Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
Obama indicates US may ask Australia for more help to combat Isis in Iraq
US president makes comments after meeting with Tony Abbott in Beijing on sidelines of Apec summitAustralia could be asked to commit more to help the fight against Islamic State (Isis) militants, US president Barack Obama has indicated after after a bilateral meeting with prime minister Tony Abbott.President Obama has recently authorised the...
Tony Abbott steps back from promise to shirtfront Vladimir Putin over MH17
PM says talks with Russian leader over downing of Malaysia Airlines flight only part of Australias Apec and G20 agendaThe Australian prime minister, Tony Abbott, has stepped back from his earlier promise to shirtfront the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, over Moscows response to the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, saying that the...
Stakes are high as US plays the oil card against Iran and Russia | Larry Elliott
Washington is trying to drive down prices by flooding the market with crude but risks collateral damage to its own shale industryImagine that at the start of 2014 you were an investor who liked to dabble in the commodity markets. You could sniff something going seriously wrong in Ukraine and you were alarmed by early reports of groups of...
At least the last cold war was a clash of ideologies now there are no big ideas | Zoe Williams
The standoff between Russia and the west, that Gorbachev warns us about, feels at times like a petulant Twitter spat. Except its still deadly seriousIs it shocking to hear Mikhail Gorbachev say were on the brink of a new cold war? Or somehow reassuring, a familiar figure giving a familiar name to a familiar problem? Commemorating the fall of the...
Mikhail Gorbachev warns of new Cold War over Ukraine
Former Soviet Union leader says tensions between US and Russia should be kept under controlMikhail Gorbachev has warned that tensions between the US and Russia over Ukraine have put the world on the brink of a new Cold War.The former leader of the Soviet Union said: We must make sure that we get the tensions that have arisen recently under...
Tony Abbott says he’ll take strong message about MH17 to Vladimir Putin
Australias prime minister vows to have a robust conversation with the Russian president at the Apec summit Australias prime minister, Tony Abbott, has vowed to have a robust conversation with Vladimir Putin at the Apec summit to ensure the Russian president guarantees hes doing everything possible to assist investigations into the MH17...
Tony Abbott to meet with Vladimir Putin at APEC summit, Kremlin says
Russian presidents top adviser says the two leaders will have a short meeting in Beijing on Tuesday, where Abbott is expected to discuss the downing of MH17 The Kremlin has confirmed that Russian president, Vladimir Putin, will hold formal talks with Tony Abbott in Beijing, but says the meeting will be short.The confirmation follows hints from...
Putin has defended the Nazi-Soviet pact. Time for the west to wake up | Linas Linkeviius
It was the pact that led to world war two. Western democracies must no longer turn a blind eye to Putin the aggressorMany historic anniversaries are being celebrated this year in a rather grim security environment. They invoke spooky allusions to the past and invite us to draw lessons from them. But not everyone, obviously.Vladimir Putin has...
Voting in Donetsk, Ukraine – in pictures
Getty photographer Dimitar Dilkoff captured the buildup to last weeks leadership election in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. Called by the rebels for the Donetsk Peoples Republic, the election which most countries have dismissed as illegitimate named rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko as the winner with more than 70% of the vote … …read...
Ukraine says Russian military column has entered east of country
Tanks, howitzer artillery systems and trucks carrying ammunition and fighters in column, says militaryA column of 32 tanks, 16 howitzer artillery systems and trucks carrying ammunition and fighters has crossed into eastern Ukraine from Russia, the Kiev military said on Friday.The deployment continues of military equipment and Russian mercenaries...
