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Brussels: NATO ministers agree to deploy 4 battalions in the Black Sea region
US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, left center, meets with British Secretary of State for Defense Michael Fallon, right, and French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, second right, at NATO headquarters in Brussels. (Source: AP photo) NATO on Tuesday reinforced its defenses against Russia from the Baltic to the Black Sea, delivering what...
John Kerry announces talks with Venezuela hours after backing disputed referendum
US Secretary of State John Kerry U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced high-level talks to ease tensions with Venezuela’s socialist government on Tuesday, just hours after he backed calls for a referendum that could force President Nicolas Maduro from office. Kerry said the talks would start immediately in Caracas and be led by...
Brexit: Dutch PM Mark Rutte urges ‘seafaring’ UK to stay in EU
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Monday he hoped British voters would decide in a June 23 referendum to stay in the EU, saying the bloc needed such a strategically important country with its strong trading and “seafaring” traditions. The chances that Britain will vote to leave the EU increased sharply on Monday to 36 percent,...
Ukraine holds its first major gay pride march in Kiev
Around a thousand people turned up on Sunday for Ukraine’s first major gay pride march which was held amid tight security measures in the capital Kiev. Several thousand police forces were guarding th… …read more Source: The...
Brexit a ‘disaster’ for European Union’s global role: Analysts
A banner encouraging people to support a local Brexit campaign hangs on the side of a building in Altrincham, Britain. (Reuters/File) Britain leaving the European Union would strip the bloc of a nuclear-armed global player and prove “disastrous” for its presence on the world stage, analysts say. The timing could hardly be worse, as the EU...
US House Speaker Paul Ryan offers election-year security agenda
“We must constantly reassess our defenses in order to find and close security gaps so that Islamist militants cannot slip into our country undetected,” Ryan’s plan said. (Source: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) US House Speaker Paul Ryan unveiled a national security policy featuring stronger defense on Thursday, the next step in a...
Manchester United’s Bastian Schweinsteiger expected to bounce back in Euro 2016
Former German Footballer Franz Beckenbauer says that Bastian Schweinsteiger can do wonders for Germany at Euro 2016 despite a miserable time at the Old Trafford. Bastian signed on with Manchester United, making a move from Bayern Munich, in the last season. But due to a knee injury, he had to be away from the field for the last 11-games of the...
Expand Russian government sanction list: Russian opposition to US
A Russian opposition leader has stated that many more officials in Vladimir Putin’s government is responsible for human rights violations in the country. A Russian opposition figure is urging US authorities to impose sanctions against a greater number of top Russian government officials in order to defend human rights and democracy in his...
Frenchman held in Ukraine ‘planned Euro 2016 terror attacks’
Paris: A Frenchman with an arsenal of weapons and a grudge against his government’s immigration policies was detained as he tried to leave Ukraine and launch an assault on the European Championship, Ukrainian officials said… …read more Source: India...
One killed as Kenyan police opens fire on anti-government rally
Aftermath of protests in Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya on Monday. While demonstrations led by opposition leaders in the capital were largely peaceful, police in the western town of Kisumu tear-gassed demonstrators who responded by throwing stones and witnesses say some people were killed by police. (AP Photo) One man died and six were injured as...
