Section: Protothema (Greece)
Germany’s Merkel says she’s OK after shaking at ceremony (video)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared unsteady and was visibly shaking Tuesday as she greeted the new Ukrainian leader in the hot sun in Berlin, saying later that she clearly hadn’t drunk enough water. Merkel’s whole body visibly shook and she pursed her lips as she tried to contain the situation as she stood with Ukrainian...
Where do America’s refugees come from? (infographic)
Since the federal Refugee Resettlement Program was created in 1980, the United States has welcomed more than three million refugees from all over the world. In recent years, however, intake has declined noticeably amid the Trump administration’s move to limit annual refugee intake to just 30,000. That has had the greatest impact on...
The countries in range of Iranian ballistic missiles (infographic)
As tensions heighten between Washington and Tehran, fears about a military clash in the Persian Gulf are growing. As part of its military arsenal, Iran maintains a sizeable quantity of ballistic missiles. It is also known to have supplied its allies with short-range ballistic missiles, particularly Hezbollah. Since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war,...
Panic after blaze rips through Ukraine nuclear power plant reactor
There was panic last night after a blaze tore through a Ukrainian nuclear power plant reactor built in the same year as the Chernobyl nuke disaster. Videos show the alarming inferno at Rivne power plant in the ex-Soviet republic as emergency teams battled to bring high flames and toxic black smoke under control. As a result, the nuclear power...
Russia and NATO cut ties completely
Russia has stopped all cooperation with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said in an interview with state media on Monday. The Western alliance suspended military and civilian cooperation with Russia in the spring of 2014 in response to Moscow’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula....
The very last WWII prisoner of war was found in a Russian mental institution
A POW was released from captivity in Russia in 2000. He wasn’t taken prisoner in Afghanistan in the 1980s, Russia’s most recent war at that time. No, he had been held in captivity in a Soviet/Russian psychiatric hospital since World War II. His name was Andras Toma, and he was the last POW of WWII. (Hungarian soldiers in the...
Ukrainian ambassador’s car attacked outside London embassy (photos)
Gunshots have been fired by police following an attack outside the Ukrainian Embassy in west London. The embassy said a motorist deliberately rammed the ambassador’s car outside the building in Holland Park. When police were called, the perpetrator rammed the car a second time, prompting officers to open fire. Witnesses have said at least...
Pompeo to announce joint effort with NATO against Russia over Ukraine next week
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday he hoped to announce with NATO allies visiting Washington next week additional steps to push back on Russia. “Next week I am hopeful […] I will be able to announce another series of actions that we will jointly take together”, Pompeo was quoted as saying by Reuters at a House of Representatives...
Russia deploys strategic nuclear-capable strategic Tu-22M3 bombers to Crimea
In a tit for tat move, the Russian Federation decided to deploy nuclear-capable Tupolev Tu-22M3 strategic bombers to the Crimean peninsula, after the U.S. installed its missile defense systems in Romania, the RIA news agency cited a senior Russian lawmaker as saying on Monday. Russia plans to station the bombers at the Gvardeyskoye airbase in...
Ukraine bans Italian singer Al Bano as a national threat to the country
Ukraine’s culture ministry has put Italian singer Albano Carrisi, better known by his stage name Al Bano, on its list of individuals considered a threat to national security, Interfax reported on Monday. The list, compiled and updated by the culture ministry on the basis of requests by various other public agencies, is currently made up of...
