Section: KXAN (USA)
Serbia: Putin friend Timchenko is named honorary consul
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia says a billionaire friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin who is on a U.S. sanctions list over Ukraine has agreed to become the Balkan country’s honorary consul. The office of Serbia’s pro-Russian President Tomislav Nikolic said Wednesday that Gennady Timchenko will be Serbia’s honorary consul...
Russian bank VTB considers leaving London due to Brexit
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s state-owned VTB Bank is making plans to move a major investment banking hub out of London due to Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. VTB deputy president Herbert Moos told the Financial Times newspaper that London will cease to be VTB’s European investment banking hub, saying “we did have...
Finalists named for EU’s Sakharov Prize
BRUSSELS (AP) — Two Iraqi women who once were captives of Islamic State, a leader of the Crimean Tatars and a former Turkish newspaper editor have been named finalists for the European Union’s Sakharov human rights prize. The shortlist for the prize, to be awarded Oct. 27, was agreed upon Tuesday by the European Parliament’s foreign...
The Latest: Slovak president: EU obligated to take migrants
PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the influx of asylum seekers and migrants in Europe (all times local): 6:10 p.m. Slovakia’s president says he believes a proposal by some European Union members to receive migrants on a voluntary basis is a “dead policy,” saying EU members have a “moral obligation” to accept refugees. Andrej Kiska also said the...
APNewsBreak: UN criticism of Trump prompts Russian response
GENEVA (AP) — Russia’s government lodged a formal complaint last month with the United Nations over a top U.N. official’s condemnations of Donald Trump and some European politicians, diplomats told The Associated Press, an intervention that underscores the unusual links between the Republican presidential nominee and the Kremlin....
Kosovo hoping to be surprise package of World Cup qualifiers
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Football’s newest country is hoping to be the surprise package of the World Cup qualifiers, just a few months after gaining FIFA membership. Kosovo became a UEFA member in May, joined FIFA a week later and was fast-tracked into 2018 World Cup qualifying. It earned a credible 1-1 draw in Finland last month in its...
Russian intelligence says it detained Ukrainian spy
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian intelligence agency FSB says it has detained a Ukrainian journalist who is suspected of spying in Russia. The FSB claimed in a statement on Monday that Roman Sushchenko is an officer with the Ukrainian military intelligence who has been collecting information about the Russian Armed Forces. The reporter’s employer,...
Netherlands summons Russian envoy over MH17 probe criticism
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands has summoned Russia’s ambassador to complain about Russian criticism of the Dutch public prosecutor’s office over the probe into the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight 17. The Russian ambassador was called Friday to the foreign ministry in The Hague over statements that the Dutch say...
Russia accuses US of nurturing aggressive nuclear strategy
MOSCOW (AP) — Amid the widening U.S.-Russian spat over Syria, the Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday issued a strongly-worded statement accusing the Pentagon of nurturing an aggressive nuclear strategy threatening Russia. The ministry cast a recent speech by U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter as a veiled threat to back a hypothetical attack on...
A look at some of Israel’s prime ministers
JERUSALEM (AP) — Shimon Peres, who died Wednesday, was both a former president and prime minister, the only person in Israel to hold both jobs. Of Israel’s 12 prime ministers, three are still living: current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; his predecessor, Ehud Olmert, who is in prison after a bribery conviction; and Ehud Barak, who...
