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Russia expels 2 US diplomats in retaliation for US evictions
MOSCOW — Russia says it has expelled two American diplomats who it claims were working undercover for the CIA, in retaliation for the U.S. expulsion of two Russians. The expulsions came in the wake of a scuffle between a Russian policeman and an American diplomat outside the U.S. embassy in Moscow in June. That diplomat is one of the two...
Obama pledges long-term U.S. commitment to Europe’s security
President Barack Obama, at his last NATO summit before stepping down next January, pledged the United States’ long-term military commitment to ensuring security in Europe and defending all its allies. Obama said the Western defense alliance had agreed on the most significant reinforcement of its collective defense since the Cold War by...
Lithuania ‘softening’ hard line on NATO talks with Russia
WARSAW: The president of Baltic state Lithuania said Saturday that NATO’s landmark decision to reinforce its vulnerable eastern flank created the right conditions to renew dialogue with Russia. Dalia Grybauskaite, known as Lithuania’s “Iron Lady” for her hard line on Moscow, told Agence France-Presse she was “softening” after NATO on...
Obama downplays Brexit impact at NATO summit
WARSAW: US President Barack Obama insisted Friday Brexit would not harm transatlantic unity, but warned against a bitter divorce undermining security in the face of a resurgent Russia. Britain’s decision to leave the European Union dominated Obama’s final NATO meeting before he leaves office, which comes at what he called the most...
NATO leaders gear up for threats from Russia, south
WARSAW, Poland — NATO leaders geared up Friday for a long-term standoff with Russia, ordering multinational troops to Poland and the three Baltic states as Moscow moves forward with its own plans to station two new divisions along its western borders. Alliance Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that on the first day of a landmark two-day...
Obama urges NATO to stand firm against Russia despite Brexit
US President Barack Obama urged NATO leaders on Friday to stand firm against a resurgent Russia over its seizure of Crimea from Ukraine and said Britain’s vote to leave the European Union should not weaken the Western defense alliance. …read more Source: GMA News...
Brexit, Russia dominate NATO summit
WARSAW: NATO leaders met Friday for a crucial summit in Warsaw to send a clear message to a resurgent Russia while trying to contain the fallout from Britain’s dramatic divorce from the European Union. Britain’s future will dominate talks between US President Barack Obama, attending his last NATO summit, EU President Donald Tusk and...
Russia, Brexit loom over NATO summit
WARSAW: NATO leaders meet on Friday for a landmark summit in Warsaw to send an uncompromising message to a resurgent Russia while trying to contain the fallout from Britain’s dramatic vote to quit the European Union. Britain’s divorce from the EU is set to dominate talks between US President Barack Obama, attending his last NATO...
Brexit on his mind, Obama arrives in Poland for NATO summit
WARSAW, Poland — President Barack Obama opened a five-day, two-country mission early Friday to buck up a beleaguered Europe and brush back an aggressive Moscow. On what is expected to be his last presidential visit to the continent, Obama is due to attend a summit of NATO allies in Warsaw, before moving on to Seville and Madrid for his first...
NATO summit to retool alliance to face new threats
Warsaw, Poland — In what some are terming NATO’s most important meeting in a generation, US President Barack Obama and the leaders of the 27 other member nations are deciding how to retool the Cold War-era military alliance to face a daunting range of modern threats, from a hostile Kremlin to religious-fueled violence and attacks in...
