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U.S. general touts putting air controllers with Iraqi troops, giving Ukraine ‘lethal equipment’
Putting U.S. air controllers with Iraqi forces closer to combat areas so they can identify and direct bombing would improve airstrikes on Islamic State rebel targets and should be “seriously considered,” a top U.S. general told lawmakers on Tuesday. Gen. Mark Milley, nominee for the next Army chief of staff, also told his Senate confirmation […]...
Russia proposes U.N. resolution on MH17 ‘aerial incident’, but omits call for tribunal
Russia on Monday introduced a U.N. resolution demanding that those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine last year be brought to justice — but eliminating the international tribunal that the five countries investigating the crash are seeking to prosecute the perpetrators. Russia said earlier this month it opposed a...
Russian scientists squeezed by sanctions, Kremlin policies
Hundreds of Russian scientists say companies abroad are refusing to sell them scientific equipment they need to do their work and Western publications are curtly turning down their research papers. The reason, they believe, is a combination of sanctions against Russia over its involvement in Ukraine and rising hostility to Russia in the West...
World › Russia’s U.N. draft on MH17 crash doesn’t call for tribunal
Russia on Monday introduced a U.N. resolution demanding that those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine last year be brought to justice — but eliminating the international tribunal that the five countries investigating the crash are seeking to prosecute the perpetrators. Russia said earlier this month… …read...
RICHARD BURT Preserving Ukraines financial future
Ukraine imposes write-downs on private creditors or, worse, defaults on its obligations, it would effectively become a financial pariah. It would lose access to the capital markets, thus depriving it … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Putin orders formation of new Russian military reserve force
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the creation of a new reserve armed force as part of steps to improve training and military readiness at a time of international tensions with the West over Ukraine. The new reserve force has been discussed for several years and was first ordered by Putin in 2012 shortly after […] The post Putin orders...
New video emerges of Ukrainian rebels looting luggage of Flight MH17 victims
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Friday she was ‘sickened’ after new footage emerged allegedly of Russian-backed rebels ransacking the luggage of passengers killed after Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine. The video was obtained by Sydney’s Daily Telegraph and published on the one-year anniversary of...
World › Australia holds memorial service for victims of Malaysian plane shot down
Tearful relatives of several Australians who were flying on the Malaysian jetliner that was shot down over eastern Ukraine a year ago gathered for a memorial service Friday that included the unveiling of a plaque set in soil from the place where they died. There were 38 Australian citizens and… …read more Source: Japan...
Ukraine Passes Laws For Next IMF Loan
Ukraine’s parliament has passed all the laws necessary to receive a second tranche of financial aid from the International Monetary Fund, Ukraine’s deputy minister announced on July 16. The IMF … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Putin tells Dutch PM MH17 tribunal would be counterproductive
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday told Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte that establishing an international tribunal to prosecute those behind the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine would be counterproductive. “Vladimir Putin in detail explained the Russian position regarding the premature and counterproductive nature...
