Section: KXAN (USA)
Hungary summons Russian envoy over 1956 uprising criticism
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the Russian ambassador over reportedly disparaging remarks on Russian state media about Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet uprising. The ministry said Tuesday it wants to clarify that Hungary does not tolerate anyone talking “in a humiliating manner about the revolution and its...
EU leaders lash Russia over Syria but split on sanctions
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders lashed out at Russia Thursday, criticizing its backing for the Syrian regime and accusing it of atrocities in the besieged city of Aleppo. “It is vital that we work together to continue to put pressure on Russia to stop its appalling atrocities, its sickening atrocities, in Syria,” British Prime Minister...
Russian military holds missile exercise near western border
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military has conducted drills involving state-of-the art missiles near the nation’s western border, amid tensions in relations with the West. The Defense Ministry said Thursday that the drills involved Iskander-M missiles. The war games were held at a shooting range near the city of Luga, about 100 kilometers (60...
The Latest: Ukraine says agreement reached on police mission
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s president says an agreement has been reached at a summit with the leaders of Russia, France and Germany on deploying an armed police mission in separatist eastern Ukraine. Petro Poroshenko’s comments were reported by Russian news agencies early Thursday after more than four hours of talks at the summit in...
US, UK cybersecurity officials: Destructive hacks are coming
LONDON (AP) — The world should brace itself for more physically destructive hacks, two senior cybersecurity officials said Wednesday, warning that a more dangerous era of hacking was already upon us. Paul Chichester, the director of operations at Britain’s new National Cyber Security Center, told an event hosted by British defense think...
FM says Serbia faces pressure to join sanctions on Russia
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s foreign minister has complained that the Balkan country faces EU pressure to join Western-backed sanctions against Russia, describing it as “absolutely unacceptable.” Ivica Dacic said in a statement on Wednesday that “Serbia wants to enter the EU but will not do anything that is against its own national...
The Latest: French president: Aleppo situation unacceptable
BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on Syria (all times local): 6:30 p.m. French President Francois Hollande has called the situation in Aleppo “unacceptable, intolerable, unbearable” ahead of a meeting in Berlin that was primarily aimed at tackling problems in Ukraine. The French president made the comments Wednesday in Paris following a meeting with Rahed...
Norway asked to host rotational force of US Marines
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The United States wants to send a 300-strong rotational force of U.S. Marines to Norway, a NATO member that shares a border with Russia in the Arctic. Norwegian Defense Ministry spokesman Lars Gjemble said Wednesday that “a limited rotational U.S. Marine Corps presence in Norway is a possible option currently being considered.”...
Germany hosts Ukraine summit, also expected to discuss Syria
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel prepared to host a summit Wednesday with the leaders of Russia, Ukraine and France aimed at reviving the stalled peace process in eastern Ukraine. The conflict in Syria is also likely to be discussed. Prospects of significant progress on either front look poor, but Merkel said ahead of the meeting...
Thousands attend warlord’s funeral in Ukraine’s rebel east
MOSCOW (AP) — Thousands have turned out for the funeral of a senior commander of pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine, who was killed in a bomb blast. Arsen Pavlov, 33, known under his nom de guerre Motorola, was killed Sunday when an unidentified device exploded in an elevator of his apartment building in Donetsk. Rebel officials blamed the...
