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Trump would talk to N.Korea’s Kim, wants to renegotiate climate accord
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is willing to talk to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try to stop Pyongyang’s nuclear program, proposing a major shift in U.S. policy toward the isolated nation. In a wide-ranging interview with Reuters, Trump also called for a renegotiation of the Paris climate accord,...
Eurovision winner Jamala criticizes Russian media
‘I would like that people learn the truth about what is happening in Crimea,’ says Tatar singer from Ukraine …read more Source: Anadolu...
UN official slams Russian persecution of Crimean Tatars
Russia has a duty to ensure Crimean Tatars are not subjected to discrimination or harassment, UN official says in Geneva …read more Source: Anadolu...
Ankara reiterates support for Crimean Tatars, decries Russian ‘occupation’
Ankara has voiced strong support to the Crimean Tatars while decrying Russia’s 2014 “occupation” of Crimea on the occasion of the anniversary of the 1944 deportation of some 200,000 Tatars from Crimea …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and supporters attacked
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and fellow anti-corruption activists were attacked, thrown to the ground and kicked by a group of men at an airport in southern Russia on Tuesday, according to video posted on social media. Footage showed the assailants, described by Navalny as Cossacks and wearing traditional fur hats, some in...
UN official slams Russian persecution of Crimean Tatars
Russia has a duty to ensure Crimean Tatars are not subjected to discrimination or harassment, UN official says in Geneva …read more Source: World...
Ukraine’s new police force battles corrupt prosecutors
Relieved Ukrainians turn new patrol police into internet stars …read more Source: Gulf...
Putin ready to discuss downing of passenger jet in Ukraine with Malaysian PM: Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to discuss the issue of the downing of a Malaysian airliner in Ukraine in 2014 with visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak this week, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said Tuesday. …read more Source: The Daily...
UN: Eurovision victory ‘makes no difference’ for Tatars
The U.N. human rights office says Ukrainian singer Jamala’s Eurovision victory “makes no difference on the ground” for Crimean Tatars, who have faced growing persecution since Russia annexed the Black Sea peninsula in 2014. …read more Source: The Daily...
Turkey recalls 1944 ethnic cleansing of Crimean Tatars
On May 18, 1944, tens of thousands of Crimean Tatars were killed and deported to Central Asia by Stalin’s Soviet regime …read more Source: Anadolu...
