Section: Africa&ME
Alexei Navalny: Russian crusader who’s taking on Vladimir Putin
The 40-year-old, who was arrested at Sunday's demonstration in Moscow, is no stranger to clashes with the Kremlin. Anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny has cemented his status as leader of Russia’s opposition movement by organising the largest unauthorised protest in recent years against President Vladimir Putin’s rule.The...
Politics: A timeline of events that unfolded during the election appears to support the FBI’s investigation into Trump and Russia
A timeline of events that unfolded during the election appears to support the FBI's investigation into Trump-Russia collusion The FBI is now investigating whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to undermine Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election. The timeline of major, game-changing events that unfolded in the final months of the...
Antiwar Coalition calls attentions to Ukraine’s Odessa
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Buffon reaches 1,000 as Italy, Spain cruise
Italy kept pace with Spain in European World Cup qualifying as goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon played his 1,000th professional match in a 2-0 victory over Albania on Friday. A first-half Daniele De Rossi penalty and late second from Ciro Immobile was enough to earn the Azzurri three points but they remain behind Spain on goal difference at the top of...
Politics: A trio of key Trump associates have taken a big step forward in the Russia investigation
While Stone, Manafort, and Page — Trump's former campaign adviser, chairman, and foreign policy adviser, respectively — all have ties to Russia, they have all denied that they helped facilitate any collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow during the election. Page, who traveled to Moscow last July while he was still working with the...
Rex Tillerson: US Secretary of State to meet NATO members next week: official
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet with members of the NATO alliance next week, after initially planning to skip ministerial talks, a spokesman said Friday. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet with members of the NATO alliance next week, after initially planning to skip ministerial talks, a spokesman said Friday.The State...
Putin hosts Le Pen
President Vladimir Putin granted an audience to French far-right party leader Marine Le Pen in the Kremlin yesterday, bestowing a level of international recognition that has so far eluded her in the countdown to France’s presidential election.Opinion polls show Le Pen, who has said she admires Putin, getting through to the second, decisive...
One dead after blasts at eastern Ukraine arms depot
Ukraine Friday said one person has died as a result of a fire that broke out at an arms depot in the country’s east, sparking explosions and forcing a mass evacuation. …read more Source: The Daily...
Iran delivers first oil cargo to Belarus
Iran’s media say the country has delivered a major cargo of crude oil to Belarus through a key port in southern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
France’s Le Pen calls for end to EU sanctions on Russia
France’s far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has urged an end to the European Union (EU) sanctions imposed against Russia over the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: Iran...
