Section: KXAN (USA)
Air France to resume flights to Tehran after nuclear deal
PARIS (AP) — Air France will resume flights to Tehran for the first time in more than seven years, as part of resuming European trade with Iran following a hard-fought deal to curb its nuclear activities. The airline announced in a statement Tuesday that it “is supporting the resumption of commercial exchange with Iran” and will operate flights...
Biden warns Ukraine of backsliding on corruption
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned Ukraine against backsliding in the fight against corruption. In a speech at the Ukrainian Parliament, Biden said Ukraine should do more to fight corruption or it will lose international support. Biden, who has been in Kiev since Sunday, previously assured Ukraine of U.S. support...
Poland jails Ukrainian man wanted in US for $ millions theft
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A prosecutor in southern Poland says a Ukrainian man has been put under arrest on a request from the U.S. where he is wanted on suspicion of stealing and laundering at least $10 million. Boguslaw Marcinkowska, spokeswoman for the prosecutors in Krakow, said Tuesday that the 45-year-old man, identified only as Oleksander K.,...
Biden announces more US aid for Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has assured Ukraine of continuing U.S. support and announced the release of an additional $190 million in U.S. aid to help support Ukrainian reforms. Biden, speaking Monday on a trip to the Ukrainian capital, also emphasized the need for Russia to fully meet its obligations under February’s...
Dutch Golden Age art stolen from museum traced to Ukraine
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A trove of Dutch Golden Age art stolen from a provincial Dutch museum nearly 11 years ago has been linked to a volunteer militia in Ukraine. The Westfries Museum in the northern town of Hoorn went public Monday with claims that the 24 paintings and 70 pieces of silverware snatched in a burglary on Jan. 9, 2005, are...
Prosecutors checking independent Russian TV channel
MOSCOW (AP) — Prosecutors and fire inspectors are launched checks into Russia’s only independent television channel. The TV station Dozhd said on its website that prosecutors visited their office Monday morning to check compliance with labor and health regulations following a citizen’s request. Dozhd’s director general Natalya...
Biden makes 2-day trip to Ukraine in sign of US support
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is coming to Ukraine’s capital for a two-day visit aimed at pushing the country toward making reforms and reassuring it that the crisis in Syria is not overshadowing Washington’s concerns about Ukraine. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed separatists has significantly...
Lawmakers in blacked-out Crimea: Name your boys Generator
MOSCOW (AP) — Lawmakers in Russia-occupied Crimea, which is grappling with a nearly two-week-long blackout, are suggesting parents name their newborn boys Generator to mark the ordeal. Unknown attackers blew up electricity pylons in Ukraine on Nov. 22, leaving the peninsula largely without power. After Russia annexed Crimea in March 2014, it...
Thailand’s battered image dealt new blow with aviation scare
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand, once a poster child for democracy and freedom in turbulent Southeast Asia, has careened over the past two years from one image disaster to the next. First a military coup. Then revelations of slaves in the seafood industry and other human trafficking horrors. In August, a deadly bomb struck central Bangkok. And now, the...
Leaders call for joint response to security threat
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — European leaders warned Thursday that the security situation in Europe remains complex and fragile following the attacks in Paris that killed 130 people last month. The leaders, gathered at a ministerial conference of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, said that only a joint global response can be...
