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‘Spider in web’ mastermind of Paris attacks killed in raid
PARIS: The suspected Islamic State mastermind of the Paris attacks was among those killed in a police raid north of the capital, France confirmed on Thursday, bringing an end to the hunt for Europe’s most wanted man. Authorities said they had identified the mangled corpse of Belgian national Abdelhamid Abaaoud from fingerprints in the...
Kremlin says it's received letter from EU's Juncker on closer trade ties
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Thursday it had received a letter to President Vladimir Putin from European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker, suggesting closer trade ties between the EU and a Russian-led economic bloc once a ceasefire is implemented in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine says West must not ease pressure on Russia despite Paris
KIEV, (Reuters) – The West should not ease pressure on Russia over its role in Ukraine’s conflict even if it cooperates with the Kremlin to fight terrorism, a senior Ukrainian diplomat said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Exclusive – EU's Juncker dangles trade ties with Russia-led bloc to Putin
VILNIUS (Reuters) – European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker wrote to Russian President Vladimir Putin this week, suggesting closer trade ties between the 28-nation EU and a Russian-led economic bloc, linking them to progress on implementing a ceasefire in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Russia did not ask for sanctions relief with new Ukraine debt deal – PM
MANILA (Reuters) – Russia did not ask the West to lift sanctions against Moscow when it offered Ukraine a new debt restructuring deal, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
France says Russia open to cooperation in fight against Islamic State in Syria
PARIS: French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Thursday that Russia was sincere in wanting to cooperate in the fight against the Islamic State group in Syria. “There is an opening, so to speak, with the Russians. We think they are sincere and we must bring together all our forces,” Fabius told France Inter radio. Relations...
World unites after Islamic State terror but strikes may backfire
PARIS: The spate of Islamic State terror attacks has brought France and Russia together and raised hopes of a united political effort to resolve the Syria conflict, but experts question the logic of more air strikes. In the wake of the brutal attacks in France and the downing of a Russian passenger jet over Egypt last month, Paris and Moscow are...
Paris attacks, Hollande visit may spur Kremlin push to end isolation
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Francois Hollande’s decision to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow next week, the first bilateral visit by an EU leader in six months, may galvanise Kremlin efforts to end its isolation over the Ukraine crisis, but is unlikely to yield a quick fix. …read more Source: The...
‘Two jihadists’ killed, two arrests in Paris shootout
A man is taken away from the scene by French special police forces during an operation in Saint-Denis, near Paris, France, to catch fugitives from Friday night’s deadly attacks in the French capital. — Reuters photo SAINT-DENIS, France: Two suspected jihadists were killed, including a woman who blew herself up, in a shootout yesterday in...
Russia Assets Surmount Sanctions as Putin Comes in From the Cold
An easing of tensions between Vladimir Putin, Europe and the U.S. is prompting investors to take a fresh look at Russian assets. Swedbank Robur in Stockholm bought shares in state-owned Russian companies and NN Investment Partners in The Hague said it was reconsidering its underweight stance on stocks after the Group of 20 summit brought Russia...
