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Russia expels two US diplomats in tit-for-tat move
Moscow on Saturday said it had expelled two US diplomats in a retaliatory move after Washington turfed out two Russian officials over an attack on an embassy worker last month. “After their unfriendly step two employees of the United States embassy had to leave Moscow,” Russia’s deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said. “They were...
Russia says two US diplomats expelled in tit-for-tat move
MOSCOW: Moscow on Saturday said it had expelled two US diplomats as a retaliatory move after Washington turfed out two Russian officials over an attack on a US embassy worker last month. “After their unfriendly step two employees of the United States embassy had to leave Moscow,” Russia´s deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said....
Four NATO battalions to go to Eastern Europe to deter Russia
The United States announced on Friday that it will deploy 1,000 troops to Poland as part of the broader North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) efforts to reassure former communist eastern member states fearful of a more assertive Russia. Speaking at a NATO summit in Warsaw, President Barack Obama said the troops would serve “shoulder to...
Ukraine health minister held over alleged bribery scheme
KIEV: Ukraine’s security service said on Friday it had arrested the deputy health minister for allegedly running a bribery scheme that saw patients pay extra money for operations and other essential treatment. Deputy Health Minister Roman Vasylyshyn becomes the most prominent figure detained since the appointment of a new government in...
Obama warns against ‘adversarial’ Brexit negotiations
US President Barack Obama on Friday warned it was in no one’s interest that talks on Britain leaving the European Union be drawn out or difficult. “No one has an interest in protracted, adversarial negotiations,” Obama said after meeting European Council head Donald Tusk and European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker at a NATO summit...
Internet reposts can mean jail in Russia crackdown
Recent graduate Maxim Kormelitsky did not think twice when he shared a picture online with an expletive-ridden caption about Russian Orthodox believers and their tradition of jumping into freezing cold water. But then he got a summons from investigators in his small Siberian hometown. Within a few months the 21-year-old was put on trial on...
Russian actions caused ´loss of trust´ with NATO: Merkel
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that Russia´s actions in Ukraine had caused a loss of trust with the West, speaking on the eve of a major NATO summit in Poland. “If through words and deeds the validity of law and the inviolability of frontiers are questioned, then of course trust is lost,” she told the German...
Six die, including three children, in rebel Ukraine
KIEV: Three children died in Ukraine’s war-torn east as their father disassembled a grenade, and three Ukrainian troops were killed in clashes in the troubled region with pro-Russian rebels, officials said on Tuesday. An insurgency commander said the children, aged between two and 11, found a grenade on Monday and gave it to their father in...
World-beating Germany face Azzurri acid test
Joachim Loew’s Germany face the acid test of their status as world champions against Italy on Saturday in the Euro 2016 quarter-finals. The facts speak for themselves: Germany have never managed a win over the Azzurri in eight attempts on the big stage at either a World Cup or European Championship finals. It’s a record German fans...
UN approves deal for Italy, Netherlands to share Council seat
The UN General Assembly on Thursday elected Italy to the Security Council under a deal that will see the Netherlands take over the seat in a year. The two countries agreed to split the two-year term on the council after five rounds of voting earlier this week ended with a tie. Under the deal, Italy will take up the seat on January 1 and then make...
