role in Syria is likely to bolster Iran and the anti-Western opposition in Iraq.
Rebuilding MH17 from the wreckage was hard, but building a legal case is harder still.
Michael Kooren/Reuters
We have the courts, we have (some) evidence, but can we build a case? MH17 investigation could remain inconclusive.
Uneasy allies?
Alexei Druzhinin/REUTERS
Russia has different goals in Syria than the US and its allies. As ISIS weakens, that will become more apparent.
Vladimir Putin and friends at the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) summit in September 2015.
EPA/Mikhail Klimentyev/Ria Novosti
A renewed security focus on Afghanistan is part of Vladimir Putin’s plan to re-energise Russia’s vision of a ‘Greater Eurasia’.
The reconstructed front of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, which was shot down over Ukraine in July 2014.
AAP/Lloyd Jones
A Dutch Safety Board report is crucial to the progress of the ongoing criminal investigation into downed flight MH17.
Smiling again: Hassan Rouhani.
Reuters/Adrees Latif
After years out in the cold, the Iranians have a chance to be heard in the West – and they’ve got Saudi Arabia on their minds.
“It’s not that simple, Barack.”
Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
Russia’s Syria play may have hit some snags already, but the US is hardly placed to kick up a fuss.
A Russian ship passes through the Bosphorus.
Reuters/Murad Sezer
Airspace incursions are spilling over into wider tensions.