Section: Newsweek (USA)
Who Killed Litvinenko? Perhaps Not Russia After All
It has taken more than eight years. But finally, at 10am on Tuesday 27 January, the doors to court 73 at London’s Royal Courts of Justice will swing open; the barristers, solicitors, reporters, and a host of other interested parties will troop in, and judge Sir Robert Owen will declare the start of a public inquiry into the death of...
Fifteen Killed in Shelling in Eastern Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) – Fifteen people were killed in shelling in the east Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on Saturday, Ukraine’s interior ministry said, an attack Kiev blamed on separatist rebels and the Russian military. A witness described the shelling to Reuters as enough to knock the paint off his house. The deaths follow the...
Ukraine Deaths Top 5,000 After Week of Violence
The death toll from nine months of violence in Ukraine has exceeded 5,000, the United Nations said Friday, and there are fears that the number could be “considerably higher.” Nearly 11,000 people have been wounded in the ongoing battles. A surge in fighting between Russia-backed rebels and Ukrainian government forces since January 13 has led to...
Pro-Russian Rebels Mount New Offensive on Ukraine-Held Territory
The ceasefire between the government of Ukraine and pro-Russian separatist fighters in the country’s eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions has collapsed as fighting between the two sides took a new turn today, with rebels mounting an offensive on territories currently held by Ukraine. Kiev-loyal forces are preparing to repel advancing...
Ukraine Separatists to Press on With Offensive
Pro-Russian separatists will press on with a military offensive in east Ukraine and will not initiate ceasefire talks with the Ukrainian authorities, their leader was quoted as saying on Friday. Alexander Zakharchenko, head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic in east Ukraine, made clear the rebels were in no mood to compromise...
Civilians Killed as Shell Hits Bus in Donetsk
The war in Ukraine continued in bloody fashion today as government forces retreated from key parts of Donetsk airport and a mortar shell hit a public bus, leaving several civilians dead. There were conflicting reports on the number of those killed on the bus, but estimates range between eight and 13. It is currently unclear who fired the shell,...
Russia Says No Proof It Sent Troops to Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov sought to fend off fresh accusations from Kiev that Moscow is sending soldiers and weapons to Ukraine and said he hoped for progress at talks on the conflict on Wednesday despite renewed fighting. Kiev accused Russian regular forces on Tuesday of attacking its troops in eastern...
Russia Says Obama Speech Shows U.S. Wants to Dominate the World
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia hit back on Wednesday at U.S. President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech, saying it showed the United States believes it is “number one” and seeks world domination. Obama said his country was upholding “the principle that bigger nations can’t bully the small” by opposing...
IMF Lowers 2015 Global Economic Growth Prediction
Despite lower oil prices and an improving U.S. economy, global economic growth remains gloomy, the International Monetary Foundation (IMF) announced Tuesday. In its World Economic Outlook Update, the IMF lowered global growth for 2015 to 3.5 percent, down 0.3 percent from the growth rate it predicted in the October 2014 World Economic Outlook....
Russia Orders Snap Test of Nuclear Missiles
Russia has ordered a snap drill of its Strategic Missile Troops (RVSN), which control the country’s 305 land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles and nuclear warheads, according to a statement issued by the unit’s high command today. “More than 1,200 servicemen have been drafted to take part in the test exercises,” Colonel Igor...
