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EU drops sanctions threat against Russia over Syria
BRUSSELS: EU leaders backed down Friday from an explicit threat of sanctions against Russia over the bombing of Aleppo but warned that they would consider “all available options” if atrocities in Syria continue. Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi demanded that any mention of possible punitive measures against Moscow over the Syrian...
German AfD leader: Trump offers change that may ease US-Russian tensions
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s anti-immigrant party chief said on Thursday U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump offers the prospect of change in U.S.-Russian relations which could help reduce conflict in Ukraine to Berlin’s advantage. …read more Source: The...
Dutch PM not optimistic on deal over EU-Ukraine partnership
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said he was not optimistic of reaching a deal over the partnership between the European Union and Ukraine, which was rejected by Dutch voters in a referendum in April. …read more Source: The...
Kremlin says Berlin talks on Ukraine crisis were positive
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday talks on the Ukraine crisis in Berlin were “as a whole, positive”. …read more Source: The...
Clinton accuses Trump of being Putin’s ‘puppet’
LAS VEGAS: Democrat Hillary Clinton accused Republican presidential rival Donald Trump on Wednesday of being a “puppet” for Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose country has been accused by U.S. intelligence officials of meddling in the U.S. election. Putin has been repeatedly thrust into the campaign for the Nov. 8 U.S. election. Trump has...
‘No miracles’ at Berlin talks on ending Ukraine conflict
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said “no miracles” were achieved on the Ukraine crisis Thursday, but talks with the country’s leader and his Russian and French counterparts did lead to some progress on ending a deadlock in the peace process. After a five-hour summit billed as “difficult”, Ukrainian President...
Hollande, Merkel slam Russia over Aleppo, leave door open to sanctions
BERLIN: The leaders of France and Germany lashed out Thursday at President Vladimir Putin over Moscow’s bombardment of Syria’s Aleppo and refused to rule out imposing sanctions on Russia. “What is happening in Aleppo is a war crime, one of the first demands is that the bombardments by the regime and its (Russian) backers must...
Russia's Putin says Minsk accord should be basis for Ukraine solution
BERLIN (Reuters) – The Minsk accord, reached in February 2015 in the Belarussian capital, should be the basis for a resolution of the crisis in southeast Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters on Wednesday after international talks in Berlin. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine – roadmap for Minsk peace process to be drawn up in November
BERLIN (Reuters) – Ukraine, Germany, France and Russia have agreed to draw up a roadmap in November on how to implement a Minsk ceasefire agreement for eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday after four-way leader talks. …read more Source: The...
Two Russians, one American blast off to ISS
BAIKONUR: Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut soared into orbit in a Soyuz spacecraft Wednesday at the start of a two-day journey to the International Space Station. NASA’s Shane Kimbrough and Andrei Borisenko and Sergei Ryzhikov of Roscosmos blasted off at 0805 GMT from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan after their launch had...
