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Obama, Putin agree on Syria plan
U.S. President Barack Obama (L) talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. REUTERS PHOTO/CEM OKSUZ BY MATT SPETALNICK AND LIDIA KELLY Reuters BELEK, Turkey – U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on the need for a Syria-led political transition, including U.N.-mediated talks, when they spoke at the G20 summit...
US to remain in South China Sea
BY YEGANEH TORBATI Reuters SIMI VALLEY, Calif. – The United States will conduct freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea again, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in a speech on Saturday, although he gave no timeline for any such actions. Carter’s comments, delivered at a defense forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential...
Ukraine missile downed MH17
A truck drives by an Orthodox cross with a sign reading Save and Guard. AP PHOTO/MSTYSLAV CHERNOV BY JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG AND MIKE CORDER The Associated Press GILZE-RIJEN AIR BASE, Netherlands – A missile launched from rebel-held Ukraine ripped the cockpit from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, Dutch investigators reported Tuesday, adding that some...
Defense Bill Threatened
Defense Secretary Ash Carter speaks to reporters. AP PHOTO/MANUEL BALCE CENETA BY DEB RIECHMANN The Associated Press WASHINGTON – The Republican-led House on Thursday approved a multibillion-dollar defense policy bill despite a White House veto threat. The vote was 270-156, more than enough to sustain a veto. The $612 billion bill — covering new...
Kremlin: Putin To Meet With Obama
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and U.S. President Barack Obama. AP PHOTO/RIA NOVOSTI, PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW – Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama are to meet on Monday in New York, their first face-to-face encounter in nearly a year amid strongly troubled relations between the two nations. The announcement of...
Ukraine’s gov’t shows cracks
Police officers carry their injured colleague after a grenade exploded in Kiev. AP PHOTO/VLADIMIR DONSOV Parliament starts to feel right-wing’s departure BY EFREM LUKATSKY AND YURAS KARMANAU The Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s parliament majority showed cracks Tuesday after a right-wing party said it was leaving the...
Grenade kills 1 in Ukraine rally
Ukrainian protesters clash with police after a vote to give greater powers to the east in front of the Parliament. AP PHOTO/ANDREW KRAVCHENKO Violent clashes rock Kiev in worst violence since ’14 BY EFREM LUKATSKY AND YURAS KARMANAU The Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine – A grenade exploded outside Ukraine’s parliament during a...
Ukranians get harsh sentences
Oleg Sentsov reacts as the verdict is delivered as he stands behind bars. AP PHOTO BY IULIIA SUBBOTOVSKA The Associated Press ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia – A Russian military court convicted a prominent Ukrainian filmmaker on Tuesday of conspiring to commit terror attacks and sentenced him to 20 years in prison in what critics called a politically...
Ukraine to up troop numbers
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko hands over a flag of a military unit. AP PHOTO/MYKOLA LAZARENKO BY EFREM LUKATSKY The Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s president vowed to increase troop numbers to fend off attacks by Russia-backed separatist rebels and warned his countrymen that there is still the threat of a...
Missiles found at MH17 site
Parts of the wreckage of the Malay- sia Airlines Flight 17. AP PHOTO/PETER DEJONG BY MIKE CORDER The Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Dutch prosecutors said Tuesday they have found what they believe could be parts of a Buk missile system at the site in eastern Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was brought down last year. The...
