Ukraine’s interim President Oleksandr Turchynov said Kyiv is “helpless” against the pro-Russian forces in east Ukraine. These forces seized government buildings, kidnapped journalists and politicians, and attacked peaceful pro-Ukrainian rallies. At first, Kyiv started an anti-terrorist operation for the east,
An American musician found out the hard way what happens when you exhibit rock star misbehavior outside of U.S. soil. Scorpions drummer James Kottak got a one-month jail sentence this month for committing “offensive behavior” in Dubai. The Gulf News daily says
Barack Obama’s chickens are coming home to roost in Asia. During his ongoing trip to America’s most important allies in the region, he has been buffeted by ill-concealed anxieties at every stop that, these days, it is better to be
On April 29th North Korea “conducted a live fire drill” near the disputed maritime border with South Korea, “but no shells fell in South Korean waters.” According to the BBC, this is “the second time in a month that Pyongyang
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the new US sanctions against Russia are similar to the Iron Curtain policies put in place during the Cold War. Mr Ryabkov told the online newspaper Gazeta.ru that the US sanctions were “a
Despite recent and repeated assurances from Obama Administration officials that Russia remains a productive and essential ally of Western efforts to secure a permanent nuclear deal agreement with Iran that keeps the Islamic Republic from obtaining the means to develop
An official report published in the Baltic state of Latvia reveals the new Russian understanding of war and how Vladimir Putin can expand the territory of the Russian Federation without triggering the collective defense mechanism of NATO. Familiarity is said
Anyone who has listened to a Tony Blair speech in recent years would not be surprised that he is concerned about radical Islam. On that front, his speech on the Middle East at Bloomberg last week broke little new ground.
Likud Party member and Israeli Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz criticized US Secretary of State John Kerry for recent remarks by first invoking the Holocaust before saying, “And now the Secretary of State describes Israel as an ‘apartheid state,’” Katz lamented. “Us? The Jewish state, [which was]
Gennady Kernes, mayor of Kharkiv, is fighting for his life in a hospital after an apparent assassination attempt on his life Monday morning. Kharkiv is Ukraine’s second largest city and where pro-Russians have caused turmoil since Russia-backed president Viktor Yanukovych
The US announced new sanctions against Russia on Monday, and the list includes seven Russian government officials and 17 companies that are tied to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle. The Russin officials sanctioned were Oleg Belavantsev, Sergei Chemezov, Dmitry
On April 28th, four British fighter jets from RAF Lincolnshire deployed to Lithuania to carry out “NATO’s air policing role of the Baltic states.” According to the BBC, the jets are Typhoons and will join “six Polish jets” to relieve
Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond, has revealed that he admires “certain aspects” of Vladimir Putin’s leadership. He also said it was “good thing” that confidence in the country had returned, according to the Daily Telegraph. The Scottish Nationalist suggested the
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The Group of 7 major economies (G7) announced Saturday that it will pass more sanctions against Russia, with President Barack Obama telling Russia the U.S. prepared sanctions are ready to be imposed as early as Monday morning. The US, European
Ex-Soviet state Moldova is one of many that fears Russian President Vladimir Putin will target them after Ukraine and wants to strengthen ties to the West. The European Union extended visa-free travel to Moldovan citizens. In response to the Ukraine
The Daily Beast is reporting exclusively that Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered an end to communication with President Obama and high-level officials in the White House. The move follows a report that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel could not get through
Pro-Russian forces in Sloviansk have kidnapped eight members of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Vyacheslav Ponomarev, self-proclaimed mayor of Sloviansk, said the people are NATO spies. “As we found maps on them containing information about the
On April 26, 1986, a routine test at the Soviet Union’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant went awry, causing the single greatest ecological disaster in history. As Ukraine prepares to observe this grim anniversary, tensions between the state and separatists favoring
(AFP) — Pilgrims and dignitaries from the world over streamed into Rome a day before John Paul II and John XXIII are named saints in the first ever double papal canonisation. In front of the Vatican Saturday, families and groups
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When Michael Bloomberg pushes his gun control agenda, he lumps together suicides and murders to inflate “illegal gun” statistics. For example, during his April 16th appearance on Today, Bloomberg said, “31,000 Americans either get murdered or commit suicide with illegal
During her Friday press briefing, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki doubled down on a tweet from the night before proclaiming the world to be standing “#UnitedforUkraine.” The world stands #UnitedforUkraine. Let’s hope that the #Kremlin & @mfa_russia will live by
Standard & Poor’s downgraded Russia’s credit rating to BBB-, just one notch above junk, and warned that the nation faced a further downgrade in the event of tighter financial sanctions by members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). To prevent
