Section: The Indian Express (India)
Trump’s adviser avoids questions about US’ policy on Russia
Carter Page, a foreign-policy adviser to US presidential candidate Donald Trump avoided all questions about how the United States should shape its policy towards Russia. (Source: AP) A foreign-policy adviser to US presidential candidate Donald Trump avoided all questions about how the United States should shape its policy towards Russia on a...
John Kerry hopes for continued Chinese cooperation on North Korea
Our hope is that we continue to cooperate as we have been in the last months, with the U.N. Security Council resolution that significantly increased actions with respect to (North Korea), said John Kerry. U S Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday he hoped China would continue to cooperate with the United States on sanctions on North...
Presidents Obama, Putin commit military cooperation in Syria to defeat IS
US President Obama said that the Syrian regime wasn’t complying with a cease-fire agreement and urged Russian President Putin to press Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government to comply by it. (source: AP) President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have confirmed their readiness to increase military...
Obama, Putin discuss Syria, Ukraine ahead of NATO summit
President Barack Obama spoke over the phone with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the situation in Syria and Ukraine, ahead of the NATO Summit. Ahead of the NATO summit, President Barack Obama spoke over the phone with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the situation in Syria and Ukraine, in addition to IS, the White House said...
Obama to travel to Poland, Spain to attend NATO Summit
In addition to attending the NATO Summit at Warsaw in Poland, Obama would also meet the Ukrainian president along with leaders of the UK, Germany, France, and Italy. US President Barack Obama heads to Europe this week, possibly his last European visit, that would take him to Poland and Spain where he would attend the NATO summit and hold meetings...
Obama, Putin ready to increase cooperation in Syria
In its statement on the call, the White House said the two leaders confirmed their commitment to defeat Islamic State and Nusra Front. . File Photo/Agencies Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama discussed the Syrian war in a phone call on Wednesday and the Kremlin said both leaders confirmed they were ready to increase...
John Kerry flies into ex-Soviet Georgia to improve security cooperation
John Kerry, US Secretary of State, arrived in Georgia to sign agreements to deepen defence and security cooperation with the former Soviet state days before an important NATO summit. US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Georgia on July 6 where he will sign agreements to deepen defence and security cooperation with the former Soviet state...
NATO-Russia talks must tackle Ukraine ‘withdrawal’: Poland
Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz) Planned NATO talks with Moscow should be focussed solely on Russia’s “withdrawal” from Ukrainian soil, Polish Defence Minister Antoni Macierewicz has said. The minister was reacting to NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg’s announcement Monday that the transatlantic alliance...
Dhaka terror attack: Bodies of seven Japanese return from Bangladesh
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, left, lays flowers on the coffins of the victims who were killed in the last weekend’s attack on a restaurant in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, at Tokyo airport. (AP Photo) Under gray skies, the bodies of the seven Japanese killed in a militant attack in Bangladesh returned to home soil early Tuesday...
Russian spy sought to bug Lithuanian president’s home: prosecutors
Identified only as Russian FSB security service agent NF, the Russian citizen was charged with espionage, document forgery and illegally crossing the border, the prosecutors’ office said in a statement. A Russian spy attempted to recruit Lithuanian officials to bug the home of the Baltic NATO state’s president, prosecutors said on...
