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    Protesters Clash With Police At Russian Bank In Ukraine
    Apr11

    Protesters Clash With Police At Russian Bank In Ukraine

    Tuesday, April 11 , 2017 - 14:37 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    Ukrainian protesters clashed with police as they attempted to blockade a Russian bank branch in Kharkiv. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Tillerson readies for tough talk with Russia
    Apr11

    Tillerson readies for tough talk with Russia

    Tuesday, April 11 , 2017 - 12:22 (EEST) Section: POLITICO - U.S. Edition (USA)

    Rex Tillerson’s seemingly cozy ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin drew bipartisan alarm and nearly derailed his confirmation as secretary of state.But some three months later, as the former ExxonMobil CEO heads to Moscow on his first trip as America’s top diplomat, it’s hard to believe Russian President Vladimir Putin...

    Tillerson Heads to Russia as Relations Dip Over Syria Attacks
    Apr11

    Tillerson Heads to Russia as Relations Dip Over Syria Attacks

    Tuesday, April 11 , 2017 - 5:52 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is heading to Moscow for talks Wednesday with Russian leaders amid a spike in tensions over attacks in Syria. Tillerson accused Moscow of complicity or incompetence in Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s alleged use of chemical weapons against civilians, while Russia called the U.S. response, a missile...

    Belarus Crackdown Throws US Sanctions Relief in Doubt
    Apr11

    Belarus Crackdown Throws US Sanctions Relief in Doubt

    Tuesday, April 11 , 2017 - 3:37 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    The Trump administration must decide by the end of this month whether to grant Belarus continued relief from U.S. economic sanctions despite a stiff government crackdown on street demonstrations last month. The renewal decision is considered a low-level priority for the administration, which is facing bigger questions about U.S. relations with...

    Hungarian President Signs New Law Threatening Soros University
    Apr11

    Hungarian President Signs New Law Threatening Soros University

    Tuesday, April 11 , 2017 - 2:37 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Hungary’s right-wing president has signed controversial legislation on foreign universities that critics warn could force the closure of a top international institution founded by U.S. financier George Soros. The approval Monday by President Janos Ader came less than a day after tens of thousands of protesters rallied in central Budapest...

    Lessons From the ‘Red Line’ Crisis
    Apr11

    Lessons From the ‘Red Line’ Crisis

    Tuesday, April 11 , 2017 - 1:37 (EEST) Section: The Atlantic (USA)

    For many of us who were in the United States government in 2013, when the images of women and children writhing in pain in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta first brought the United States to the brink of airstrikes against the Syrian government, watching as 59 Tomahawk missiles were fired into a regime airbase in Homs was at once cathartic and not...

    Khan Sheikhoun, Shayrat Air Base, and Now What?
    Apr10

    Khan Sheikhoun, Shayrat Air Base, and Now What?

    Monday, April 10 , 2017 - 22:37 (EEST) Section: The American Interest (USA)

    I wrote my first response to the U.S. cruise missile attack on Shayrat Air Base on April 7, 2017, at 2:30 p.m. EDT—in other words, about 18 hours after the attack. A great deal more has happened since, and it is in the nature of a crisis that this be so. One of the characteristics that make a crisis a crisis is that decision-makers on all sides...

    If a War Between Russia and America Went Down: 5 Deadly Weapons Moscow Would Use
    Apr10

    If a War Between Russia and America Went Down: 5 Deadly Weapons Moscow Would Use

    Monday, April 10 , 2017 - 19:52 (EEST) Section: The National Interest (USA)

    Dave Majumdar Security, Middle East Could it happen? While anti-ship missiles get a lot of attention, submarine launched torpedoes are arguably a much more dangerous threat to U.S. Navy surface warships. Perhaps the most dangerous torpedoes that the Navy might encounter are high-performance Russian-made wake homing torpedoes. Wake-homing...

    Hidden Killers In Ukraine’s Fields
    Apr10

    Hidden Killers In Ukraine’s Fields

    Monday, April 10 , 2017 - 18:37 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    Unexploded bombs, mines, and booby-traps litter the fields of eastern Ukraine — an unmapped and deadly hazard not only for soldiers, but also farmers and other civilians. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    US to Hold Accountable Those Who Commit Crimes Against ‘Innocents’
    Apr10

    US to Hold Accountable Those Who Commit Crimes Against ‘Innocents’

    Monday, April 10 , 2017 - 18:22 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    LUCCA, Italy—The United States will hold responsible anyone who commits crimes against humanity, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Monday, days after the U.S. military unexpectedly attacked Syria. Tillerson is in Italy for a meeting of foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialized nations, with his counterparts from...