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West confronts Putin at Asia-Pacific summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday (Nov 11) had a close-up brush with Western anger over the Ukraine crisis and the downing of Flight MH17, as the White House warned that his sanctions-hit government was staring at “isolation”. …read more Source: Channel...
Dutch team in fresh bid to recover MH17 wreckage
About a dozen Dutch investigators accompanied by armed rebels arrived in a convoy of cars near the MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday (Nov 11) hoping to recover debris from the doomed airliner, but were not permitted to enter the zone. …read more Source: Channel...
Obama and Putin meet amid tensions: White House
US President Barack Obama met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin three times on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific summit on Tuesday, with their conversations covering Iran, Syria and Ukraine, the White House said. … …read more Source: ANTARA...
Dutch Team in Fresh Bid to Recover MH17 Wreckage
Dutch investigators accompanied by armed rebels arrived near the MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday hoping to recover debris from the doomed airliner amid fears all-out fighting could break… …read more Source:...
Obama and Putin meet amid tensions: White House
BEIJING – US President Barack Obama met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin three times on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific summit on Tuesday, with their conversations covering Iran, Syria and Ukraine, the White House said. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Abbott Opts Against Aussie Rule Diplomacy for Putin Meeting
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott opted not to “shirtfront” Russian President Vladimir Putin during a short meeting today in China aimed at clearing the air before he hosts the Group of 20 summit this weekend. Having pledged in October to challenge Putin when they met, and then saying on Nov. 8 he’d have a “robust” talk with the Russian...
Obama and Putin meet amid tensions: White House
Relations between Washington and Moscow are at their lowest since the Cold War, with Russia under US-backed Western sanctions over its seizure of the Crimea this year and its role in the separatist war in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Obama and Putin Discussed Ukraine, Iran and Syria: White House
US President Barack Obama met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin three times on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific summit on Tuesday, the White House said. …read more Source:...
No ‘shirtfronting’ as Putin, Abbott urge quicker MH17 probe
BEIJING: President Vladimir Putin and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Tuesday urged a quicker probe into the MH17 crash but the two leaders appeared to avoid diplomatic butting of heads, the Kremlin said. Abbott had famously vowed to “shirtfront” Putin — an Australian Rules football term in which a player charges an opponent — over the...
EU to discuss Russia sanctions, Ukraine support next week: Mogherini
BERLIN (Reuters) – The European Union’s new foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini said in Berlin on Tuesday that foreign ministers from the bloc would discuss whether to increase sanctions on Russia, and how to help Ukraine, when they meet in Brussels next week. …read more Source: The...
