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Britain, Russia brace for showdown as deadline for nerve attack probe expires
Members of the emergency services wearing protective clothing work near the bench where former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found poisoned in Salisbury, Britain, March 13, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls LONDON: Britain braced for a showdown with Russia on Wednesday after a midnight deadline set by Prime...
Trump fires Tillerson, replaces him with hawkish spy chief Pompeo
LEFT: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Mike Pompeo in Capitol Hill, Washington, US, May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/Files; RIGHT: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Washington, US, March 6, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Files WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday after a series of...
Britain and Russia brace for showdown as deadline expires for nerve attack explanation
Members of the emergency services wearing protective clothing work near the bench where former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found poisoned in Salisbury, Britain, March 13, 2018. (Reuters pic) LONDON: Britain braced for a showdown with Russia on Wednesday after a midnight deadline set by Prime Minister...
Spy poisoning: UK considers ‘full range’ of retaliation
LONDON (AFP): Prime Minister Theresa May has warned that Britain is considering a “full range” of retaliatory measures if it concludes that Russia was responsible for a nerve agent attack in an English city. Options mooted in recent days include the expulsion of Russian diplomats, a retaliatory cyber attack and asset seizures of Russian nationals...
Spy poisoning: UK considers ‘full range’ of retaliation
LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May has warned that Britain is considering a “full range” of retaliatory measures if it concludes that Russia was responsible for a nerve agent attack in an English city.Options mooted in recent days include the expulsion of Russian diplomats, a retaliatory cyber attack and asset seizures of Russian...
Launch of the new Eastern Partnership cooperation set-up
On Monday 12 March 2018, the new institutional set-up of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) initiative will be launched in Brussels in the presence of senior officials from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and the EU Member … …read more Source:...
RS ‘fear-mongering’ ahead of Bosnia vote raises concern, security minister says
Dragan Mektić is Bosnia’s security minister. (Reuters pic) SARAJEVO: Bosnia’s entity of Republika Srpska is“fear-mongering” to undermine the country’s integrity by organising nationalist paramilitary groups and disproportionately arming the region’s police, the national security minister said. Secessionist pressures in the...
The countries of the Eastern Partnership were defined with priorities for 2018
ArmInfo. Representatives of the EU member states and six countries of the “Eastern Partnership” have identified priorities for 2018. The purpose of the meeting in Brussels of the representatives of the EU member states and the six countries of the Eastern Partnership – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine...
UK PM says ‘very likely’ Russia behind attack on Sergei Skripal, Tillerson warns of ‘serious consequences’
The United States has expressed “outrage” over a nerve agent attack on a former spy and his daughter in an attempted murder in the UK allegedly by Russia. Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, were found collapsed after being poisoned last week. Both remain in a serious condition along with a police...
EU Extends $1.2 Billion Loan to Ukraine
The European Union’s foreign policy chief says the EU will extend a 1 billion-euro ($1.2 billion) loan to struggling Ukraine.Federica Mogherini, who was visiting the capital Kyiv on Monday, told reporters the loan should “support Ukraine’s economic stability and structural reforms.”Ukraine is trying… …read more...
