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West’s ties with Russia frozen after year of Ukraine conflict
Relations between the West and Russia remain at their lowest ebb since the Cold War on the first anniversary of the start of the eastern Ukraine conflict, but all bridges have not yet been burned, analysts say. Washington and Brussels have imposed sanctions as part of a sea change in ties with Moscow, while a defiant Vladimir Putin has…...
Iran deal may vindicate Barack Obama’s view that diplomacy trumps force
Barack Obama ran for president in part on the proposition that it was time to end the United States’ wars abroad and find ways to resolve conflicts without force. Thursday’s interim nuclear deal with Iran was the biggest achievement so far of this “open-hand” diplomacy and may have helped secure a foreign policy legacy...
Iran, world powers reach initial deal on reining in Tehran’s nuclear programme
Iran and world powers reached a framework agreement on Thursday on curbing Iran’s nuclear programme for at least a decade, a step towards a final pact that could end 12 years of brinkmanship, threats and confrontation. The tentative agreement, after eight days of marathon talks in Switzerland, clears the way for negotiations on a settlement...
Russia, Ukraine clinch new gas supply deal
Russian gas giant Gazprom said Thursday that it has renewed the contract on natural gas delivery with its Ukrainian partner Naftogaz. …read more Source: China Internet Information...
Israeli options limited despite warnings on Iran deal
JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israel has warned relentlessly against a nuclear deal with Iran but experts say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus options are limited and immediate military action is unlikely.Ahead of Thursdays announcement in Lausanne on the framework of a potentially historic deal, Netanyahu had said any agreement needed to...
US senators urge Fifa not to let Russia host World Cup 2018
A group of US senators has written to the international football association Fifa, urging it to consider removing Russia as host of the 2018 Fifa World Cup because of its role in the Ukraine crisis and occupation of Crimea. … …read more Source: The New...
54 dead in trawler sinking off Russia’s Far East
A man looks at a computer screen displaying a photo that shows a trawler the same type as the Dalmy Vostok in Moscow. (Inset) Russian Emergencies Ministry member uses a radio during a rescue operation Dalniy Vostok sank off the coast of Kamchatka, in a helicopter off the Sea of Okhotsk. – Reuters photos MOSCOW: At least 54 sailors have died and...
Ukraine adopts new law to improve business environment
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday signed a law on deregulation aimed to improve the country’s business and investment environment, the presidential press service said. …read more Source: Global...
Ukraine, rebels discuss broadening weapons withdrawal – aide
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine, Russia and Russian-backed separatists are discussing prospects for extending a pull-back of weapons in east Ukraine to include tanks and smaller weapons systems, a press aide to Kiev’s representative at peace talks said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Russia, Ukraine clinch new gas supply deal
Russian gas giant Gazprom said Thursday that it has renewed the contract on natural gas delivery with its Ukrainian partner Naftogaz. …read more Source: China...
