Section: KXAN (USA)
Germany: Man arrested over bombing that wounded 10 migrants
BERLIN (AP) — German police have arrested a suspect in connection with a bombing at a train station 17 years ago in which 10 immigrants were wounded, six of them Jewish. Police in the western city of Duesseldorf say the 50-year-old man, who wasn’t named, was arrested in the nearby town of Ratingen. In a statement, they said further details...
Russia loses 2012 Olympic silver in women’s 4×400 relay
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The IOC says it has stripped Russia of an Olympic silver medal from the women’s 4×400-meter relay at the 2012 London Games for doping. The IOC says Antonina Krivoshapka tested positive for the anabolic steroid turinabol in reanalysis of samples from the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. Russia previously lost its...
5 troops killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — At least five Ukrainian troops have been killed in an apparent uptick in fighting in eastern Ukraine. An armed conflict between government troops and separatist rebels has killed more than 9,600 since it began in 2014, according to the U.N. Human Rights Office. A January cease-fire had until recently helped to limit the fighting to...
Top Russian official says Putin-Trump call will be positive
MOSCOW (AP) — Influential Russian security chief Nikolai Patrushev says Moscow has high hopes for a scheduled telephone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump. “Everything will be positive,” Patrushev said Saturday, according to Russia’s Interfax news agency. He is the secretary of Russia’s...
Hungary says Russia sanctions fruitless, Putin visit timely
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s foreign minister says the European Union’s economic sanctions against Russia have been unsuccessful economically and politically because they have not achieved their objectives. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said Friday that Hungary had lost some $6.5 billion in export opportunities to Russian and...
Kremlin says Putin-Trump call set for Saturday
MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to speak by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump over the weekend. Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday that the conversation is set for Saturday, according to Russian news agencies. Putin congratulated Trump on his victory shortly after his election, but the...
Poland’s FM blasted for publishing internal document
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s foreign minister is under fire for publishing a March 2008 internal document that outlined the previous government’s thinking about Russia and Ukraine. Witold Waszczykowski said Tuesday the document exposed the liberal government of the time as departing from Poland’s traditionally pro-Ukraine...
NATO, Pentagon chiefs discuss military budgets, terrorism
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO’s chief and new U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis have discussed military spending and combating terrorism, the source of criticism of the alliance by President Donald Trump. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg’s office said Tuesday that the two men “agreed on the fundamental and enduring value of NATO for...
Russian political elites revel in Trump’s inauguration
MOSCOW (AP) — Champagne corks popped in Moscow as Russians celebrated the start of Donald Trump’s presidency, confident of better relations ahead between the two countries. “It’s weird, but it’s great, and for the first time ever Russians are applauding the victory of a U.S. presidential candidate, it’s a sign of the...
Ukrainian president’s candy maker to shut Russian factory
MOSCOW (AP) — A chocolate maker owned by Ukraine’s president says it’s planning to shut its factory in Russia for “economic and political reasons.” Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko last year put the Roshen confectionery company in a trust, arguing that it’s difficult to sell the asset amid an economic downturn. The company...
