This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Israel warns of ‘significantly widening’ the ground operation in Gaza Russia blows off US accusation of complicity in shooting down airliner Israel warns of ‘significantly widening’ the ground operation in Gaza On Friday, thousands
News of Thursday’s fatal crash which took the lives of all passengers on board (nearly 300 people) Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 dominated the front pages of newspapers internationally. Evidence from Kiev, in the form of intercepted communications, suggests that the
President Obama took the White House podium this morning to directly address the Ukraine plane tragedy after a Malaysian flight was shot down killing nearly 300 people. Obama said that only one American citizen was currently confirmed as a person
At a meeting with his top economic advisers, Russian President Vladimir Putin says Ukraine is responsible for the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, killing all 295 passengers. Putin said, “The government over whose
MOSCOW, July 17 (UPI) — Russian President Vladimir Putin commented Thursday about the U.S. decision to impose additional sanctions on Russia, calling American foreign policy “aggressive” and “unprofessional.” On Wednesday, U.S. President Barack Obama introduced a new set of sanctions
Russian newspaper Kommersant reported this week that, upon his visit to Havana, Russian President Vladimir Putin had reached an agreement with the Cuban government to reopen a spy base in Lourdes, a town south of Havana. The Russian President is
Thursday on Fox News Channel’s “Special Report With Bret Baier,” reacting to reports Russian separatists have potentially shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, killing all 295 passengers, Senior Judicial Analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano demanded
The countries forming the BRICS alliance – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – have agreed to develop a Shanghai-based banking institution to rival the International Monetary Fund. The organization would lend money to friendly nations and aspires to take power
The Cuban communist government has arrested 100 women affiliated with the dissident group the Ladies in White–friends and family of male political prisoners–for organizing a march on Sunday to commemorate the mass drowning of refugees twenty years ago this weekend.
On July 12 Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Fidel Castro during a visit to Cuba. The visit was part of Putin’s Latin American tour, and one in which he stressed the modernization Russia is prepared to help bring about
Russia hosts the 2018 World Cup, and Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko insists that the conflict in Ukraine will not impact preparations. He also said that security should not be an issue. “It’s a different subject and it will not
Russian President Vladimir Putin started his Latin America tour, and the first stop is Cuba, an old ally from Cold War days. He will also visit Argentina and Brazil. Russia’s State Duma forgave 90% of Cuba’s debt, which was mostly
MOSCOW (AP) — Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has applied to extend his stay in Russia, his lawyer said Wednesday. Anatoly Kucherena told The Associated Press that Snowden applied to Russia’s migration authorities “a long time ago” since
President Barack Obama has weighed in on the conflict escalating in Israel as the Israeli government begins a full-scale military effort against Hamas after the kidnapping of three Israeli teen boys, one a U.S. citizen. Writing for Israel’s Haaretz newspaper,
(Reuters) – Eduard Shevardnadze, a former president of Georgia and Soviet foreign minister, died on Monday after a long struggle with illness, his personal assistant said. Shevardnadze, who was 86, played a vital role in ending the Cold War as
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Fighting in eastern Ukraine left at least nine Ukrainian soldiers dead Friday, as government troops pressed their offensive against pro-Russian insurgents using heavy artillery and combat jets and prospects of a truce appeared dim. Ukrainian President
The escalating crisis in Ukraine being engineered by Vladimir Putin is taking on the feel of the Guns of August: an inexorable march towards a wider conflict, and perhaps a conflagration. Having few good options to prevent the Russian autocrat
Russia did not win a single game at the World Cup and now coach Fabio Capello must appear before parliament to explain why the team performed horribly. From The Daily Mail: The head of the State Duma’s Sports Committee, Igor Anansikh,
A leaked table plan of David Cameron’s Summer Dinner last year shows who sat where, and that the attendees had a combined wealth of £11bn. Business leaders, oligarchs and ministers joined the Prime Minister at a lavish event held at
Perm-36 is a Gulag museum in the Perm region in Russia. It is a well-preserved Stalin-era camp to provide visitors insight into Soviet repressions. It was one of the worst camps during the Soviet Union. Currently, the Putin regime is
Sergei Glazyev, a senior advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin, told the BBC that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is a Nazi and his endorsement of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement is illegitimate. “Europe is trying to push Ukraine to sign this
European Union leaders this morning signed association agreements with three former Soviet bloc countries, Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine, leaving Moscow in no doubt that the EU is determined to continue its expansion eastward despite upheavals in Ukraine triggered by the
Communications impresarios Burston-Marsteller have today released their ‘Twiplomacy 2014’ report into how world leaders and organisations use social media to reach the public. No doubt the product of many man hours spent scrolling through Twitter, the report reveals that more
The president of Lithuania did not mince words; she likened Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aggressive territorial expansion into Crimea to a strategy carried out by two of history’s most ruthless dictators: former Soviet premier Joseph Stalin and Nazi leader Adolf
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin asked parliament Tuesday to cancel a resolution sanctioning the use of military force in Ukraine, a move his Ukrainian counterpart heralded as a “practical step” toward bringing peace to a region roiled by
