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Russia-backed Crimea chief says Putin should be president for life
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Crimean Prime Minister Sergei Aksyonov attend a festive concert marking the first anniversary of the Crimean treaty signing in central Moscow, March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Shipenkov/Pool The Russian-backed prime minister of Crimea said on Saturday that Vladimir Putin should be made president of Russia for...
Trump welcomes Merkel to White House for high stakes visit
WASHINGTON, DC) — It was all smiles as President Donald Trump welcomed German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the White House on Friday, their first personal encounter since he frequently criticized her during the 2016 presidential campaign. Their agenda included discussions on strengthening NATO, fighting the Islamic State group and resolving...
US demands 'immediate end' to Russian annexation of Crimea
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EU extends sanctions over Ukraine crisis for 6 months
BRUSSELS, Belgium – The European Union on Monday, March 13, prolonged by another 6 months sanctions against Russian and Ukrainian individuals over their role in the Ukraine crisis. The asset freezes and travel bans were first introduced in early 2014 as the crisis deepened into outright war between pro-Russian rebels and … …read more...
China’s first stealth fighter enters service
China’s new stealth fighter jet, the J-20, the country’s first radar-evading combat aircraft, during one of many test runs at the military airbase in Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan province. AFP PHOTO / HO / KANWA NEWS TO BEIJING: China has put its first stealth fighter into military service, state-run media reported on...
Ukraine to accuse Russia of ‘terrorism’ in UN
THE HAGUE: Kiev will seek to convince the UN’s top court Monday that Moscow is “sponsoring terrorism” in a bloody conflict involving separatist pro-Russian rebels, as tensions escalate in war-torn eastern Ukraine. Ukraine’s representatives will also ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to take emergency measures ordering...
EU’s big four meet to seek impetus in face of Brexit
VERSAILLES: The heads of continental Europe’s biggest economies meet in the gilded splendour of the Palace of Versailles on Monday, seeking ways of strengthening an EU facing Britain’s exit and mounting populism. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande — whose two countries are often described as the...
Russia, NATO hold first high-level military talks since freeze
MOSCOW: Senior Russian and NATO military chiefs on Friday held their first phone talks since ties between the two sides collapsed over the crisis in Ukraine, the defense ministry in Moscow said. The chairman of the NATO Military Committee Petr Pavel called Russia’s chief of staff Valery Gerasimov to discuss the possible restarting of...
Stress under shelling produces baby boom in Ukraine
AVDIIVKA, Ukraine: Olena Gorbatova gave birth to her third child in war-torn eastern Ukraine to the sounds of gunfire and exploding shells in the Kiev-held flashpoint town of Avdiivka. The 40-year-old Gorbatova calmed herself by thinking the attacks were just a celebration of the baby girl she named Myroslava — which in Russian and Ukrainian...
Russia-backed rebels take over factories, mines in Ukraine
MOSCOW — Russian-backed rebels are taking over scores of factories and mines in eastern Ukraine, many of them belonging to a tycoon whose foundation has been the largest provider of humanitarian aid to a war-battered population. The moves announced Wednesday by the rebels came after a weekslong blockade of the east by Ukrainian nationalists and...
