Section: KXAN (USA)
NATO, Russian ambassadors meet to keep dialogue open
BRUSSELS (AP) — Ambassadors from NATO nations met Wednesday with Russian envoys to explain decisions taken at the recent alliance summit and attempt to reduce tensions with Moscow. The meeting at NATO’s Brussels headquarters follows last week’s gathering of alliance heads of state and government in Warsaw. Among other things, U.S....
Germany to affirm stronger role on world stage
BERLIN (AP) — Germany is affirming its growing role on the world stage in new security guidelines that mark another step away from its caution after World War II. A draft defense policy paper obtained by The Associated Press Tuesday and due to be presented on Wednesday states that “Germany is a globally highly connected country … which has a...
Kerry heads to Russia for Ukraine, Syria talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry is heading to Russia this week for talks with top officials on the conflicts in Ukraine, Syria and Nagorno-Karabakh. The State Department said Monday that Kerry would visit Moscow on Thursday to discuss ways to strengthen a shaky truce in Syria that appears near the breaking point amid continued...
Polish leader recalls 1943 slaughter of Poles by Ukrainians
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The leader of Poland’s ruling conservative party has commemorated a massacre of Poles by Ukrainians during World War II, describing it as genocide. Jaroslaw Kaczynski, head of the Law and Justice party, laid flowers Monday at a monument in Warsaw to the victims of the Volyn massacre on the 73th anniversary of a key...
Canada’s prime minister on visit to Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine and Canada on Monday signed a free trade agreement during Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s first visit to Ukraine. Canada is home to a sizeable Ukrainian minority and has been a key backer for Ukraine during the two-year separatist war in the east. President Petro Poroshenko told a news conference at the end of...
The Latest: NATO leaders wary of Russian intentions
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Latest on the NATO Summit in Warsaw (all times local): 10:50 a.m. Over dinner, NATO leaders gave a glum assessment of Russia’s geopolitical intentions, a NATO official says, agreeing that Moscow “is likely to exploit any vulnerability” in the Western Balkans, Moldova and Ukraine. The official, who was not...
US expels 2 Russians after US diplomat attacked in Moscow
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States last month expelled two Russian officials in response to an attack on an American diplomat by a Russian policeman in Moscow, the State Department said Friday. The officials were expelled June 17, department spokesman John Kirby told reporters. He didn’t immediately provide additional information. Kirby...
The Latest: Security is intense at NATO summit
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Latest on the NATO summit (all times local): 12:05 p.m. Warsaw appears to be the most highly secured city in the world as the city hosts a NATO summit, an event that comes after a string of recent extremist attacks across the world. Helicopters are hovering above the National Stadium, where the summit is being held,...
The Latest: Greek protesters deplore new NATO deployments
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Latest on the NATO summit on Friday and Saturday (all times local): 9:25 p.m. Several thousand pro-Communist protesters in Greece have marched through central Athens in opposition to the country’s participation at a NATO summit and to alliance plans to deploy troops in Eastern Europe. The rally late Thursday was...
NKorea: US sanctions tantamount to act of war
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Thursday that U.S. sanctions on leader Kim Jong Un and other top officials for human rights abuses are tantamount to declaring war. The country’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency saying the announcement of sanctions on Kim and 10 other officials...
