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Russia expels diplomats from 23 countries as spy crisis escalates
A car leaves the US Consulate General in St. Petersburg, Russia March 30, 2018. (Reuters pic) MOSCOW: Russia expelled diplomats from 23 countries on Friday in retaliation against the West in a spy row, in the biggest wave of tit-for-tat expulsions in recent memory. The Russian foreign ministry said it had summoned the heads of missions from 23...
Russia orders out 60 US diplomats over spy poisoning affair
A view through a fence shows the building of the consulate-general of the U.S. in St. Petersburg, Russia.(Reuters pic) MOSCOW: Russia expelled 60 U.S. diplomats on Thursday and announced it would eject scores from other countries that have joined London and Washington in censuring Moscow over the poisoning of a spy. The U.S. ambassador was also...
Russia buries first Siberian mall blaze victims
There is widespread public anger in Russia at the safety violations at the mall.(AFP pic) KEMEROVO: Russia on Wednesday held a national day of mourning and buried the first victims of a fire that ravaged a busy shopping centre killing 64 people, most of them children. Flags were lowered and entertainment events cancelled three days after...
We must avoid new Cold War, says German govt’s Russia expert
The flag of the Russian Federation flies at the Russian Embassy in Washington, US, March 27, 2018. (Reuters pic) BERLIN: Germany wants to keep up a dialogue with Moscow despite joining Western expulsions of Russian diplomats and must avoid a new Cold War, the German government’s coordinator for Russia said in a newspaper interview. Gernot...
Britain shared ‘unprecedented’ intelligence over spy attack
A Russian flag flies atop the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Seattle, Washington, US, March 26, 2018. (Reuters pic) LONDON: Britain shared “unprecedented levels” of intelligence about a spy poisoning it blamed on Moscow, which has led at least 25 countries to expel Russian diplomats, a senior UK government official said Tuesday....
Russia trying to divide West with spy poisoning, says Mattis
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis lands in Kabul on March 13, 2018 on an unannounced trip to Afghanistan. (Reuters pic) WASHINGTON: Russia’s poisoning of a former spy in Britain is part of a strategy of conducting operations, and then denying responsibility for them, that is designed to divide the West, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said...
Row over vetting Ukraine judges prompts US-backed body to quit
Many judges in Ukraine have partaken in acts of corruption. (Reuters pic) KIEV: A Washington-backed body set up to vet judges in Ukraine as part of the battle against corruption quit its role on Monday, saying the process to screen a judge fit for office was a sham. The row spotlights Ukraine’s troubled efforts to tackle corruption,...
Australia hints at possible World Cup boycott over nerve agent attack
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop speak to the media at Parliament House in Canberra. (Reuters pic) SYDNEY: Australia said on Tuesday it will expel two Russian diplomats in response to a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in Britain that the British government has blamed on Moscow and...
Australia expels 2 Russian diplomats over Britain poison case
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. (File pic) SYDNEY: Australia joined the United States and other British allies in expelling two Russian diplomats Tuesday in response to a nerve agent attack on a double agent in England. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the pair were “undeclared intelligence officers” and had seven days to leave....
US, Europe expel Russian envoys over UK spy attack
A car with diplomatic plates is parked in front of the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, March 26, 2018. (Reuters pic) PARIS: The United States and its European allies on Monday expelled scores of Russian diplomats in a coordinated action against Moscow which...
