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Russia to help restore U.N. patrols near Syria-Israel frontier, displaying Moscow's rising clout
The Russian military said Tuesday that its forces in Syria will help U.N. peacekeepers fully restore patrols along the frontier with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, reflecting Moscow's deepening role in mediating between the decades-old foes. The Russian deployment in the area has also highlighted Moscow's ...
Trump inks defense bill named for Sen. John McCain, doesn't mention him
President Donald Trump on Monday signed a $716 billion defense policy bill named for John McCain but included no mention in his remarks of the Republican senator, who is battling brain cancer at home in Arizona. Trump and McCain are engaged in a long-running feud ...
Russia tells Washington curbs on its banks would be act of economic war
Russia warned the United States on Friday it would regard any U.S. move to curb the activities of its banks as a declaration of economic war which it would retaliate against, stepping up a war of words with Washington over spiralling sanctions. The warning, from ...
Russia and China on Thursday blocked a U.S. request to add a Russian bank to a U.N. sanctions blacklist along with a North Korean official and two entities, diplomats said. The United States last week asked a U.N. sanctions committee to slap an assets freeze ...
'Eat while they're not shooting': Delivering pizzas to Ukraine's front lines
There's no knock on the door — just the tantalizing smell of melted cheese, ham and tomato sauce reaching the noses of Ukrainian soldiers. The pizza delivery man has arrived. As the war goes on in Ukraine's separatist east, some veterans of the conflict are risking ...
The crisis of the liberal international order
Trump's America is not the only threat to the LIO. Russia and China — and in particular China's geopolitical offensive — are both shaking its foundation.
U.S. slaps sanctions on Russia over March nerve agent attack on ex-spy in Britain
The United States will impose new sanctions on Russia for illegally using a chemical weapon in an attempt to kill a former spy and his daughter in Britain this year. The sanctions come despite President Donald Trump's efforts to improve relations with Russia and its ...
Senator says Russia has breached Florida election systems but state reports no info
Florida's Democratic senator said Wednesday that Russian operatives have penetrated some of his state's election systems ahead of this year's midterms, but state officials said they have no information to support the claim. "They have already penetrated certain counties in the state and they now ...
Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul said on Wednesday he delivered a letter from President Donald Trump to Russian President Vladimir Putin's government, but the senator and the White House offered different characterizations of the message. Three weeks after Trump was widely condemned for not standing ...
'Catastrophic' shutdowns expected at Rusal if U.S. sanctions continue
Russian aluminum giant Rusal is concerned about an impending catastrophe if U.S. sanctions are not lifted, with some of its production halted as early as September, two sources close to the company said. Under the terms of the sanctions, imposed in April in response to ...
U.K. preparing to ask Moscow to extradite Novichok nerve agent attack suspects: Guardian
The British government is preparing to ask Moscow to extradite two Russian citizens suspected of carrying out the Salisbury nerve agent attack, a media report said Monday. The Guardian newspaper, citing unnamed government and security sources, said state prosecutors had prepared the extradition request and ...
U.S. senators led by GOP's Rand Paul, on Moscow trip, invite Russian lawmakers to Washington
A group of U.S. senators, on a visit to Moscow on Monday, said they have invited Russian lawmakers to Washington later this year in a bid to help ease tensions between the two countries. On the second trip by U.S. politicians to the Russian capital ...
