Section: Newsweek (USA)
Klitschko: Kiev May Name Street After Boris Nemtsov
The city of Kiev is considering naming a street after Boris Nemstov, the Russian opposition leader who was killed in Moscow near the Kremlin earlier this year, Vitaly Klitschko, the mayor of the Ukrainian capital, said at a press conference on Tuesday. When asked about the matter, Klitschko said he had already discussed it with the principal...
Ukraine’s President Poroshenko Visits Mariupol Trenches
Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko today paid a visit to his country’s war stricken Donetsk region to inspect progress on defence capabilities, as violence in nearby towns continues to increase. Poroshenko visited the strategic stronghold Mariupol as Ukraine continues with its plan to build 300 fortification sites in different regions of...
Russia Threatens Retaliation If U.S. Sends Weapons to Baltics
Russia has threatened to provide an “adequate response” to the prospect of increased U.S. military presence in Eastern Europe and the Baltics, after the governments of both Poland and Lithuania confirmed that they are in talks with Washington about storing heavy US arms. The relationship between Russia and the West has deteriorated to...
Sudan’s President Evades Arrest in South Africa, Highlighting ICC’s Weaknesses
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The escape of Sudan’s President from an arrest warrant demonstrates the International Criminal Court’s weaknesses, just as it prepares to venture into even more politically-charged cases in places like the Palestinian territories and Ukraine. The Hague-based court has no enforcement powers of its own, and...
U.S. Weighs Storing Military Hardware in Baltics, Eastern Europe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States plans to store heavy military equipment in the Baltics and Eastern European nations to reassure allies unnerved by Russia’s intervention in Ukraine and to deter further aggression, U.S. officials said. The move would be the first time Washington has stationed heavy military equipment in the...
Maps Illustrate ISIS’s Terrifying Advance in Syria and Iraq
Thomas van Linge’s colorful, detailed maps showing which parties control which parts of Iraq, Libya and Syria are a hit whenever he posts them on Twitter. They have been cited on news stories in the Huffington Post, Lebanon’s Daily Star and Vox, as well as on the University of Texas at Austin’s website. But van Linge isn’t...
Malaysia Airlines Plane Forced to Turn Around After Engine Fire Concern
As though Malaysia Airlines hasn’t had enough problems of late, there was an incident Thursday evening concerning Flight 148. The plane took off from Melbourne and was headed to Kuala Lumpur before being forced to return to Australia after an engine fire light came on in the cockpit. Though the light indicated an engine fire, the plane was...
Nato Divided Over Response to Russian Invasion, Survey Finds
More than half of people in Germany, France and Italy would reject military intervention to protect a Nato ally from Russian invasion, a new survey has found. Opposition to intervention was highest in Berlin, with 58% of Germans opposing the use of its armed forces to protect an ally, a direct contravention of Nato’s founding treaty....
Survey: Russia Unpopular in the West but So Is War With Putin
Most people in the West don’t seem to like Russia and believe Moscow is responsible for the war in Ukraine, according to a new survey conducted by the Pew Research Center in eight NATO countries. But few seem willing to use military force to defend a NATO ally from an attack by President Vladimir Putin. The survey, which was released on...
The Other War in Ukraine
For more than a year now, Ukraine has been at war, as Russian-backed separatists have battled Western-leaning Ukrainian nationalists in the East. But what’s happening to the country’s economy is just as threatening as the separatists on the battlefield, something Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk emphasized in his visit to...
