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by Ola Cichowlas Agence France Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Saudi King Salman swept into Moscow with a vast entourage for a first ever visit that underscored Russia’s growing power in the Middle East, despite deep differences between the two oil giants over Syria. The Saudi king brought 1,500 people to Moscow and had a plane fly in fresh food supplies from Riyadh every day during his four-day visit last week, the first by a […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles Saturday, the United States military said, following weeks of heightened tensions between Washington and Pyongyang. The missile launches come as tens of thousands of South Korean and US troops take part in joint military drills in the South, which Pyongyang views as a highly provocative rehearsal for an invasion of its own territory. Two of the missiles failed in flight and the third blew […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States military said that North Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles on Saturday, with two of them failing in flight and the third blowing up “almost immediately.” A spokesman for the US Pacific Command said none of the missiles, which it said were launched near Kittaeryong, had posed a threat to either North America or the US Pacific territory of Guam. “The first and third missiles… failed […]
by Hwang Sunghee SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — China and Russia pushed Tuesday for talks to defuse the “confrontational spiral” between the United States and North Korea after Kim Jong-Un stepped back from a planned missile strike near Guam. The North Korean leader said he would wait and see how the US behaved before deciding whether to execute the planned launch of four missiles over Japan towards the tiny US territory in the Pacific. Some analysts suggested […]
BEDMINSTER, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for ordering the United States embassy in Moscow to slash its staff — boasting that this would cut payroll costs. Last month, the Kremlin demanded that Washington reduce its diplomatic footprint in Russia by 755 employees — both US diplomats and local staff — and close two compounds. This was seen as marking a historic new low in post-Cold war […]
SAVONLINNA, Finland (Reuters) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday (July 27) that Russia was ready to cooperate with neutral countries that bordered the Baltic Sea like Finland which is not part of the NATO military alliance. Speaking on an official visit to Finland, Putin said an ongoing joint naval exercise with China in the Baltic Sea was a threat to nobody. Putin, speaking at a news conference with his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto, […]
by Andrew Beatty and Hui Min Neo Agence France Presse United States President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin were to meet Friday for the first time in a highly-awaited encounter at a G20 summit marked by divisive issues, a rift between America and its Western allies and violent protests. New clashes erupted outside the fortified venue where leaders of the world’s biggest economies were gathering, after a demonstration late Thursday degenerated into […]
MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) — Chinese President Xi Jinping, in Russia for an official visit, met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Monday (July 3). The two leaders are expected to hold talks on Tuesday (July 4) before Xi heads for Germany where he will take part in G20 summit in Hamburg. Xi arrived in Moscow on Monday, embarking on his second state visit to Russia since taking office in 2013. In a […]
AVDIYIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) — Monitors on Sunday (May 14) inspected a household in the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiyivka which was damaged by artillery fire a day earlier. Members of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) monitoring mission inspected the attack site and spoke with local residents who witnessed the incident. Ukrainian authorities said on Saturday (May 13) that four civilians were killed in renewed artillery attacks in the east of the […]
SOCHI,Russia (AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday (May 10) that U.S. President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey, who was leading an investigation into possible Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential election, will not impact relations between the two nations. “There will be no effect,” Putin told CBS News in a brief interview in the Russian city of Sochi. “Your question looks very funny for me. Don’t be angry with […]
by Jan Dörner Agence France Presse SOCHI, Russia (AFP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel will Tuesday meet President Vladimir Putin in the Black Sea resort of Sochi in her first visit to Russia since 2015, signalling renewed dialogue between Berlin and Moscow. The Russian and German leaders have scaled back links as Moscow’s ties with the European Union have plunged to a post-Cold War low. Merkel has strongly backed European Union sanctions on Moscow for seizing Crimea […]
by Anna MALPAS Agence France-Presse MOSCOW, Russia – President Vladimir Putin on Thursday agreed to start flights for former residents to visit a disputed island chain as he and Japanese premier Shinzo Abe again struggled to make progress on a decades-old territorial dispute. Russia and Japan have been blocked from signing a formal treaty to end World War II hostilities for seven decades over the island disagreement, hampering closer ties. The Soviet Union seized the […]
