Section: Africa&ME
Politics: Weapons sales are on the rise — here are the top 10 countries exporting arms around the world
International weapons sales have steadily increased since 2000. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute recently published its 2017 “Trends In International Arms Transfers” report, which details the 25 largest weapons exporters between 2013 and 2017. The report, which also lists the 40 largest importers, found that...
Ukraine’s national icon accused of terror plot
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General has accused senior lawmaker Nadia Savchenko of plotting to carry out a terrorist attack. …read more Source:...
Ukraine: A female fixer on the front lines
In the first of a three-part series profiling journalism fixers, Al Jazeera talks to one covering conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: AL...
Ukraine accuses war hero lawmaker of planning attack on parliament
Ukraine’s chief prosecutor said Nadiya Savchenko planned to “finish off the survivors with automatic rifles.” The ex-combat pilot has welcomed the claims, saying she fully backs a military coup against the government. …read more Source:...
BREAKING: United States Sanctions Russia For Election Meddling, Cyberattacks
FILE PHOTO US President Donald Trump speaks to the press in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC.SAUL LOEB / AFP US President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday announced sanctions against Russians accused of trying to influence the 2016 election and of involvement in other separate cyber attacks. The announcement...
Putin rides ‘Russia First’ wave towards election victory
MOSCOW/YEKATERINBURG, Russia – Russian voters are set to propel Vladimir Putin to another term as president in an election on Sunday, giving him credit for standing up for Russia against Western governments that view him as a dangerous autocrat. , Opinion polls show Putin, 65, with a commanding election lead, all but guaranteeing him...
Ukraine’s anti-Russia symbol accused of terror plot
Nadiya Savchenko, a Ukrainian lawmaker, has been accused of plotting a terrorist attack against the Kiev parliament. …read more Source:...
NATO Chief Says Spy Attack Must Have ‘Consequences’
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday backed a “proportionate” British response to a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy, saying the incident must have “consequences”. Stoltenberg said the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter, which he called the first offensive use of a nerve agent on the alliance’s territory...
Finance: 10 things you need to know before the opening bell (SPY, SPX, QQQ, DIA, EFX)
This is what traders are talking about. Here is what you need to know. Trump picks his new top economic adviser. CNBC commentator Larry Kudlow, who was previously a staff economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, worked in the Reagan administration, and was chief economist for Bear Stearns, will replace Gary Cohn as National Economic...
Trial shows risks of nerve agent ‘smuggling’, say experts
Moscow/Amsterdam – The British government says Russia is to blame for poisoning former spy Sergei Skripal with a nerve agent, and most chemical weapons specialists agree. But they say an alternative explanation cannot be ruled out: that the nerve agent got into the hands of people not acting for the Russian state. The Soviet Union’s...
