Section: Africa&ME
NATO chief ‘certain’ Trump will meet US commitments
NATO head Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday said he was sure Donald Trump would live up to all US commitments to the alliance, just days after urging the president-elect not to go it alone. “President-elect Donald Trump stated during the election campaign that he is a big fan of NATO,” Stoltenberg said in Brussels as he arrived for talks with EU...
Trump, Putin speak about future of US-Russia ties
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with US President-elect Donald Trump Monday, according to statements from the Trump transition team and the Kremlin., Putin “called to offer his congratulations on winning a historic election,” according to a Trump statement. The two leaders discussed issues including shared threats,...
News24.com | EU sanctions 17 Syria ministers, central bank governor
The European Union has placed 17 Syrian ministers plus the central bank governor on a sanctions blacklist targeting the regime of President Bashar Assad. …read more Source:...
Mashed potatoes standard fare in Russia’s food ban-hit restaurants
Vladimir Putin’s attacks on Crimea sparked European sanctions so the president stopped food imports. …read more Source: Mail &...
Steinmeier gets backing for German presidency
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives agreed yesterday to back Social Democrat Frank-Walter Steinmeier as Germany’s next president, creating a vacancy at the foreign ministry at a critical moment in relations with Russia and the United States. Merkel’s camp had hoped to promote its own candidate but chose to back political...
Syrian official slams US-led coalition for violating sovereignty
Language Undefined Meanwhile the EU sanctions 17 Syria ministers and the central bank governor over attacks on civilians …read more Source: Middle East...
Poroshenko ‘sure’ Trump supports Ukraine against Russia
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday said he has “no doubt” that president-elect Donald Trump will refuse to recognise Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and will cooperate with his country. “Not one state in the world, except it seems to me North Korea and Venezuela, recognises Crimea,” Poroshenko told a joint news conference with...
Poroshenko Says ‘Sure’ Trump Supports Ukraine against Russia
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday said he has “no doubt” that president-elect Donald Trump will refuse to recognize Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and will cooperate with his country. “Not one state in the world, except it seems to me North Korea and Venezuela, recognizes Crimea,” Poroshenko told a joint news conference with...
Poroshenko ‘sure’ Trump supports Ukraine against Russia
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Monday said he has “no doubt” that president-elect Donald Trump will refuse to recognize Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and will cooperate with his country …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine in uproar over 24-year-old’s naming as minister
Ukraine was in an uproar Monday over the appointment as deputy interior minister of a 24-year-old woman who made her name by posing nude and working for a Russian-backed party …read more Source: The Daily...
