Section: The Himalayan Times (Nepal)
Trump, NATO chief pledge alliance’s ‘enduring importance’ in phone call
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg delivers a speech on European defence and transatlantic security at the German Marshall Fund think-tank in Brussels, Belgium, on November 18, 2016. Photo: Reuters BRUSSELS: US President-elect Donald Trump and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg agreed on Friday on the Western alliance’s “enduring...
Obama embraces Merkel in Germany visit, prods Trump on Russia
US President Barack Obama and Chancellor Angela Merkel smile during their press conference at the German Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on November 17, 2016. Photo: Reuters BERLIN: US President Barack Obama gave a strong endorsement of German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday and used a visit to Berlin to warn Russia about consequences for...
Kerry discusses renewed bombing in Aleppo with Russia
US Secretary of State John Kerry gives a speech at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP22) 2016 in Marrakech, Morocco, on November 16, 2016. Photo: Reuters US Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday he discussed Ukraine and “all aspects” of Aleppo including renewed bombing in the Syrian city this week in a meeting with Russia’s Foreign...
Obama lands in Berlin for farewell visit to closest ally Merkel
US President Barack Obama arrives at theTegel airport in Berlin, Germany, on November 16, 2016. Photo: Reuters US President Barack Obama arrived in Berlin on Wednesday to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel, with whom he has forged a close transatlantic alliance during eight years in office that President-elect Donald Trump may now call into...
Putin withdraws Russia from International Criminal Court
File- Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a press conference at Tegel airport after a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, Germany, on October 20, 2016. Photo: Reuters MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Wednesday to withdraw Russia from the International Criminal Court, which rules on such grave...
Putin, Trump speak by phone, aim for “constructive cooperation”: Kremlin
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday and agreed to work towards “constructive cooperation”, the Kremlin said. The two men will maintain contact by phone and seek to meet each other in person, it said. Trump will take office on January 20, replacing Barack Obama whose relations with Putin...
Trump poses daunting new challenge for Germany’s Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a news conference in Berlin, Germany, April 6, 2016. Photo: Reuters BERLIN: Donald Trump’s victory has been a shock for America’s major partners around the world. But perhaps nowhere has the blow been more painful than in Germany, a country that under Angela Merkel has come to see itself as a...
Former air force commander tipped to win Bulgarian presidency
Rumen Radev, presidential candidate of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Sofia, Bulgaria, October 24, 2016. REUTERS SOFIA: Bulgarians are expected to elect a Russia-friendly former air force commander as president in a runoff election on Sunday, setting the stage for months of political uncertainty. A...
Trump win puts US-Russia hostility on hold – but for how long?
US President-elect Donald Trump speaks at election night rally in Manhattan, New York, US, November 9, 2016. Photo: Reuters WASHINGTON: After years of rising US-Russia tensions over Ukraine, Syria, cyber attacks and nuclear arms control, Donald Trump’s election as US president may offer a narrow window to repair relations as he and Russian...
Trump’s foreign policy approach almost same as that of Putin: Kremlin
US President-elect Donald Trump greets supporters during his election night rally in Manhattan, New York, US, on November 9, 2016. Photo: Reuters MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Thursday US President-elect Donald Trump’s foreign policy approach was “phenomenally close” to that of President Vladimir Putin, giving Russia hope that tattered...
