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Baltic states to ask Trump for greater protection from Russia
Baltic state leaders will ask the United States to send more troops and bolster air defences on NATO’s eastern flank to deter Russia when they meet President Donald Trump on Tuesday.(AFP pic) VILNIUS: Baltic state leaders will ask the United States to send more troops and bolster air defences on NATO’s eastern flank to deter Russia...
Russian governor resigns over deadly mall blaze
The portraits of the six schoolgirls, who were killed in a shopping mall fire, are on display in a hall of a local school in the settlement of Treshchevsky near Kemerovo, Russia March 29, 2018. (Reuters pic) MOSCOW: The longtime governor of a Russian region where a huge mall inferno killed dozens of people — most of them children — resigned on...
China’s aircraft carrier spotted in South China Sea
BEIJING: Beijing flexed its military muscle this week as its sole operational aircraft carrier apparently took part in a huge naval drill with dozens of other vessels in the South China Sea, satellite images showed. The pictures, taken by Planet Labs Inc., appear to show the Liaoning carrier at the centre of a formation of more than 40 other...
Russia expels diplomats from 23 countries as spy crisis escalates
MOSCOW: Russia has expelled diplomats from 23 countries in retaliation against the West in an escalating 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 countries to tell them that some of their diplomats had to leave. France, Germany, Canada...
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...
Czech, Ukrainian envoys summoned to Russian foreign ministry
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Representatives of the Czech and Ukrainian embassies in Moscow arrived at the Russian foreign ministry building on Friday, a Reuters camera operator at the scene said. …read more Source: The...
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...
Britain shared ‘unprecedented’ intel over spy attack
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. This week’s coordinated expulsions have echoed Britain’s action in response to the March 4 attack on former Russian...
Poland buys US Patriot anti-missile system for US$4.8b
WARSAW: Poland signed on Wednesday a $4.75 billion (RM10.33 billion) contract to purchase a US-made Patriot anti-missile system, a move that is likely to irk Russia as East-West tensions rise. The weapons deal is the largest-ever by NATO-member Poland. The first deliveries are expected in 2022 with the system due to become operational a year...
