Section: Newsweek (USA)
E.U. Official Sees No Rift With U.S. Over Arming Ukraine
MUNICH (Reuters) – The European Union’s foreign policy chief said on Sunday she did not expect any transatlantic rift with Washington over Ukraine if the United States went ahead with proposals to supply arms to Kiev. With pro-Russian separatists making gains in eastern Ukraine, discussions are under way in Washington about whether...
Europe, U.S. Clash Over Ukraine Course
MUNICH (Reuters) – Germany’s Angela Merkel warned on Saturday that sending arms to help Ukraine fight pro-Russian separatists would not solve the crisis there, drawing a sharp rebuke from a leading U.S. senator who accused Berlin of turning its back on an ally in distress. The heated exchange at a security conference in Munich pointed...
Ukraine Crisis Prompts New Domino Theory
Remember the Cold War domino theory, which held that if one country fell to Communism, its neighbors would follow, one by one? Well, a similar theory may be taking hold in Washington amid the debate over arming Ukraine against Russian aggression. As western European leaders huddle with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow this weekend to...
Russia Charges Nuclear Scientist and Alleged Informant With Treason
Russia’s special services have announced the arrests of two men alleged to have passed state secrets to the West in as many days on charges of high treason, Russian news agency Interfax reported today. On Wednesday, Vladimir Golubev, a former employee of the Russian Federal Nuclear Centre in Sarov, was arrested and charged with high treason...
Ukraine Passes Law to Shoot Deserters
The Ukrainian parliament has approved a motion to allow commanders in the armed forces to fire at army deserters and use force against servicemen for “negligence” or “drinking alcohol” while on duty. The motion was discussed in a session yesterday afternoon, with 260 MPs passing it out of a total 320, according to Ukrainian news agency Unian...
Rival Libyan Factions Travel to Kiev and Moscow Seeking Support
Libyan politicians from rival factions have travelled to Ukraine and Russia in the hope of bolstering ties with Kiev and Moscow, according to the Libya Herald. A hardline politician from the Islamist Libya Dawn group, Abdurrahman Sewehli, who fiercely opposed the creation of the internationally-recognised government and House of Representatives...
Australian PM to Face Leadership Vote After Party-Room Revolt
Embattled Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he will fight a challenge to his leadership at a party-room meeting next week after disgruntled government lawmakers on Friday sought to oust him following weeks of divisive speculation. A member of Abbott’s ruling conservative Liberal Party, Western Australian MP Luke Simpkins, sent an...
Rebel Convoys Head for Ukranian Rail Town to Evacuate Civilians
Convoys of buses converged from two sides on the town of Debaltseve in eastern Ukraine on Friday after separatist rebels and government forces appeared to have patched together a truce to allow civilians to be evacuated. A Reuters correspondent outside the town of Horlivka, west of Debaltseve, said around 30 empty buses were heading towards...
Merkel and Hollande to Take Ukraine Peace Plan to Moscow
The leaders of Germany and France announced a new peace plan for Ukraine on Thursday, flying to Kiev with a new proposal they would then take on to Moscow. The importance of reaching a deal was demonstrated by a dramatic collapse in Ukraine’s hryvnia currency, which lost nearly a third of its value after the central bank halted daily...
‘Biggest NATO Reinforcement Since Cold War’ Sets Frontlines Against Russia
NATO has ranked Russia as its greatest threat, according to defence experts, as the alliance announced its plans to staff six new European bases in what its secretary general Jens Stoltenberg is calling “the biggest reinforcement of our collective defence since the end of the Cold War”. The plan will see NATO’s rapid reaction units grow to...
