Section: US & Canada
Kerry in Moscow urges unity in face of Brussels attacks
MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called Thursday for countries to boost efforts to fight the Islamic State group in Syria, Iraq and beyond in the wake of this week’s deadly attacks in Brussels. In Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Syria and Ukraine, Kerry said the...
Kerry, Lavrov Meet In Moscow To Discuss Syria, Ukraine Crises
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is holding talks with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, expected to focus on the Syria and Ukraine crises. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian accused of ID theft, sex with teen due in court
A 23-year-old Ukrainian man accused of faking his way through a Pennsylvania high school and having sex with an underage girl is asking a judge to change his bail and faces a preliminary hearing on a charge he lied in applying to a citizens’ police academy. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Why Russia Is Claiming Victory In Syria
Ilan Berman Security, Call it Vladimir Putin’s “mission accomplished” speech. The Russian president recently caused an international furor when he abruptly announced that his government was commencing a military withdrawal from Syria. Russia had “radically changed the situation” on the ground through its involvement, and its strategic...
U.S. to Blame Iranian Hackers for Cyber Attacks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration is expected to blame Iranian hackers as soon as Thursday for a coordinated campaign of cyber attacks in 2012 and 2013 on several U.S. banks and a New York dam, sources familiar with the matter have told Reuters. The Justice Department has prepared an indictment against about a half-dozen...
Russia accuses Ukraine of ignoring peace deal
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has accused Ukrainian’s government of dragging its feet on implementing last year’s cease-fire agreement. …read more Source: CNS...
Giant Arch to Block Chernobyl Radiation for Next 100 Years
In the middle of a vast exclusion zone in northern Ukraine, the world’s largest land-based moving structure has been built to prevent deadly radiation spewing from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site for the next 100 years. On April 26, 1986, a botched test at the Soviet nuclear plant sent clouds of smoldering nuclear material across large...
EU foreign policy chief meets Syrian gov’t envoy to talks
GENEVA (AP) — The European Union’s foreign policy chief has held a rare meeting with a top Syrian official to help achieve a political transition in the country where the Islamic State group holds vast territory. Federica Mogherini said she only discussed “support to the U.N.-led process” aimed at ending the Syrian war in the meeting with...
Poroshenko Calls For New Cabinet By Next Week
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has urged parliament to approve a new cabinet next week in a bid to end a political crisis. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Cult of ‘Credibility’ Revisited
Nicholas Burns trots out the very tired “credibility” argument in a recent op-ed: However much Mr Obama may believe the old rules do not apply, it is an ancient truth that a great power has to back up its threats if it wishes to be respected by its friends and feared by its adversaries. If Mr Obama did not intend to honour his red-line threat, he...
