Section: Africa&ME
Mattis: US Not Ready to Collaborate Militarily with Russia
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says the U.S. is not ready to collaborate militarily with Russia, appearing to close the door for now on any effort to work more with Moscow in the fight against Islamic State militants in Syria. Mattis says the U.S. will continue to engage politically with Russian President Vladmir Putin’s government to try to...
Donald Trump: US President ducks questions as Russia scandal deepens
The Republican billionaire battened down the hatches, even as members of his party called for a broader probe. US President Donald Trump dodged questions about ties with Russia, railed against intelligence leaks and defended the national security advisor he just fired, as crisis engulfed his fledgling administration.Amid revelations that Trump...
Russia’s Lavrov to discuss Ukraine at talks with Tillerson
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Nervous NATO allies put on brave face for Trump era
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Nervous European allies put a brave face on the troubled debut of President Donald Trump’s administration, expressing confidence in U.S. engagement with NATO as they prepared to hear from Trump’s defense chief at talks in Brussels on Wednesday. , The meeting at NATO headquarters is seen as an opportunity for...
INTERVIEW-Four famines mean 20 million may starve in the next six months
(Reuters) More than 20 million people – greater than the population of Romania or Florida – risk dying from starvation within six months in four separate famines, U.N. World Food Programme chief economist Arif Husain says. Wars in Yemen, northeastern Nigeria and South Sudan have devastated households and driven up prices, while a drought in east...
Persian Beach Soccer Cup: Iran Beats Ukraine
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran earned its second victory at the Persian Beach Soccer Cup on Wednesday. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
News24.com | Ukraine wants all its prosecutors drug tested
Is your prosecutor on drugs? That is what Ukraine would like to know under a new and unlikely initiative. …read more Source:...
Qatar Open: Whole new ball game – Cibulkova smells tennis success
Although she has spoken about her habit in the past, the Slovakian revealed that she had a favourite ball to sniff. World number five Dominika Cibulkova brought some much-needed fun to a sodden Qatar Open on Wednesday giving details of her strange ritual of sniffing tennis balls before serving.Although she has spoken about her habit in the past,...
Initial reconciliation between Flash Tour and the Ukranian company Join Up, sources
Sources at the Egyptian Travel Agents Association and the Ministry of Tourism revealed that the amount of money disputed between the Ukrainian company Join Up and the Egyptian company Flash Tour is roughly $2.7m. The sources said that the Ministry of Tourism has intervened to resolve the dispute in order to preserve the continuation of the work...
G20 meets Tillerson: what to expect
US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, speaks during the 2015 Oil and Money conference in central London on October 7, 2015/AFP/Getty ImagesBONN, Germany, Feb 16 – US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s G20 peers get their first chance Thursday to hear direct from the top what President Donald Trump’s foreign policy will look like. Here...
