Section: The Straits Times (Singapore)
Russia says too early to react to Donald Trump’s nuclear cuts offer
January 16, 2017 6:12 PMMOSCOW (REUTERS) – The Kremlin said on Monday (Jan 16) it was too early to comment on a proposal by US President-elect Donald Trump to do a deal with Moscow on nuclear arms cuts in exchange for Washington lifting sanctions imposed on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The Straits...
Trump’s offer to Putin: An end to sanctions for nuclear arms cut
January 16, 2017 9:53 AMLONDON (REUTERS) – US President-elect Donald Trump will propose offering to end sanctions imposed on Russia for its annexation of Crimea in return for a nuclear arms reduction deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin, he told The Times of London. …read more Source: The Straits...
Dutch police seize MH17 crash debris from reporter
January 08, 2017 9:16 PMTHE HAGUE (AFP) – Dutch police have taken from a journalist items, including possible human remains, which he found at the crash site of flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine, prosecutors said Sunday (Jan 8). …read more Source: The Straits...
US sanctions on Russia may be too harsh: Trump aide
January 03, 2017 5:00 AMWASHINGTON • A top aide to President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview aired this week that the White House may have disproportionately punished Russia by ordering the expulsion of 35 suspected Russian spies. …read more Source: The Straits...
Trump aide says US sanctions on Russia may be disproportionate
January 02, 2017 4:03 AMWASHINGTON (REUTERS) – A top aide to President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview aired on Sunday (Jan 1) that the White House may have disproportionately punished Russia by ordering the expulsion of 35 suspected Russian spies. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine police arrest man suspected of planning Berlin copycat attack
December 30, 2016 9:51 PMKIEV (REUTERS) – Ukrainian police arrested a 31-year-old man on Friday (Dec 30) accused of killing a woman and her daughter, and who they also suspect was planning to mow down citizens with a truck, like the attacks on the Berlin Christmas market and in Nice. …read more Source: The Straits...
US sanctions on Russia a hot potato for Donald Trump
December 30, 2016 8:58 AMWASHINGTON – Relations between Russia and the United States have hit a new low with President Barack Obama slapping fresh sanctions on Russian security and quasi-government entities and individuals, and expelling 35 Russian diplomats. …read more Source: The Straits...
US sanctions Russia over vote hacking
December 30, 2016 3:47 AMWASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States on Thursday (Dec 29) fired back at Moscow for meddling in the presidential election, imposing tough sanctions on Russia’s top two intelligence agencies, expelling 35 agents and shutting down two Russian compounds on US soil. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine hit by 6,500 hack attacks, sees Russian “cyber war”
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Germany’s Merkel, France’s Hollande want to extend Russia sanctions over Ukraine
December 13, 2016 7:56 PMBERLIN (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday (Dec 13) they favour extending EU sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine conflict, ahead of a Brussels summit that will discuss the issue. …read more Source: The Straits...
