Section: US & Canada
Putin Postpones Visit to France Amid Diplomatic Tensions
MOSCOW—Russian President Vladimir Putin has indefinitely postponed a trip to France after Paris had revised its program for the visit and said it would talk about nothing else but the Syrian crisis. French President Francois Hollande said Tuesday that Putin put off his visit set for next week after Hollande let him know he wouldn’t take...
War talk returns to Russian TV as relations with U.S., West hit lowest ebb since darkest days of Cold War
The sudden escalation puts the relationship back into the deep freeze it was in at the peak of the crisis over Ukraine in 2014, which also sparked a wave of hostility in state media …read more Source: Vancouver...
Russian bank VTB considers leaving London due to Brexit
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s state-owned VTB Bank is making plans to move a major investment banking hub out of London due to Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. VTB deputy president Herbert Moos told the Financial Times newspaper that London will cease to be VTB’s European investment banking hub, saying “we did have...
Finalists named for EU’s Sakharov Prize
Two Iraqi women who once were captives of Islamic State, a leader of the Crimean Tatars and a former Turkish newspaper editor have been named finalists for the European Union’s Sakharov human rights prize. …read more Source: FOX...
Finalists named for EU’s Sakharov Prize
Two Iraqi women who once were captives of Islamic State, a leader of the Crimean Tatars and a former Turkish newspaper editor have been named finalists for the European Union’s … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Finalists named for EU’s Sakharov Prize
BRUSSELS (AP) — Two Iraqi women who once were captives of Islamic State, a leader of the Crimean Tatars and a former Turkish newspaper editor have been named finalists for the European Union’s Sakharov human rights prize. The shortlist for the prize, to be awarded Oct. 27, was agreed upon Tuesday by the European Parliament’s foreign...
Finalists Named for EU’s Sakharov Prize
Two Iraqi women who once were captives of Islamic State, a leader of the Crimean Tatars and a former Turkish newspaper editor have been named finalists for the European Union’s Sakharov human rights prize …read more Source: ABC...
Crimean Tatar Leader Heads List Of EU Sakharov Prize Candidates
Crimean leader Mustafa Dzhemilev, Yazidi activists Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar, and Turkish journalist Can Dundar have been named as the final candidates for the 2016 Sakharov Prize given annually by the European Parliament. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
NATO Scrambles jets 20 times in a week over Russia Baltic Airspace Violations
Russian air force drills in the Baltic Sea have prompted NATO fighter jets to be scrambled 20 times in a week, Lithuania’s Ministry of Defense announced on Monday. Among the Russian aircraft intercepted last week were numerous supersonic Su-27 fighter jets, as well as Ilyushin and Antonov military planes. None of the aircraft kept their...
War in Ukraine helps smugglers in the black market get richer
KIEV — A separatist commander is gunned down while dining in a Moscow restaurant. Law enforcement agents uncover a makeshift underground pipeline pumping oil from Russia into a Ukrainian border village. Rebel leaders carry out a widespread purge in one of Ukraine’s breakaway regions, detaining senior officials and military personnel alike....
