Section: The Indian Express (India)
US OK with India engaging Russia; cautions against trade deals
Narendra Modi, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, shake hands as they pose for photos before a meeting in New Delhi. (Source: AP photo) The US has said it has no problem with India’s engagement with Russia, but cautioned that it was not the right time to have trade deals with Moscow because of a series of international sanctions...
US co-opted Cuba’s hip-hop scene to spark change
Members of Los Aldeanos, Aldo Rodriguez, left, and Bian Rodriguez, center, perform in concert at the Acapulco Theater in Cuba. (Source: AP photo) In early 2009, a U.S. government contractor sent a Serbian music promoter to Cuba with these covert marching orders: Recruit one of Havana’s most notorious rappers to spark a youth movement...
Ukraine president urges Russia to withdraw troops; Australia pledges support
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko, right, and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott shake hands during an ecumenical church service held at Ukrainian Greek Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Poroshenko is on a two-day visit to Australia with talks of the downing of MH17 over Ukraine with...
Putin-Modi Summit to focus on nuclear energy and oil
Russian President Vladimir Putin with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi. (Source:Reuters) Expansion of ties in a range of crucial sectors like nuclear energy, hydrocarbons and defence will be in focus when Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi deliberate at the annual summit here on December 10 with an aim to...
Putin promises economic reforms to pull Russia out of impending recession
Customers look at TV sets with Russian President Vladimir Putin, at a shop in Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, during his annual state of the nation address in the Kremlin.(Source:AP) Russia will defend its geopolitical interests, President Vladimir Putin warned Thursday as he promised economic reforms to pull his country back from the...
How Carter’s outlook to Pentagon is likely to be different from Hagel’s
Carter has emerged as President Barack Obama’s top candidate to become the next defense secretary. From left to right: John Kerry, Barack Obama, Ashton Carter (Source: AP) The experiences that Ashton Carter would bring to the job of U.S. Secretary of Defense are vastly different from Chuck Hagel’s in several important ways, starting...
Grozny: 20 dead in hours-long gunbattle between police and Islamic militants
Chechen regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov. A gun battle broke out early Thursday in the capital of Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, puncturing the patina of stability ensured by years of heavy-handed rule by a Kremlin-appointed leader. Police waged hours-long gunbattle with Islamic militants who attacked Chechnya’s capital...
Obama to announce his choice for new US defense secretary on December 5
This Nov. 24, 2014, file photo shows President Barack Obama, right, reaching to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, following an announcement of Hagel’s resignation during an event in the State Dining Room of the White House. (Source:AP) President Barack Obama’s choice for his new defense chief, to be announced on December 5, faces...
Putin defends Russia’s foreign policy, says actions are necessary for the country’s survival
More than 4,300 people have been killed in eastern Ukraine in what the West and the Ukrainian government says is a conflict fueled by Russian money. Russian President Vladimir Putin in his annual speech on Thursday defended the Kremlin’s aggressive foreign policy, saying the actions are necessary for his country’s survival. Russia...
Ukrainian PM reports accident at nuclear power plant
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Wednesday an accident had occurred at the Zaporizhye nuclear power plant (NPP) in south-east Ukraine and called on the energy minister to hold a news conference. “I know that an accident has occurred at the Zaporizhye NPP,” Yatseniuk said, asking new energy minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn to make...
