Section: Voice of America (USA)
Trump Says He Wants Russia Back at G-7 Summits
U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he wants Russia back at the Group of Seven summits of the world’s leading economies, even though it still controls Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula.Moscow was booted from the group over its unilateral 2014 annexation of the peninsula.As the G-7 leaders head to the French Atlantic seaside town of...
Trump Considering Sullivan as Next US Envoy to Russia
U.S. President Donald Trump confirms that Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan “could very well be” his choice to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Russia. Trump answered a question from reporters at the White House Tuesday, after media reports said he intends to nominate Sullivan to be one of the most important and challenging U.S....
Presidents of France, Russia Meet to Discuss World Conflicts
French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin have held talks in southern France to discuss a range of world issues, including conflicts in Ukraine, Iran and Syria.Macron told a news conference ahead of the meeting at his summer home on the French Riviera Monday that he hoped the two leaders would make progress towards...
With Eyes On Election, Netanyahu Calls For Closer Ties With Ukraine
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, locked in a tight election campaign, has kicked off a two-day visit to Ukraine highlighting the significance of post-Soviet emigres who are likely to be a factor in the vote.More than a million people from ex-Soviet countries now call Israel home — making up a fifth of its population – prompting...
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...
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...
17 Chinese, Ukrainian Seamen Kidnapped off Cameroon Coast
Nine Chinese and eight Ukrainian seamen were abducted Thursday when two merchant vessels came under attack in Cameroonian waters in the Gulf of Guinea, sources said Friday.”Seventeen Chinese and Ukrainians were kidnapped … (of whom) nine (are) Chinese who were abducted on one of the ships,” an official in the port of Douala told...
US Move Halts Release of Iranian Tanker Held in Gibraltar
The United States moved on Thursday to halt the release of an Iranian supertanker detained in Gibraltar for breaching international sanctions on oil shipments, thwarting efforts by authorities in London and the British overseas territory to defuse tensions with Tehran.The Gibraltar government confirmed earlier media reports that the U.S....
Russian ‘Miracle’: 23 Hurt When Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Cornfield
Updated Aug. 15, 5:45 a.m.MOSCOW — Russians hailed a miracle Thursday after a passenger plane carrying 233 people made an emergency landing in a corn field on the outskirts of Moscow after striking a flock of birds shortly after takeoff.The Ministry of Health said 23 people had suffered injuries, but that nobody had been killed when the Ural...
23 Hurt When Russian Plane Makes Emergency Landing
A passenger jet made an emergency landing in a field outside of one of Moscow’s airports Thursday after colliding with a flock of birds, injuring at least 23 people, Russian officials said.The Ural Airlines A321 carrying 226 passengers and a crew of seven hit the birds as it took off Thursday from Moscow’s Zhukovsky airport en route...
