Section: KXAN (USA)
NATO: NATO-Russia Council to meet April 20
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO officials say the first meeting of the NATO-Russia Council since 2014 will take place next week at NATO headquarters. NATO deputy spokeswoman Carmen Romero said Tuesday the agenda for the April 20 meeting includes the Ukraine crisis and full implementation of the Minsk accords intended to end the fighting there. The council...
G-7 foreign ministers push nuclear disarmament in Hiroshima
HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized countries called Monday for a renewed push for nuclear disarmament at the end of a two-day meeting in the atomic-bombed city of Hiroshima in western Japan. They also condemned recent terrorist attacks in a range of countries — Turkey, Belgium, Nigeria, Ivory Coast...
Ukraine’s embattled prime minister resigns
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Ukraine’s embattled prime minister says he is resigning, opening the way for the formation of a new government to end a drawn-out political crisis. In a televised address on Sunday, Arseniy Yatsenyuk said his resignation would be formally submitted to parliament on Tuesday. Yatsenyuk’s Cabinet survived a...
5 things to know about G-7 foreign ministers’ meeting
HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized countries are meeting in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima on Sunday and Monday. Germany’s Frank-Walter Steinmeier was to miss the first day sessions due to aircraft problems at departure. Here are five things to know about the annual gathering of the top...
Eastern Ukraine sees increase in fighting, 2 deaths reported
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine on Saturday reported a sharp increase in attacks by Russia-backed separatists around the government-held town of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine, resulting in at least one civilian death. The rebels also reported increased shelling from government forces and the death of one of their fighters. The fighting that broke out in...
UK leader Cameron under fire over link to offshore accounts
DUBLIN (AP) — British Prime Minister David Cameron faced mounting pressure Friday over his involvement in offshore investments after he finally admitted he benefited from his father’s Panama-registered trust, an entity exposed by this week’s massive data leak at a law firm specializing in global tax avoidance. Lawmakers from...
NATO-Russia Council to meet for 1st time since 2014
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO’s secretary-general says the NATO-Russia Council will meet for the first time since 2014 within the next two weeks. The announcement Friday from Jens Stoltenberg was a sign both sides might be seeking an improvement in relations, which have been in the deep freeze since Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine....
Kerry’s visit to Hiroshima grabbing spotlight at G-7 meeting
TOKYO (AP) — Next week, Secretary of State John Kerry will become the highest-ranking American government official to visit Hiroshima, where 140,000 Japanese died from the first of two atomic bombs dropped by his country in the closing days of World War II more than 70 years ago. Kerry and the other Group of Seven foreign ministers are scheduled...
Why few Americans in Panama Papers? Lawyer doesn’t want them
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Rich and influential people around the globe have found themselves under siege since a major data leak revealed their ties to secretive financial accounts and shell companies in low-tax havens used to hide wealth. The uproar has brought down the prime minister of Iceland and raised questions about the presidents of Argentina...
Battered EU the loser again in Dutch referendum on Ukraine
BRUSSELS (AP) — It once seemed a quaint formality, but the Netherlands’ referendum vote on a European Union free-trade deal with Ukraine produced a raised middle finger to the EU — and yet another serious challenge to the European dream. Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the EU’s executive Commission, had warned ahead of...
