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Obama sends Russia a cold war blast and seeks distance from war on terror
Analysis: presidents speech at UN general assembly aims to strike delicate balance and rally world to tackle Isis extremismBarack Obama sought to strike a delicate balance at the UN general assembly on Wednesday. He had come to New York to rally the world for a new struggle against Islamic extremism but at the same time he had to reassure his...
Barack Obama’s UN speech: ‘world at crossroads between war and peace’ – video
US president Barack Obama addresses the United Nations on Wednesday, calling for action on Islamic State militants, Russian aggression in Ukraine and the outbreak of Ebola. Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Obama says despite global advances in technology, medicine and human rights, there is still a ‘pervasive unease in our world’...
Japan increases sanctions on Russia
Japan imposes additional sanctions on Russia for its involvement in the Ukraine crisis as tension rises over their own territorial dispute. …read more Source:...
Nato sees Russia pullback in Ukraine
Nato says it has observed a “significant” withdrawal of Russian troops from eastern Ukraine, but adds that some forces still remain there. …read more Source:...
NATO sees significant pullback of Russian troops from Ukraine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO has observed a significant withdrawal of Russian forces from inside Ukraine, but many Russian troops remain stationed near the border, an alliance military spokesman said on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Ukraine rebels declare early vote
Rebel leaders in eastern Ukraine say they will hold elections on 2 November, in an apparent show of defiance towards the government in Kiev. …read more Source:...
Italy seizes Putin ally’s assets
Tax police seize €30m in assets, including a luxury hotel in Rome and two villas in Sardinia, as tensions continue between Russia and EU over Ukraine …read more Source: Financial...
Putin warns Ukraine against implementing EU deal -letter
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Moscow will curtail Ukraine’s access to vital Russian markets if Kiev implements any part of a trade agreement with the European Union, President Vladimir Putin warned in a letter, toughening his stance on a deal at the center of East-West tensions. …read more Source:...
Exclsuive: Kazakhstan balanced between Ukraine and post-NATO Afghanistan
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Looking at the neighborhood around Kazakhstan on a spinning globe, the Central Asian nation’s foreign minister sees both partnerships and peril in the form of the Russian-Ukraine crisis and the coming NATO pullout from Afghanistan by year end. …read more Source:...
Raiffeisen Bank hit by Ukraine conflict
Bank’s shares fall as it increases provisions for bad loans by 15-30% a month before the European stress tests …read more Source: Financial...
