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Putin met with his security council to talk about the Baltic airspace before NATO’s Warsaw summit
Thomson ReutersRussian President Vladimir Putin has chaired a meeting with the country’s Security Council to discuss possible “confidence-building” steps in the skies over the Baltic region and details in connection with a NATO summit later this week, a presidential spokesman said. Putin also talked with the council’s...
Hillary Clinton made history this week — here are the countries that have had female heads of state for decades
Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesHillary Clinton clinched the Democratic nomination on Tuesday, and she’s currently beating Donald Trump in many national polls. Depending on how things shake out in the fall, the United States may very well be headed for its first woman president. But if Clinton is elected, she’ll be far from the first...
US Navy will station two aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean ahead of NATO summit in Warsaw
U.S. NavyABOARD USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (Reuters) – The U.S. military will have two aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean Sea this month ahead of a NATO summit in Warsaw as Washington seeks to balance Russian military activities and accelerate its fight against Islamic State militants. The USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier will hand off to...
Russia is building up forces on its western frontiers as standoff with NATO deepens
Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters KLINTSY, Russia (Reuters) – Russia is building an army base near its border with Ukraine, the latest in a chain of new military sites along what the Kremlin sees as its frontline in a growing confrontation with NATO. While there have been no clashes between the former Cold War rivals, Russia is building up forces on...
These are the 6 countries onboard with Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea
Shamil Zhumatov/ReutersSince Russia’s illegal seizure and annexation of Crimea from Ukraine on March 18, 2014, six countries have come out in support of Moscow. And in any other circumstance, the support Russia has received would be enough to make politicians blush. The following map from the spokesperson for the US Embassy Russia shows the...
Cyber attacks against our critical infrastructure are likely to increase
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence IoT Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. The threat of more cyber attacks is very real, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The number of cyber attacks that target industrial control systems for automated industrial machines has been on the rise,...
Ukrainian pilot returns home after nearly 2 years in a Russian jail
Thomson ReutersMOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko arrived home in Kiev on Wednesday after nearly two years in a Russian jail, part of a prisoner swap in which two Russians held in Ukraine were returned to Moscow. Handing over Savchenko, whose release had been demanded by Western governments and who has become...
Russia mysteriously shut down its equivalent to the DEA
Thomson ReutersThe Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN), the Russian equivalent of the DEA, has been dismantled in a sudden move that apparently took the head of the agency completely by surprise. Viktor Ivanov who, like Vladimir Putin, is a former KGB agent, has been in the Russian leader’s inner circle for decades. Following the shutdown,...
Russia rolls out red carpet for Asian leaders after being snubbed by the West
Alexander Zemlianichenko/APSOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – The Kremlin has seized on the visit by southeast Asian leaders for a summit as an opportunity to show Russia still has friends on the international stage, despite being cold-shouldered by the West over the conflict in Ukraine. Russia has had few chances to host major international...
200 million people will tune in Saturday night to see the Eurovision Song Contest winner
AP Photo/Martin MeissnerSTOCKHOLM (AP) — It’s got kitsch, international intrigue and an array of eclectic musical performances from Belgium to Armenia. The winner of the 61st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest will be crowned at the end of a live show Saturday night that is being broadcast to an estimated 200 million viewers in Europe...
