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    Book review: Soviet Leaders and Intelligence by Raymond L Garthoff
    Aug06

    Book review: Soviet Leaders and Intelligence by Raymond L Garthoff

    The Soviet Union was very poor at many things – planning an economy, caring for the well-being of its citizens, butting out of the business of other sovereign states – but one aspect of statecraft it mastered was the art of spying. The American bomb soon became the Soviet bomb, in large part due to the work of nuclear physicist, and spy, Klaus...

    Wing part arrives in France as MH370 link investigated
    Aug01

    Wing part arrives in France as MH370 link investigated

    PARIS // A piece of Boeing 777 wreckage that washed up on an Indian Ocean island arrived for analysis in France early on Saturday, after Malaysian authorities said the part almost certainly came from missing flight MH370.Paris’ Orly airport website confirmed the Air France flight transporting the piece of wreckage landed at 6:17am from the...

    Female helicopter pilot goes on trial in controversial case
    Jul30

    Female helicopter pilot goes on trial in controversial case

    DONETSK // Russia on Thursday opened the high-profile trial of jailed Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, a hugely controversial case that could send ties between Moscow and Kiev to a new low.The 34-year-old helicopter navigator faces up to 25 years in prison for her alleged involvement in the killing of two Russian journalists in eastern Ukraine...

    Hello Lenin! Berlin to pull Soviet leader’s head out of sand for exhibit
    Jul23

    Hello Lenin! Berlin to pull Soviet leader’s head out of sand for exhibit

    BERLIN // Buried and long forgotten, the head of a giant Lenin statue is set to make a comeback in the German capital a quarter-century after the fall of the Berlin Wall.The Soviet leader will gaze again on the people when the 3.5 tonne piece is resurrected from its current grave — a sandpit under a pile of rocks and home to a colony of...

    Middle East airlines learn lessons about dangerous skies after MH17
    Jul16

    Middle East airlines learn lessons about dangerous skies after MH17

    BEIRUT // One year after flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, airlines have begun taking the dangers of war more seriously, and skies over the troubled Middle East have changed dramatically.Now, maps of the region on air traffic tracking sites show the usual heavy stream of aircraft, but only a handful dare to traverse the airspace...

    Russia wants Iran arms embargo ‘lifted as soon as possible’
    Jul09

    Russia wants Iran arms embargo ‘lifted as soon as possible’

    UFA, RUSSIA // The UN arms embargo on Iran should be lifted as soon as possible, Russia’s foreign minister said on Thursday, pledging to help Tehran contribute to the fight against terrorism. The arms embargo is among stumbling blocks at talks in Vienna between Iran and six major powers, including Russia, on curbing Tehran’s nuclear...

    Merkel, Obama: Russia sanctions to stay until Ukraine truce implemented
    Jun07

    Merkel, Obama: Russia sanctions to stay until Ukraine truce implemented

    ELMAU CASTLE, GERMANY // The leaders of Germany and the United States hammered home a tough line on Russia on Sunday at the start of a G7 summit dominated by crises in Ukraine and Greece.US president Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that western sanctions must remain in place against Russia until it complies with a ceasefire...

    Thousands protest against the G7 ahead of Germany summit
    Jun06

    Thousands protest against the G7 ahead of Germany summit

    GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany // Thousands of demonstrators marched in the German resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Saturday to protest against a meeting of leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) industrial nations that starts on Sunday at a nearby luxury hotel.Police estimated the crowd at 2,000 while organisers put it at up to twice that...

    Ukraine honors children affected by civil war on International Children’s day – video
    Jun03

    Ukraine honors children affected by civil war on International Children’s day – video

    Divided Ukraine marks International Children’s Day with celebrations in the west and memorial services in the east. …read more Source: The...

    Putin decries US treatment of Russia, defends Iran arms deal
    Apr16

    Putin decries US treatment of Russia, defends Iran arms deal

    Ukraine situation ‘can be normalised’ when the West compromises. …read more Source: The...