Tag: Russia

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Interest in Hizb ut-Tahrir grows after Marathon bomber visited Dagestan Israel’s army to begin using live fire on West Bank Palestinian protesters Qatar competes with Russia and Iran for influence in the Mideast Interest

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Russia says, ‘Of course we supply weapons to Syria!’ Russian warships enter Mediterranean for first time in decades Idaho man charged with links to Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) Russia says, ‘Of course we

(AP) – North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions.

(AP) Russian and American spies square offBy ADAM GOLDMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe embarrassing arrest of a suspected CIA officer in Moscow is the latest reminder that, even after the Cold War, the U.S. and Russia are engaged in an espionage battle with

UN chief Ban Ki-moon was to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday as global pressure grows on Moscow to end arms supplies to the Syrian regime and drop its support for President Bashar al-Assad. Ban was to have separate

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com U.N. General Assembly condemns Syrian regime for violence Palestinians commemorate ‘Al Nakba’ — ‘The Catastrophe’ Tensions escalate between Taiwan and the Philippines Eurozone recession deepens even further than forecast U.N. General Assembly condemns Syrian

(AP) US ambassador summoned by Russian foreign ministryMOSCOWThe U.S. Ambassador to Russia was summoned by the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday over Moscow’s claim it caught a U.S. diplomat disguised in a blond wig trying to recruit a counterintelligence officer. Michael

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com American-Russian relations upset by CIA spy scandal CIA spy scandal may be Russia’s revenge Russia rebuffs West on S-300 missile shipments to Syria American-Russian relations upset by CIA spy scandal Ryan Fogle, alleged CIA

Russia detained U.S. Embassy Diplomat Ryan C. Fogle on the night of May 13; they have since expelled him from the country over accusations that he is a CIA intelligence officer. According to The Wall Street Journal, Fogle was “released

Five Arab countries and Turkey have reiterated that President Bashar al-Assad should have no role in the future of Syria, as Russia and the United States proposed a peace conference. The foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and

On Wednesday, TIME Magazine reported that Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s third cousin, Magomed Kartashov, served as his guide during his six month stay in the Dagestan region of Russia from January to July of 2012. The magazine refers to Kartashov as “one of

On May 8, Israel warned the U.S. that Russia is prepared to sell “S-300 missile batteries to Syria.” Should that happen, Israel says it will “significantly boost the regime’s ability to stave off intervention in its civil war.” Israel said

Israel has warned the United States that Russia plans to sell sophisticated missile systems to Syria that would complicate any foreign intervention there, the Wall Street Journal reported. The Journal reported late Wednesday that Israel had provided information to Washington

(AP) China hosting both Palestinian, Israeli leadersBEIJING China is hosting both the Palestinian and Israeli leaders this week in a sign of its desire for a larger role in the Middle East. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was welcomed by his

For a fearsome pirate, even one in self-declared retirement, there is a notable lack of what literature has led one to expect: cutlass, eye-patch, hook or even a parrot. Instead, Mohamed Abdi Hassan, one of Somalia’s — if not the

(AP) North Korea sentences American to 15 years’ laborBy SAM KIMAssociated PressSEOUL, South Korea A Korean American detained for six months in North Korea has been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for “hostile acts” against the state, the

According to an AP source, Russian agents placed Tamerlan Tsarnaev under surveillance during a six month visit to Russia last year. A security official with the Anti-Extremist Agency in Russia told AP that Russian agents were watching Tamerlan Tsarnaev while