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WORLD / Politics
Jan 26, 2018
Justice Department's inspector general turns up anti-Trump FBI agents' missing text messages
The Justice Department's inspector general has recovered missing text messages from two FBI officials who sharply criticized Donald Trump, making them a flash point in the debate over the federal criminal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 25, 2018
Robert Mueller asked U.S. intel officials about Trump in probe of obstruction: sources
Senior U.S. intelligence officers including CIA Director Mike Pompeo have been questioned by the U.S. special counsel's team about whether President Donald Trump tried to obstruct justice in the Russia probe, sources told Reuters on Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 18, 2018
Russia helping North Korea skirt sanctions and Pyongyang getting close on missile: Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday Russia is helping North Korea evade international sanctions and that Pyongyang is getting "closer every day" to being able to deliver a long-range missile to the United States.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 17, 2018
U.S. warily eyeing new Russian air defenses in Crimea
The United States is assessing the security implications of Russia's latest deployment of S-400 air defenses to Crimea, a U.S. military official said Tuesday, adding it could give existing Russian defenses more resilience.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 17, 2018
Special counsel subpoenas Trump ex-aide Steve Bannon to testify in Russia probe: NYT
President Donald Trump's former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, has been subpoenaed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller to testify before a grand jury in a probe into alleged ties between Russia and Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 15, 2018
China absence looms over Vancouver meeting on how to pressure North Korea
Foreign ministers from around 20 nations gather on Tuesday to discuss how to curb North Korea's nuclear ambitions through diplomatic and financial pressure, but China, seen as a key player in any long-term solution, will be absent.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 10, 2018
Unlike Facebook and Google, Twitter misses deadline to provide info to U.S. Senate in Russia probe
Twitter Inc. missed a deadline on Monday to provide the U.S. Senate Intelligence committee with information about alleged Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 U.S. election, a spokeswoman for the committee's top Democrat, Sen. Mark Warner, said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 9, 2018
Steve Bannon's 'treasonous' comment directed at Trump Jr., not Paul Manafort: author
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon's comment that a meeting between Trump campaign officials and a group of Russians was "treasonous" focused on President Donald Trump's son and not his former campaign manager, as Bannon now maintains, the author of a book containing the remark said on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 9, 2018
Mueller's team discusses possible Trump interview with president's lawyers: NBC
Preliminary discussions are underway for special counsel Robert Mueller to potentially interview U.S. President Donald Trump as part of the probe of alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election, NBC News reported on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 8, 2018
CIA chief Mike Pompeo says Russia and others trying to undermine U.S. elections
The head of the Central Intelligence Agency said on Sunday that Russia and others are trying to undermine elections in the United States, the next major one being in November when Republicans will try to keep control of Congress.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 5, 2018
Trump threatens ex-ally Steve Bannon with legal action amid fallout over tell-all book
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened former chief strategist Steve Bannon with legal action over "defamatory" statements about Trump's son and son-in-law over a meeting with Russians during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 4, 2018
Macron plans law to fight 'fake news' in 2018 after pointing finger at Russian media
President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday he would overhaul French media legislation this year to fight the spread of "fake news" on social media that he said was a threat to liberal democracies.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 4, 2018
Trump blasts Steve Bannon over 'treasonous' comments, says he lost his aide job and 'lost his mind'
President Donald Trump on Wednesday blasted former White House adviser Steve Bannon as having "lost his mind" in the fallout over damaging comments Bannon made about Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., in excerpts of a new book.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 3, 2018
Brace for a Trump New Year
U..S President Donald Trump and his allies in Congress appear determined to torpedo Special Counsel Robert Mueller's independent legal inquiry.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 1, 2018
Key GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham says 'let Mr. Mueller do his job'
The special counsel investigation of links between Russia and President Trump's 2016 election campaign should continue without interference in 2018, despite calls from some Trump administration allies and Republican lawmakers to shut it down, a prominent Republican senator said on Sunday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 30, 2017
Russian tankers fueled North Korea via transfers at sea, sources say
Russian tankers have supplied fuel to North Korea on at least three occasions in recent months by transferring cargoes at sea, according to two senior Western European security sources, providing an economic lifeline to the secretive communist state.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 28, 2017
Russia says Tokyo's deployment of U.S. missiles a blow to relations and will impact peace treaty negotiations
A decision by Japan to deploy a U.S. missile defense system will damage Moscow's relations with Tokyo and is a breach by Washington of a landmark arms control treaty, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.

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