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NATO retools for long-haul standoff with Russia
Flags wave in front of soldiers who take positions with their army vehicles during the NATO Noble Jump exercise on a training range near Swietoszow Zagan, Poland. (Source: AP) From top-level decisions like how NATO orders its troops into action to the very granular, like repainting an airfield near the Baltic Sea coast, the US-led alliance is...
Ukraine crisis: NATO must face Russian aggression together, says US Defense Secretary
Carter’s stop in Berlin is the first of several in Europe, where a key theme is how the United States, NATO and other partners can best deal with the Kremlin in the wake of Moscow’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region and its military backing of separatists battling Ukraine’s government on the eastern border. (Source:...
European Union sanctions against Russia extended until January
Ukrainian President, Petro Poroshenko, left, listens to EU commissioner for Neighborhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, during a meeting with the media in Kiev, Ukraine on Thursday. (Source: AP) The European Union has extended economic sanctions against Russia until January to keep pressure on Moscow over the conflict in...
Pentagon Chief Ash Carter urges balanced approach to Russian aggression
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter is expected to give a speech in Berlin, travel to Estonia, and attend a NATO defense ministers’ meeting this week.. (AP Photo) Defense Secretary Ash Carter said the US and NATO need to have a “strong but balanced” approach to Russia, and he questioned whether Moscow’s “backward-looking” aggressive...
NATO says implementing ‘biggest’ defence boost since Cold War, Spearhead force key element
Soldiers park their amphibious vehicles on a ship as they participate in a massive amphibious landing during NATO sea exercises BALTOPS 2015 that are to reassure the Baltic Sea region allies in the face of a resurgent Russia, in Ustka, Poland, Wednesday, June 17, 2015. (Source: AP) NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said that the alliance was...
Worst refugee crisis since WWII: United Nations
A Syrian refugee drinks water after crossing into Turkey from the Syrian town of Tal Abyad. (Source: Reuters) Eleven million people were uprooted by violence last year, most propelled by conflict in Syria, Iraq, Ukraine and Afghanistan. Conflict and poverty have also pushed thousands out of parts of sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. A look...
Caught in middle: War in Ukraine creates no man’s land
In this photo taken on Thursday, June 11, 2015, a boy rides a bicycle past the sign reading “Severodonetsk” in the town of Severodonetsk, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine.(Source: AP) A single crack of an automatic rifle shattered the tomb-like silence of this no-man’s-land village in east Ukraine. The gunshot, fired in error by a jumpy...
Russian fighter jet flies dangerously close to US plane, says Pentagon
The Pentagon said a Russian fighter jet flew dangerously close to a US plane A Russian fighter jet flew dangerously close to an American reconnaissance aircraft during an “unprofessional” intercept in international airspace over the Black Sea last month, the Pentagon said today. The American RC-135 was conducting routine operations on May 30 when...
Malaysia Airlines makes emergency landing in Melbourne after engine fire alert
In this photo taken on Friday, Aug. 29, 2014, a Malaysia Airlines plane approaches to land at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang in Malaysia. (Source: AP) A Malaysia Airlines flight returned safely to Melbourne on Friday, having turned back within minutes of take-off after an engine fire alert went off, Air Services Australia said....
Pope to Russian President Putin: ‘Sincere’ peace efforts needed for Ukraine
Pope Francis shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the occasion of a private audience at the Vatican on Wednesday. (Source: AP) Pope Francis encouraged Russian President Vladimir Putin to engage in “sincere” international efforts aimed at bringing peace to Ukraine as the two men met privately at the Vatican on Wednesday. Earlier...
