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DNA EXCLUSIVE: US web companies securing JeM websites, boosting online presence
At least two US-based companies, with headquarters in San Francisco and Texas, are hosting and securing the website of proscribed Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), disseminating anti-India propaganda, jihad in Kashmir and violent extremist ideology. JeM is responsible for daring attacks on India including the one on Parliament...
On Russia, Trump administration hews closely to Obama playbook
BRUSSELS: Before moving to the White House, Donald Trump expressed his admiration for Russian leader Vladimir Putin and predicted that “President Trump would be so much better for US-Russia relations”. But two months into his presidency, reality has so far proved otherwise — with the Trump administration talking tough and taking...
Power struggle rages over Russia?s state statistics
MOSCOW: Reports that Russia’s economy ministry is set to take control of the national statistics agency has sparked fears that indicators crucial to monitoring the country’s economic woes could become skewed. Data from the Rosstat state statistics agency has been key in measuring the extent of the country’s economic crisis,...
French polling watchdog warns over Russian news agency’s election report | Reuters
By Richard Balmforth and Michel Rose | PARIS PARIS France’s polling commission has issued a warning over a Russian news report suggesting conservative candidate Francois Fillon leads the race for the presidency – something which contradicts the findings of mainstream opinion pollsters.The cautionary note from the watchdog on...
Foreign Policy: Tillerson to NATO: Get It Together in the Next Two Months, Or …
Foreign Policy: On Friday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told NATO allies in Brussels that the United States is spending a “disproportionate amount” on defense compared to other NATO members. He also said that he expects NATO allies to either increase their defense spending or come up with plans to do so by May 25, when President Donald Trump...
Acclaimed Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko dies
This file photo taken on January 21, 2015 shows Russian poet, novelist and literature professor Yevgeny Yevtushenko looking on during a meeting with readers in Moscow – AFP/DMITRY SEREBRYAKOV Acclaimed Russian poet Yevgeny A. Yevtushenko, whose work focused on war atrocities and denounced anti-Semitism and tyrannical dictators, has died. He was...
Kiev slams Eurovision call to allow Russian singer
KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine on Saturday, April 1, complained of “unprecedented and unacceptable” calls from the Eurovision Song Contest’s organizers for it to lift an entry ban on Russia’s contestant. In an angry row ahead of the kitsch song contest in May to be hosted in Kiev, Ukraine has barred Russia’s …...
Azerbaijan may boycott Eurovision in Kyiv
Participation of Russian singer Julia Samoilova in “Eurovision” in Kiev is impossible even with the threat of a boycott of the contest. …read more Source:...
UN chief Guterres welcomes announcement of adherence to ceasefire in eastern Ukraine
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Ukraine not to send observers to Armenia parliamentary elections
Ukraine will not send observers to the parliamentary election in Armenia on April 2. …read more Source:...
