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Putin’s party dominates in Russia parliament vote
MOSCOW: Russia’s ruling United Russia party cruised to an easy victory in parliamentary polls that could pave the way for President Vladimir Putin to glide to a fourth term in 2018 elections, partial results showed. The ballot for the 450-seat State Duma was smooth sailing for authorities desperate to avoid a repeat of mass protests last...
Clinton, Trump to both meet with Egyptian president at U.N.
An adviser to U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign said on Sunday that Trump will meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday during the United Nations General Assembly, just as Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, is also scheduled to do. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi...
US condemns Russian elections in Crimea
WASHINGTON DC, USA – The United States “does not recognize the legitimacy” of upcoming Russian parliamentary elections planned for Crimea , the State Department said Friday, September 16. “The United States does not recognize the legitimacy, and will not recognize the outcome, of the Russian Duma elections planned for...
US condemns Russian elections in Crimea
The United States “does not recognize the legitimacy” of upcoming Russian parliamentary elections planned for Crimea, the State Department said Friday. …read more Source: GMA News...
EU leaders discuss ‘critical situation’ after Brexit
BRATISLAVA: EU leaders began tough talks without Britain in Bratislava on Friday to chart a path out of the “critical situation” post-Brexit amid deep divisions over migration, security and globalization. The 27 leaders, meeting in a castle overlooking the River Danube in the Slovak capital, were warned they would have to be “brutally honest” to...
In Moscow’s grip, Crimea holds first vote to Russian parliament
Shaded by cypress trees on Crimea’s Black Sea shore, a group of locals watch as folk singers in tall headdresses boom out a patriotic song about Russia with the lyrics: “I have no other motherland.” A picture taken on September 10, 2016 in the main Crimean city of Simferopol shows people walking next to an election billboard for the United...
German, French FMs make first visit to war-torn east Ukraine
KRAMATORSK, Ukraine: The German and French foreign ministers on Thursday made their first visit to Ukraine’s war-torn east since the beginning of the conflict between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in April 2014. Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault arrived in Kramatorsk, a city controlled by the...
IMF approves $1 billion in Ukraine aid after long delay
The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday resumed its bailout of war-torn Ukraine, approving disbursement of $1 billion from an aid package that had been held up in part on corruption concerns. Kiev had been waiting for the resumption of lending since August of last year in a $17.5 billion program intended to help stabilize the country after...
With Putin secure, Kremlin looks to clean up elections
Russia is gearing up for parliamentary elections on September 18, with parties loyal to President Vladimir Putin set to dominate despite the Kremlin making a show of cleaning up the vote after mass protests last time around. Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual state of the nation address at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 3,...
US pushes Russia on ‘true’ Syria peace deal ahead of new talks
GENEVA: The US pressed Russia on Thursday for a “true cessation of hostilities” in Syria ahead of high-level peace talks Friday in Geneva, warning that its patience is running thin. Foreign ministers from the two powers, which support opposite sides in the five-year conflict, will meet in the Swiss city to push for a peace agreement, Russia said....
