Section: Time (USA)
European Union Leaders Denounce Syrian Atrocities But Won’t Sanction Russia
(BRUSSELS) — European Union leaders pledged early Friday to keep all options open to respond to any atrocities committed by President Bashar Assad’s regime and his Russian backers in Syria but stopped short of threatening Moscow with sanctions. Despite strong rhetoric against Russia’s military actions in Syria, notably in aiding...
Inside Russia’s Military Training Schools for Teens
One morning this spring, Sarah Blesener, an American documentary photographer, got a chance to visit a school in the Moscow suburb of Dmitrov, where lessons in basic military training are available to students a few times a week. She was expecting to see kids in uniforms, saluting the flag and doing drills, much like the courses one might find in...
Russia’s State-Run Broadcaster RT Has British Bank Accounts Frozen
The British bank accounts of RT, Russia’s state-run broadcaster formerly known as Russia Today, have been frozen by NatWest, according to the organization’s editor-in-chief. “They’ve closed our accounts in Britain. All our accounts. ‘The decision is not subject to review.’ Praise be to freedom of speech!,” editor Margarita...
Progress Unclear After 4½ Hours of U.S.-Led Talks on Syria
(LAUSANNE, Switzerland)—Back where they started, the United States, Russia and others trying to mediate Syria’s civil war spent 4½ hours searching for a diplomatic process that could succeed where last month’s collapsed cease-fire failed. It wasn’t clear whether they made any progress. With the Syrian and Russian governments...
Ukraine Will Build a Holocaust Memorial at the Babi Yar Massacre Site
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko announced on Thursday that the country will begin planning a Holocaust Memorial at Babi Yar, a ravine in the capital city where mass slaughters took place during World War II. He made the announcement at a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the start of the Babi Yar Massacre, when 34,000 Jews were killed...
How Russia Has Obscured the Facts In the MH17 Investigation
It didn’t seem like the type of crime anyone could cover up. There were nearly 300 victims, 80 of them children, whose remains were scattered in fields of sunflowers for villagers and journalists to see. Thousands of fragments of their passenger jet, a Boeing 777 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, had fallen across nearly 20 square...
How Russia Wants to Undermine the U.S. Election
The leaders of the U.S. government, including the President and his top national-security advisers, face an unprecedented dilemma. Since the spring, U.S. intelligence and law-enforcement agencies have seen mounting evidence of an active Russian influence operation targeting the 2016 presidential election. It is very unlikely the Russians could...
Prosecutors Point Fingers at Russia in Downing of Malaysia Airlines Jet
A two-year investigation into the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines jet over eastern Ukraine in 2014 has concluded that the missile responsible was not just made in Russia, but also fired from a separatist area of Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian rebels. An inquiry by the Dutch Safety Board last year said the BUK missile that hit Flight MH17,...
These 5 Facts Explain Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’s Foreign Policy Debate
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton covered a lot of ground in their first debate, but there were several foreign policy issues that deserve a closer look. On these questions, the next president will have some hard choices to make. 1. Trade This is an issue where Trump forcefully pressed his case. He expressed disgust for both the North American...
For President Obama, a Swan Song on the Global Stage in Final U.N. Speech
(UNITED NATIONS) — Standing before the United Nations for the last time as president, Barack Obama will reassure foreign leaders that the world is better equipped to tackle its challenges than at almost any point in history despite a cascade of harrowing crises that seem devoid of viable solutions. Obama’s speech is always a focal point of...
