Section: The Epoch Times (USA)
Armenian Protesters Block Road for 3rd Day Over Energy Hikes
YEREVAN, Armenia — Thousands of demonstrators protesting a hike in electricity prices entered a third straight day of standoffs with police in Armenia’s capital Wednesday, with no visible progress toward resolving the worst unrest the country has seen in years. President Serge Sarkisian has offered to meet with representatives of the...
Carter: US to Put Military Equipment in 6 European Countries
TALLINN, Estonia— Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced Tuesday that the U.S. will spread about 250 tanks, armored vehicles and other military equipment across six European nations to help reassure NATO allies facing an array of threats from Russia and terrorist groups. Each set of equipment would be enough to equip a military company or...
‘Confrontation With the West Is Absolutely Artificial,’ Says Russian Dissident
WASHINGTON—Former Russian oil tycoon and prominent critic of the Kremlin Mikhail Khodorkovsky looks forward to the day when Vladimir Putin and the political elite that is empowered with him is gone. He advises in the meantime that the United States and the West in general not make the same mistakes it made in the 1990s in their half-hearted...
Ancient Spanish Village Scraps ‘Kill Jews’ Name
MADRID—The tiny Spanish village of Castrillo Matajudios — which means “Camp Kill Jews” — on Monday officially changed its name back to Castrillo Mota de Judios (“Jews’ Hill Camp”) following a referendum and regional government approval. The village, with about 50 inhabitants, voted to change the name in 2014 after the mayor argued that the...
Heading to Europe, Pentagon Chief to Boost Military Support
WASHINGTON— Heading to Europe, Defense Secretary Ash Carter is carrying a strong message of U.S. military support for American allies and Baltic nations to help calm growing concerns about Russian aggression. A key theme at all his stops will be how the United States, NATO and other partners can best deal with the Kremlin in the wake of...
Putin Criticizes US but Offers to Cooperate on Global Crises
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia—Russia isn’t seeking dominance or superpower status, but wants its interests to be respected by the United States and its Western allies, President Vladimir Putin said Friday as he sought to assuage investors spooked by Russia’s recession and a showdown over Ukraine. While Putin repeated a litany of accusations...
New NATO Force Trains in Poland to Assure Eastern Flank
WARSAW, Poland —Battleships. Tanks. Helicopters. Rapid reaction forces. Thousands of NATO troops are on the move this month in Poland and the Baltic states, practicing sea landings, air lifts and assaults. The massive maneuvers on NATO’s eastern flank that began in early June include the first-ever training by the new, rapid reaction...
In East Ukraine Psychiatric Ward, War Deepens Mental Wounds
HORLIVKA, Ukraine—Whenever the bombs fell, the men and women in the psychiatric ward would huddle in terror around fellow patient Valentina Izotova, a stout, maternal-looking woman, and she would read to them from her favorite book. They hardly understood a word, but her voice soothed them. The hospital in Ukraine’s war-torn east has been...
Russia to Get 40 New Intercontinental Missiles This Year
MOSCOW— President Vladimir Putin says the Russian military will receive 40 new intercontinental ballistic missiles this year capable of piercing any missile defenses — a blunt reminder of the nation’s nuclear might amid tensions with the West over Ukraine. Putin made the statement Tuesday at the opening of an arms show at a shooting range...
Caught in the Middle: War in Ukraine Creates No Man’s Lands
KATERYNIVKA, Ukraine— A single crack of an automatic rifle shattered the tomb-like silence of this no-man’s-land village in east Ukraine. The gunshot, fired in error by a jumpy soldier, sent government border guard troops on patrol this week scrambling to brace against the ambush they expect every time they venture into Katerynivka. The men...
