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    Putin, Macron to meet for French-Russian talks before G-7
    Aug19

    Putin, Macron to meet for French-Russian talks before G-7

    French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet in southern France to discuss the world’s major crises, including Ukraine, Iran and Syria, and try to improve Moscow’s relations with the European Union …read more Source: ABC...

    Ukraine High On The Agenda As Macron Hosts Putin In France
    Aug19

    Ukraine High On The Agenda As Macron Hosts Putin In France

    French President Emmanuel Macron hosts his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on August 19 for talks expected to focus on efforts to advance negotiations to curb the conflict between Ukrainian forces and Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    British Online Research Group Says More Evidence Found Of Russian Role In Donbas Conflict
    Aug19

    British Online Research Group Says More Evidence Found Of Russian Role In Donbas Conflict

    A London-based digital forensics agency says it has gathered an enormous body of evidence that Russia’s military was deployed in the August-September 2014 disastrous battle of Ilovaisk in which Ukrainian forces were defeated by a superior force of combined Russian and separatist troops. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    An Iranian Tanker Sought by the U.S. Is Heading to an Unknown Destination
    Aug19

    An Iranian Tanker Sought by the U.S. Is Heading to an Unknown Destination

    GIBRALTAR (AP) — An Iranian supertanker hauling $130 million worth of light crude oil that the U.S. suspects to be tied to a sanctioned organization lifted its anchor and begun moving away from Gibraltar late on Sunday. The trail left by GPS data on Marinetraffic.com, a vessel tracking service, showed the Iran-flagged Adrian Darya 1, previously...

    Ukraine High On The Agenda As Macron Hosts Putin In Southern France
    Aug18

    Ukraine High On The Agenda As Macron Hosts Putin In Southern France

    French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to try to convince his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to accept Ukraine’s overtures of dialogue when the two leaders meet in southern France on August 19. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Netanyahu To Embark On Two-Day Ukraine Visit
    Aug18

    Netanyahu To Embark On Two-Day Ukraine Visit

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to embark on a two-day trip to the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, where he is expected to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and visit a Holocaust memorial. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Gibraltar Rejects US Pressure to Hold Iranian Oil Tanker
    Aug18

    Gibraltar Rejects US Pressure to Hold Iranian Oil Tanker

    Authorities in Gibraltar on Sunday rejected the United States’ latest request not to release a seized Iranian supertanker, clearing the way for the vessel to set sail after being detained last month for allegedly attempting to breach European Union sanctions on Syria.The ship was expected to leave Sunday night, according to a statement on...

    Best-Selling Russian Author Boasts Of ‘Killing Many’ In Ukraine’s Donbas
    Aug18

    Best-Selling Russian Author Boasts Of ‘Killing Many’ In Ukraine’s Donbas

    Best-selling, award-winning Russian author Zakhar Prilepin said the unit in which he served “killed many people” and that he has no regrets having fought in the Donbas conflict of eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Ukraine Catches Suspected Israeli Online Drug Dealer, Arrests 3 SBU Officers In Process
    Aug18

    Ukraine Catches Suspected Israeli Online Drug Dealer, Arrests 3 SBU Officers In Process

    Ukraine’s SBU security service said it detained an Israeli-American suspected of heading a major online-drug dealing ring a day after he escaped while being extradited to Israel. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Iranian Tanker to Leave Gibraltar Soon Despite US Pressure
    Aug17

    Iranian Tanker to Leave Gibraltar Soon Despite US Pressure

    The shipping agent for an Iranian supertanker caught in a diplomatic standoff says the vessel is ready to depart Gibraltar on Sunday or Monday, as the U.S. made a last-minute effort to seize it again.The head of the company sorting paperwork and procuring for the Grace 1 oil tanker in the British overseas territory said the vessel could be...