Section: Townhall (USA)
Top U.S. diplomat cautious on sending arms to Ukraine
BERLIN (Reuters) – The second-highest ranking U.S. diplomat promised on Friday to maintain pressure on Russia via economic sanctions to get it… …read more Source:...
Britain: EU to prepare possible new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine
WARSAW (Reuters) – Britain’s foreign minister said on Friday the European Union would prepare possible new sanctions on Russia for its… …read more Source:...
Witness in Russian politician’s slaying gets death threats
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities in Ukraine say the sole witness in the killing in Moscow of prominent Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov has… …read more Source:...
Boehner, bipartisan group pressure Obama on Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner and a group of top Democrats and Republicans stepped up the pressure on President Barack Obama to… …read more Source:...
US official: Obama still weighing sending arms to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — Both Republican and Democratic members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday stepped up pressure on the Obama… …read more Source:...
Merkel warns Russia to live up to Ukraine peace deal
BRUSSELS (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel is warning Russia to live up to the Ukraine peace agreement it backed in Minsk last month or face… …read more Source:...
EU ready with sanctions if Ukraine ceasefire violated, Merkel says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Russia on Wednesday that any serious violation of the current ceasefire in east… …read more Source:...
Top French court approves extradition of Kazakh banker
PARIS (AP) — France’s top appeals court has approved the extradition of a Kazakh oligarch-turned-dissident to Russia or Ukraine.Mukhtar Ablyazov’s… …read more Source:...
EU to adapt its foreign policy to new realities, crises
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is rethinking its foreign policy to better adapt to crises like the ones it faces in Ukraine, Russia and Syria… …read more Source:...
Ukrainian parl’t told 32 workers killed in coal mine blast
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — An explosion at a coal mine in war-torn eastern Ukraine killed 32 workers Wednesday, the speaker of Ukraine’s parliament… …read more Source:...
