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Mattis says Russia tried to ‘muck around’ US vote, again
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is accusing Russia of having meddled in the 2018 midterm elections. (AFP pic)WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Saturday that Russia tried to meddle in the US midterm elections last month — just as it did in the 2016 vote that brought President Donald Trump to power. The already strained ties between...
King Salman mingles with G20 leaders as Trump fuels summit tensions
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz (left) and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin greeted each other like long lost friends. (AFP pic)BUENOS AIRES: Fissures on trade, climate change and Ukraine divided world leaders on Friday as US President Donald Trump came under sustained fire and Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler came in...
Kremlin ‘regrets’ Trump decision to cancel Putin talks
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin listens while US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at Finland’s Presidential Palace in Helsinki (AFP pic)KREMLIN: US President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit was regrettable, the Kremlin said. “We regret the US...
Trump sets up stormy G20 with Putin snub
US President Donald Trump walks to Air Force One prior to departure from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. (AFP pic)BUENOS AIRES: US President Donald Trump headed to Argentina Thursday for a fractious weekend of G20 summitry, cancelling planned talks with Russia’s leader and boasting that his trade war with China was paying off. Rumblings of...
Poland proposes to help fund US troops in country, ministry says
US soldiers were among troops in NATO battalions deployed to Poland. (AFP pic) WARSAW: Poland has a proposal to welcome a permanent deployment of US troops to the country, including helping to defray the costs, the defense ministry confirmed on Tuesday, amid fears over recent aggression by neighbouring Russia. Paweł Soloch, head of the office of...
Putin says ‘all is not lost’ to save Iran nuclear deal
An anti-America poster is seen inside the former US embassy headquarters as Iranians take part in an anti-US demonstration in Tehran. (AFP pic) ST PETERSBURG: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said it was still possible to save the Iran nuclear deal signed in 2015, despite US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the...
Belarus sentences Ukrainian to eight years for spying, envoy says
Pavlo Sharoyko’s spy ring had been working for Ukraine’s defense ministry. (Reuters pic) MINSK: A Belarusian court has sentenced a Ukrainian radio correspondent to more than eight years in prison for spying, Ukraine’s ambassador in Minsk, Ihor Kizim, said on Wednesday. Last November, Belarus’s KGB state security service...
Four dead as fighting spikes in Ukraine’s rebel east
More than 10,000 people have been killed in an ongoing conflict in Ukraine. (AFP pic) KIEV: At least four people were killed and nine others wounded in eastern Ukraine in the latest surge in violence between Russia-backed rebels and the Ukrainian army, the authorities from both sides said on Monday. The latest casualties brought the death toll to...
Swedes told to prepare for conflict in Cold War-style booklet
A booklet that instructs Swedish citizens about what to do during war has been published. (Reuters pic) STOCKHOLM: Sweden will send out instructions to its citizens next week on how to cope with an outbreak of war, as the country faces an assertive Russia across the Baltic Sea. The 20-page pamphlet titled “If Crisis or War Comes” gives advice on...
Poland breaks up pro-Russian group seeking to fuel tension with Ukraine
The ABW considers hybrid activities against Poland a grave offense. (Reuters pic) WARSAW: Poland has detained a Russian woman who was part of a pro-Russian group that sought to whip up tension between Poland and Ukraine and will expel her soon, the national agency for internal security ABW said on Thursday. Four other people involved in what the...
