President Barack Obama received advice at a banquet in Warsaw from Lech Walesa, a man who helped bring down the Iron Curtain and liberate Poland from the Soviet Union 25 years ago. “I said that I wished the United States
President Barack Obama landed in Brussels to meet with other leaders at the annual meeting of the now-G7. It was originally the G8, but Russia was kicked out after aggression towards Ukraine. It is the first time in 17 years
The United States is set this week to ship the first of 36 F-16 Lockheed Martin Fighting Falcon fighter jets to the Iraqi military, reports said. Iraq’s ambassador to the US Lukman Faily said the delivery of the fighter jets
President Barack Obama met Ukraine’s President-elect Petro Poroshenko in Warsaw, Poland, and said Poroshenko represents everything Ukraine needs to triumph over Russia. East Ukraine encounters daily violence between pro-Russian forces and the Ukrainian army. “[W]hat the Ukrainians said in the
The United States no longer has a military base in Central Asia after leaving an airbase in Kyrgyzstan. The move comes as tensions between Russia and the West continue to rise. Kyrgyzstan is one of Russia’s closest allies and an
France is preparing to train hundreds of Russian naval crew to operate a powerful French-made warship this month, defying calls from the U.S. and other Western allies to keep the vessel out of the Kremlin’s hands, according to a report
Warsaw, June 04 (QNA) – US President Barack Obama is to discuss economic support for Ukraine when he meets President-elect Petro Poroshenko in Warsaw. Obama has said he will offer US support as Kiev tries to settle a gas bill
There is some hope Ukraine and Russia will come to a gas deal by the end of the week. Russia’s gas giant Gazprom granted Ukraine an extension after gas supplies from February and March were paid off. Russia has been
President Obama told Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski and the press the U..S will increase its military presence in Eastern Europe due to the Ukraine and Russia crisis. The plan will cost around $1 billion if Congress approves the funding. “Today,
US President Barack Obama landed in Poland Tuesday to open a European tour dominated by the showdown with Russia over Ukraine. Obama touched down at Warsaw airport on a trip which also includes stops in Belgium for the G7 summit
PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande certainly won’t go hungry this Thursday night. He’s dining twice — first with U.S. President Barack Obama, then with Russian President Vladimir Putin. It will be a digestive and logistical challenge, but the
US Congressmen have urged France to cancel the sale of two advanced helicopter carrier ships to Russia and suggested that NATO buy or lease them instead. “The purchase would send a strong signal to President Putin that the NATO allies
Moscow’s aggression toward Ukraine is forcing countries around Russia to reconsider security options. Sweden and Finland are toying with the idea of joining NATO, but Russia issued a stern warning during Finland’s National Defense Courses Association. “Military cooperation between Russia
According to Iran’s state-run Fars news agency, the Russian-made Bushehr nuclear power plant is back online. Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman for Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, told state media, “The power plant which had been turned off for two and a half
On June 1 Russia began blocking “the military functions of U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) base stations on its territory.” According to Xinhuanet.com, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin tweeted about the move: “We have worked out and implemented measures
President Barack Obama will be in Europe this week to celebrate Poland’s 25th anniversary of breaking free from communism and the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France. Despite the significant occasions, the crisis between Ukraine and Russia will take
For the month of June, Russia will hold the chairmanship of the UN Security Council. Russia is taking over from South Korea and will hand the position over to Rwanda on July 1st. Russian UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said he
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney dismissed rumors that he might seek the job of United States Ambassador to Russia after announcing his retirement from the White House. On Friday, Carney joked that he was considering managing his son’s band,
Russia’s gas giant Gazprom decided to give Ukraine an extension to resolve the gas dispute between the countries after Ukraine’s Naftogaz paid $786 million for February and March supplies. Russia was going to turn off Ukraine’s gas on Tuesday. Gazprom
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold face-to-face talks on the Ukraine crisis with British Prime Minister David Cameron, Downing Street said on Monday.The two leaders will meet after they attend events to mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings
Luhansk was attacked twice on Monday. Pro-Russian forces attacked a Ukrainian border patrol post in Luhansk at 12:30AM and exchanged fire with each other for several hours. In the afternoon, an explosion occurred at the Luhansk Regional State Administration building.
Pressure mounted Monday for FIFA to call a new vote on the 2022 World Cup hosts with Australia declaring that corruption accusations against controversial winners Qatar were a “serious development”. British government and football officials have also said a new
Businessman Donald Trump said President Barack Obama has done the unthinkable by forcing rivals China and Russia to become closer allies. In an interview from the Republican Leadership Conference that aired on Breitbart News Sunday, Trump told host and Breitbart
In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, former Georgian Prime Minister and representative to NATO Ambassador Grigol Mgaloblishvili warns that neither the invasion of Georgia in 2008, nor the situation in Ukraine today, are isolated incidents and that Russia intends to cripple
Euromaidan, a protest settlement established in Kiev before the fall of former President Viktor Yanukovych, is coming down after a significant presence since November 2013, but there are a few people who are less than thrilled. Politicians claim Maidan served
