Section: Africa&ME
Politics: Mueller’s office just drew the closest link yet between a Trump campaign aide and a mysterious former Russian intelligence officer
New court documents directly connect former Trump campaign deputy chairman Rick Gates to an operative with ties to Russia's military intelligence unit. New court documents filed Tuesday night directly connect former Trump campaign deputy chairman Rick Gates to an operative with ties to Russia’s military intelligence unit. Gates was...
Ukraine’s ‘Joan of Arc’ accused of plotting coup in Kiev
Kiev – Two years ago, Nadia Savchenko, a Ukrainian helicopter pilot who had been taken prisoner by pro-Russian forces in the country’s east, returned from captivity to a tumultuous hero’s welcome.Today she is once again behind bars – only this time she’s been put there by Ukrainian authorities.Savchenko was arrested...
Ukrainian Phone Prankster Spreads Fake News About Deadly Siberia Mall Fire
A Russian Investigative Committee spokeswoman told journalists that the agency managed to “identify a foreign national who deliberately spread false information about the number of victims of the fire in Kemerovo in an attempt to destabilize the situation in the region.” Earlier a Ukrainian phone prankster known as Evgeny Volnov posted an audio...
Spy attack: Russia blames US pressure for int’l isolation
Moscow on Tuesday charged Washington had put “colossal pressure” on allies to expel scores of Russian diplomats, and vowed to retaliate. “This is the result of colossal pressure, colossal blackmail which is the main instrument of Washington on the international arena,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in Uzbekistan. “We’ll...
Politics: Defense secretary Jim Mattis serves up a strong condemnation of Russia’s aggression
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis offered sharp words about Russia's escalating global provocations during a press conference with reporters on Tuesday. US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis condemned Russia’s escalating global provocations in a press conference with reporters on Tuesday. Among other things, Mattis referenced a nerve-agent...
Politics: Why a future fight between China and Taiwan might open with a devastating blow to a US city
A cyberwarfare expert told Business Insider that China would likely kick off a fight to take Taiwan by attacking the US with a devastating cyber attack. China has lived with Taiwan just miles off its shores as an existential threat to the ruling communist party for years, but lately rhetoric has heated up and China’s military has become...
NATO expels seven Russian diplomats, limits size of mission
NATO has expelled seven diplomats from Russia’s mission to the alliance and blocked the appointment of three others over the nerve agent attack in Britain this month, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday. Stoltenberg said he had also cut the maximum size of the Russian mission to 20 people from 30, in the latest move by...
Skripal Case Has Sparked New Cold War – Russian Media
FILE PHOTO Police don protective coveralls with breathing equipment on the grounds of a cement plant in the village of Durrington, near Salisbury, southern England as investigations in connection with an apparent nerve agent attack in the city continue. Ben STANSALL / AFP Russian media on Tuesday shared the view that Western countries’...
Turkish FM to meet Ukrainian counterpart Friday
6th meeting of Joint Strategic Planning Group to be held in Turkish capital Ankara on Friday …read more Source: Anadolu...
Spy attack: Russia blames US pressure on allies for expulsions
Moscow on Tuesday charged Washington had put “colossal pressure” on allies to expel scores of Russian diplomats, and vowed to retaliate. “This is the result of colossal pressure, colossal blackmail which is the main instrument of Washington on the international arena,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in Uzbekistan. “We’ll...
