Section: The Indian Express (India)
US Defence secretary Carter hits Russia for attacking US rebels in Syria
US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter speaks during a media conference after a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday. (AP Photo) Defense Secretary Ash Carter today criticized Russia for bombing US-backed rebel forces in Syria that he said were fighting the Islamic State group. Carter told reporters at the...
EU extends sanctions over Russia’s ‘illegal annexation of Crimea’ from Ukraine
The Crimea sanctions prohibit certain exports and imports, and ban investment and tourism services by EU-based companies there. The European Union on Friday rolled over for another year sanctions imposed to protest Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, which the bloc deems illegal. The announcement comes amid growing speculation...
French head of EU foreign service quits in shake-up
The head of the European Union’s foreign service, French diplomat Alain Le Roy, has resigned after differences with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, EU diplomats said. Le Roy’s departure “for personal reasons” just 16 months after he took the job of secretary-general of the European External Action Service was disclosed in...
Kerry tells Russia US patience on Syria ‘very limited’
US Secretary of State John Kerry US Secretary of State John Kerry told Russia and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday to respect a fragile ceasefire, warning that Washington’s patience was running out. “Russia needs to understand that our patience is not infinite, in fact it is very limited with whether or not Assad is going to be...
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 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...
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...
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...
