Section: Time (USA)
Exclusive: Russian Premier Remains Defiant On Bombing Of Syrian Rebels
MoreRussia Accuses West of ‘New Cold War’ Over Syria, UkraineWhy the Syrian Ceasefire Will Not Stop Russia’s Bombing CampaignDiplomats Aim for Temporary Syria Truce in a WeekRussia has no plans to stop its bombing campaign against rebel positions in Syria until Moscow’s allies in Damascus can achieve peace on favorable terms,...
Russia Accuses West of ‘New Cold War’ Over Syria, Ukraine
MUNICH, Germany — Russia on Saturday accused world powers of fighting “a new Cold War” as Moscow came under pressure from the United States and NATO over its actions in Syria and Ukraine. Dmitry Medvedev painted a grim picture of relations with the West, telling the Munich Security Conference that NATO’s stance on Russia remained...
Pope Francis Makes History by Meeting With Russian Orthodox Church’s Leader
MoreWhat to Know About Pope Francis’ Historic MeetingDonald Trump Criticizes Pope Francis for Mexico Border VisitPope Francis Should Lift Abortion Bans to Fight Zika(HAVANA) — Pope Francis met Friday with Patriarch Kirill in the first-ever papal meeting with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, an historic development in the 1,000-year...
U.S. Says North Korea Restarted Plutonium Reactor
MoreNorth Korea’s Satellite Is Tumbling in OrbitNorth Korean Satellite Passed Over Super Bowl Stadium (WASHINGTON)— North Korea has expanded a uranium enrichment facility and restarted a plutonium reactor that could start recovering spent fuel in weeks or months, the U.S. intelligence chief said Tuesday in delivering the annual assessment...
Julian Assange Claims Total Vindication With UN Panel Ruling
More (LONDON)—A United Nations human rights panel has sided with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in his long-running battle with Swedish and British authorities, saying he should be freed immediately and compensated for the years he has lost. The U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, which falls under the offices of the U.N. human rights...
Pope Francis, Russian Orthodox Patriarch to Meet in Historic Step
MoreBush Defends Obama Mosque Visit From Rubio, Trump CriticismExclusive: Wheaton College Faculty Say School ‘Discriminatory’ in Treatment of Tenured Black Professor7 Ways to Prepare Spiritually to Vote (VATICAN CITY)—Pope Francis and the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church will meet in Cuba next week in a historic step to heal the...
These Are the World’s ‘Most Miserable’ Economies
Venezuela, Argentina and South Africa top the list of the “world’s most miserable economies,” according to a new Bloomberg report. The list ranks 63 world economies factoring in each country’s unemployment and inflation rates.Top ranking Venezuela, four times as miserable as its closest competitor on the list, has a staggering...
Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘Probably’ Approved Killing of Former Agent
LONDON —President Vladimir Putin probably approved a plan by Russia’s FSB security service to kill a former agent-turned-Kremlin critic who died after drinking tea laced with radioactive poison, a British judge said Thursday in a strongly worded report that led Moscow to accuse Britain of souring bilateral relations. Judge Robert Owen, who...
How the Last Surviving Nazis Could Be Brought to Justice
Hubert Zafke, a 95-year-old former member of the Nazi SS who served as a medic at the Auschwitz concentration camp, is the latest to be prosecuted in a push by German authorities to hold the last living Nazis accountable for the Holocaust. But so many years after the fact, the pursuit of justice in such cases is far more complicated than merely...
3 Dead as Avalanche Hits School Group in French Alps
(PARIS)— French authorities say an avalanche in the Alps has killed two French high school students and an Ukrainian skier in the Deux Alps ski resort. Officials say the avalanche on Wednesday afternoon hit 10 students from the Saint Exupery school in Lyon and their teacher. They did not give any information on the number of missing but said 60...
