U.S. Concerned Over Reported Russian Troop Movements Amid Heightened Tensions In Eastern Ukraine

posted in: News, Russia

Ukrainian servicemen take up positions on the front line with Russia-backed separatists in the eastern Donetsk region last month. The United States is expressing concern about what it called ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine amid reports of a buildup of … Read More

Why Russia will not return the Kuril Islands to Japan

posted in: News, Russia

More than 60 years of stubborn diplomatic stalemate stemming from the Second World War doesn’t appear likely to end. Tourists in October on the Yankito Plateau on Iturup Island, the largest one of the Kuril Islands, known in Japan as … Read More

Russia to pay high price for armed conflict in Ukraine, – UK ambassador

posted in: News, Russia

Melinda Simmons stressed the need to extend sanctions against Russia and also noted the readiness of Western countries to provide Ukraine with not only humanitarian aid but military support as well. Ambassador of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland to … Read More

Republican-Led US Senate Panel Backs Subpoena in Hunter Biden Probe

posted in: News, United States

Hunter Biden, son of former Vice President Joe Biden, President Donald Trump’s main rival as he runs for re-election in November. WASHINGTON – A Republican-led U.S. Senate committee authorized a subpoena on Wednesday for information in an investigation related to … Read More

Republican Senate Report on Biden’s Son Alleges Conflict of Interest

posted in: News, United States

Hunter Biden, son of former US Vice President Joe Biden. WASHINGTON – Two Republican-led Senate committees issued a politically charged report Wednesday alleging that the work Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s son did in Ukraine constituted a conflict of interest … Read More

Trump and Putin issue rare joint statement promoting cooperation

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin issued a rare joint statement on Saturday commemorating a 1945 World War Two link-up of U.S. and Soviet troops on their way to defeat Nazi Germany as … Read More

Bigger than Vindman: Trump scrubs 70 Obama holdovers from NSC

posted in: News, United States

President Trump is making good on his promises to “drain the swamp” and cut Obama-era holdovers from his staff, especially the critical and recently controversial National Security Council. Officials confirmed that Trump and national security adviser Robert O’Brien have cut … Read More

U.S. calls on Russia to withdraw from Ukraine’s sovereign territory

posted in: News, Russia

The U.S. diplomat emphasized inadmissibility of Russia’s interference in Ukraine’s affairs. Reuters The United States has called on Russia to withdraw from the sovereign territory of Ukraine, says Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO. “We are calling on … Read More

Dershowitz calls out House Dems in Trump’s Senate impeachment trial after Bolton shock waves

Harvard Law School Professor Alan Dershowitz, delivering a spirited constitutional defense of President Trump at his Senate impeachment trial Monday night, flatly turned toward House impeachment managers and declared they had picked “dangerous” and “wrong” charges against the president — noting that neither … Read More

1 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 34