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Russian jets in repeated ‘aggressive’ passes of US warship
WASHINGTON: A Russian military jet came within a few feet of a US destroyer in international waters in the Baltic Sea during a series of “aggressive” overflights, US officials said Wednesday. Russian aircraft repeatedly buzzed the USS Donald Cook this week, including an incident Tuesday in which a Russian Su-24 flew just 30 feet (nine meters)...
Global tax authorities probe Panama Papers
PARIS: Tax authorities from the world’s richest nations on Wednesday probed a mass of murky offshore dealings revealed in the huge Panama Papers data leak, just hours after police raided the law firm at the centre of the scandal. The leak of 11.5 million confidential financial documents from Panamanian law office Mossack Fonseca offered...
Ukraine eyes Thursday vote on new pro-EU government
KIEV: Strife-torn Ukraine appeared to move a step closer Wednesday to agreeing a new pro-EU government headed by parliament speaker Volodymyr Groysman that could be voted on the following day. A senior member of President Petro Poroshenko’s party said that “according to my information, all the agreements have been reached and no further...
Panama raids law firm at center of tax leaks scandal
PANAMA CITY: Police on Tuesday raided the headquarters of the Panama law firm whose leaked documents have unleashed a global scandal over how the world’s elite use offshore companies to hide their wealth. Organized crime police surrounded Mossack Fonseca’s headquarters in Panama City as the offices were being searched, along with...
Ukraine fails to agree new pro-EU cabinet after PM quits
KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s parliament on Tuesday, April 12, postponed a vote to approve embattled Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s resignation as furious backroom battles raged over the makeup of a new pro-EU government. The latest twist in the ex-Soviet state’s volatile political drama came when the man tipped to succeed...
G-7 foreign ministers push nuclear disarmament in Hiroshima
Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, left, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry talk after offering wreaths at the cenotaph at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan Monday, April 11, 2016. Kerry visited the revered memorial to Hiroshima’s atomic bombing on Monday, delivering a message of peace and hope for a...
G7 Hiroshima Declaration calls for ‘world without nuclear weapons’
HIROSHIMA, Japan: US Secretary of State John Kerry and G7 foreign ministers on Monday called for a “world without nuclear weapons”, citing North Korea’s saber-rattling as a key challenge to achieving that goal. “We reaffirm our commitment to seeking a safer world for all and to creating the conditions for a world without nuclear weapons in...
Embattled Ukraine PM Yatsenyuk resigns
KIEV, Ukraine – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced his resignation Sunday, April 10, in the wake of a months-long political crisis that has paralyzed the government and frozen the release of vital Western aid. “Having done everything to ensure stability and make a smooth transition of power possible, I … …read...
Ukraine PM Yatsenyuk announces resignation – report
This is a developing story. Refresh for updates. KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said in a televised address Sunday, April 10, that he has decided to resign, less than two months after surviving a no-confidence vote in parliament. “I decided to step down from the post of prime minister … …read...
Kerry in Japan for landmark Hiroshima visit
HIROSHIMA: John Kerry and other G7 foreign ministers on Sunday began two days of talks on global hotspot issues in Hiroshima, where the first ever visit to the atomic-bombed city by a US secretary of state is overshadowing the broader agenda. Kerry’s trip is seen as possibly paving the way for Barack Obama to become the first serving US...
