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Annual Nazi hunting report downgrades US, credits Germany
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Iran calls for a timetable for global nuclear disarmament
From left, Head of Mission of People’s Republic of China to the European Union Hailong Wu, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier, European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarifat, Russian Deputy Political Director Alexey Karpov, British Foreign...
Ordinary folk take up military training over Russia threat
FILE – In this Nov. 21, 2014 file photo, Polish and British troops take part in a joint military exercise in Swietoszow, Poland, with more than 1,000 British troops participating. Across many nations of eastern Europe ordinary people are heeding a call to receive military training to learn what to do in case of war, and backed by NATO forces on a...
Pentagon chief heads east as US tries to maintain Asia focus
United States Defense Secretary Ash Carter will visit Asia this week. (Source: AP) With Middle East in turmoil as Islamic extremists grab parts of Iraq and Syria. Yemen slides into civil war. Iran’s nuclear program strains US relations with Israel and Ukraine fights Russian-backed separatists. Obama administration is trying to keep its...
Russian trawler with 132 on board sinks, 54 dead, 15 missing
The trawler sank in the Sea of Okhotsk in Russia’s Far East, Russian media said. (Source: Google Maps) At least 54 sailors have died and 15 others are still missing after a trawler with 132 people on board sank Wednesday night in the Sea of Okhotsk in Russia’s Far East, Russian media said. “We have recovered the bodies of 54 victims....
Putin says Russia will stand firm in standoff with West
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with government officials in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 25, 2015. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service) President Vladimir Putin has vowed that Russia will stand firm in the face of what he described as Western attempts to isolate the country...
Timeline of worst air tragedies in recent years
The Airbus A320-200 vanished from radar screens on Decenber 28, less than halfway into a two-hour flight from Indonesia’s second-biggest city of Surabaya to Singapore. (Source: AP) Here is a look at some of the world’s deadliest air disasters in recent years: Feb 8, 2015: Indonesia: The AirAsia plane went missing with 162 people...
House passes resolution urging Barack Obama to send arms to Ukraine
US President Barack Obama The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved a resolution urging President Barack Obama to send lethal weapons to Ukraine to protect its sovereignty in its fight against Russian-backed rebels. The resolution was approved on Monday 348 to 48. RelatedUS weighs sending weapons as John Kerry visits UkraineWhite...
Russia to target Denmark’s warships if it joins missile shield: Ambassador
Russian president Vladimir Putin Danish warships will be a target for Russian nuclear weapons if the Scandinavian country joins the NATO’s missile defense program, Russia’s ambassador to Denmark told the newspaper Jyllands-Posten. Mikhail Vanin said he did not think the Danes fully understood the consequences if it went ahead with a...
Vladimir Putin to reappear in public after a 10-day absence
Putin was last seen in public on March 5 at a news conference with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. Russian President Vladimir Putin was due to reappear in public on Monday, after an unusually long 10-day absence that unleashed frenzied speculation about his whereabouts and health. However, a Kremlin official confirmed that Putin’s...
