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US-Iranian citizen convicted in US for trying to buy missiles for Iran
A dual citizen of Iran and the United States was found guilty on Tuesday on charges that he tried to help acquire surface-to-air missiles and aircraft components for the government of Iran in violation of US sanctions. Reza Olangian, 56, was convicted by a federal jury in Manhattan on all four counts he faced, including conspiring to acquire and...
Ukraine expects ‘positive’ decision on EU visa exemption
Parliament Chairman Andriy Parubiy hopeful for Thursday’s EU-Ukraine summit …read more Source: Anadolu...
Russia accuses Ukraine of abducting two soldiers in Crimea
…read more Source: Al-Manar TV
Russia says detention of its soldiers near Crimea was ‘provocation’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday that Ukraine’s detention of two Russian soldiers near the border with Crimea was “a provocation.” …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia accuses Ukraine of abducting two soldiers in Crimea
Russia has accused Ukraine of abducting two Russian servicemen on the annexed Crimea peninsula, but Kiev said it had merely detained two Ukrainian army deserters. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia accuses Ukraine of kidnapping soldiers, urges their release
Moscow says two soldiers were “illegally detained” on Sunday and whisked across the border to the territory of the Nikolayev region in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Finland to set up centre to counter ‘hybrid’ threats
Several NATO and EU countries are planning to establish a centre in Helsinki to research how to counter ‘hybrid’ warfare, a senior Finnish government official said on Monday. Finland has a 1,300-km (800-mile) border with Russia, which has been accused of mounting ‘hybrid’ campaigns in the Ukraine conflict – combining...
Ukraine says no to Russia on pro-EU revolt anniversary
The so-called Euromaidan protests lasted three months and culminated in a bloodbath that claimed the lives of more than 100 largely unarmed people and about 20 anti-riot police. …read more Source: World...
Ukraine says no to Russia on pro-EU revolt anniversary
Ukraine Monday marked the third anniversary of the start of its pro-EU revolution with President Petro Poroshenko’s firm rejection of “the Russian world.” …read more Source: The Daily...
Obama, Putin speak briefly at summit in Peru
President Barack Obama spoke briefly with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Syria and Ukraine Sunday as an economic summit got underway in Peru, in their first-known conversation since Donald Trump was elected the next U.S. president. …read more Source: The Daily...
