Section: US & Canada
NATO ministers to meet on Russia, upgrading response force
BRUSSELS (AP) — With NATO officials calling Russia more unpredictable now than during the Cold War, alliance defense ministers on Thursday are expected to approve further measures to enhance the organization’s ability to deter and, if necessary, respond to military threats from Moscow, officials said. Adam Thomson, Britain’s permanent...
NATO ministers to meet on Russia, upgrading response force
BRUSSELS (AP) — With NATO officials calling Russia more unpredictable now than during the Cold War, alliance defense ministers on Thursday are expected to approve further measures to enhance the organization’s ability to deter and, if necessary, respond to military threats from Moscow, officials said. Adam Thomson, Britain’s permanent...
Ukraine to Call Up Women Over 20 for Armed Forces
Ukraine’s armed forces could call up all female citizens of Ukraine aged between 20 and 50 to join the fight against pro-Russian separatists in the country’s eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, Vladislav Seleznev, spokesperson for the armed forces’ high command told Ukrainian news agency Unian today. The former Soviet...
Pentagon nominee leaning toward sending arms to Ukraine
President Barack Obama’s pick to run the Pentagon says he’s inclined to back increased U.S. assistance to Ukraine – including lethal arms – to fight against Russian-backed anti-government rebels. …read more Source: WAVE 3...
New Cold War: US, Russia Fight Over Europe’s Energy Future
As the Obama administration escalates economic sanctions on Russia and weighs military support to Ukraine, it has revved up a less noticed but far broader campaign to wean Central and Eastern Europe off a deep reliance on Russian energy. It’s a Cold War reprise, but not for military supremacy, and the points on the map aren’t troop...
Senior Russian Lawmaker Says Crimea’s Soviet-Era Transfer To Be Cancelled
The head of the Russian Federation Council says legislation will be adopted during the spring that retroactively proclaims the Soviet Union’s 1954 transfer of Crimea to Ukraine as “legally void and nonbinding” from the moment the transfer was enacted. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Gunfire on Blasted Streets of Donetsk
Olga Ivshina reports from a residential area in Donetsk in Eastern Ukraine where houses have been caught in shelling. …read more Source: The Boston...
Is the world really better off after U.S. retreated from superpower responsibilities? Take a look
Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey The world is coming to resemble the 1930′s more and more. From Argentina to Yemen to Ukraine to Syria and Lebanon, entropy, the natural tendency of everything to disintegrate if there is no force […] The post Is the world really better off after U.S. retreated from superpower responsibilities? Take a...
Russian companies are being forced to sell more oil because of their dollar problem
Russian state-owned oil company Rosneft is being forced to front-load oil deals in order to quickly raise money to fund a $7 billion (£4.6 billion) debt repayment due on Feb. 13. According to Reuters, the company has committed to sell around 500,000 metric tonnes of oil to wiss oil trading company Trafigura this month. That figure is more...
NATO Ministers to Meet on Russia, Upgrading Response Force
BRUSSELS— With NATO officials calling Russia more unpredictable now than during the Cold War, alliance defense ministers on Thursday are expected to approve further measures to enhance the organization’s ability to deter and, if necessary, respond to military threats from Moscow, officials said. Adam Thomson, Britain’s permanent...
