VIDEO: Russian Troops Put On Alert Even As Putin Supports Ceasefire
The Kremlin released a statement on its website Saturday saying President Putin “supports” Ukraine’s call for a ceasefire in the wake of sanctions.
The Kremlin released a statement on its website Saturday saying President Putin “supports” Ukraine’s call for a ceasefire in the wake of sanctions.
A court in Egypt has confirmed the death sentences of nearly 200 supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi, including a Muslim Brotherhood leader.
WASHINGTON – The White House on Friday announced tens of millions of dollars of new funding and expanded enforcement facilities to step up efforts to deal with the surge of children arriving illegally from Central America. The United States said […]
Rush hour might just be the worst thing. The EU agrees which is why it’s helping to fund a project to build an automated personal helicopter which would fly above the traffic removing precious hours stuck in traffic. Called […]
BEIRUT — For the first time since World War II, the number of people forced from their homes worldwide has surged past 50 million, the United Nations refugee agency said Friday. Syrians fleeing the devastating civil war and a fast-growing […]
WASHINGTON — Holding back from more robust options, President Barack Obama on Thursday said he was dispatching up to 300 military advisers to Iraq to help quell the rising insurgency in the crumbling state. He called on Iraqi leaders to […]
BAGHDAD — Iraqi soldiers and helicopter gunships battled Sunni militants for a third day on Thursday for control of Iraq’s largest oil refinery, the loss of which would be a devastating symbol of the Baghdad government’s powerlessness in the face […]
BRUSSELS — Russia has resumed a military buildup near Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday, calling it “a very regrettable step backward.” “I can confirm that we now see a new Russian military buildup – at least […]
KABUL – Four Taliban militants struck a NATO post in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Thursday, destroying dozens of trucks and sparking a gun battle with polices, Afghan officials said. The attack took place in the parking compound […]
BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON – Iraq has asked the United States for air support in countering Sunni rebels, the top U.S. general said on Wednesday, after the militants seized major cities in a lightning advance that has routed the Shi’ite-led government’s army. However, […]
BAGHDAD — Iraqi security forces battled insurgents targeting the country’s main oil refinery and said they regained partial control of a city near the Syrian border Wednesday, trying to blunt a weeklong offensive by Sunni militants who diplomats fear may […]
BAGHDAD — Islamic militants laid siege to Iraq’s largest oil refinery Wednesday, threatening a facility key to the country’s domestic supplies as part of their ongoing offensive north of the capital, a top security official said. The attack follows last […]
DAMATURU, Nigeria — A suicide bomber detonated a tricycle taxi packed with explosives at an outdoor World Cup viewing center in a northeast Nigerian city Tuesday night, and witnesses said several people were killed. Police Assistant Superintendent Nathan Cheghan confirmed the […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. special forces seized a “key leader” of the deadly Benghazi, Libya, attack and he is on his way to face trial in the U.S. for the fiery assault that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, […]
CAIRO — The Libyan militant suspected in the deadly Sept. 11, 2012 attack on Americans in Benghazi was not a difficult man to find. Ahmed Abu Khattala lived openly and freely in the restive eastern Libyan city – seen at […]
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the captured Libyan militant suspected of killing Americans in Benghazi will face the full weight of the American justice system. Obama says he authorized an operation in Libya to detain Ahmed Abu Khattala. His […]
BAGHDAD — Police said Tuesday that pro-government Shiite militiamen killed nearly four dozen Sunni detainees after insurgents tried to storm a jail and free them northeast of Baghdad. The Iraqi military, however, insisted the inmates were killed when the attackers […]
WASHINGTON — Nearly 300 armed American forces are being positioned in and around Iraq to help secure U.S. assets as President Barack Obama nears a decision on an array of options for combating fast-moving Islamic insurgents, including airstrikes or a […]
China’s Ministry of Commerce reported that foreign direct investment totaled $8.6 billion in May, down 6.7% from a year earlier. Dariusz Kowalczyk from Credit Agricole CIB speaks to the WSJ’s Deborah Kan about the outlook for next half of the […]
BAGHDAD — In a sign of Iran’s deepening involvement in the Iraqi crisis, the commander of Tehran’s elite Quds Force is helping Iraq’s military and Shiite militias gear up to fight the Sunni insurgents who have advanced across the country, […]
WASHINGTON — Security at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad was bolstered and some staff members were being moved out of Iraq’s capital city as it was threatened by the advance of an al-Qaida inspired insurgency, a State Department spokeswoman said […]
BAGHDAD — The Islamic militants who overran cities and towns in Iraq last week posted graphic photos that appeared to show their gunmen massacring scores of captured Iraqi soldiers, while the prime minister vowed Sunday to “liberate every inch” of […]
NOVOHANNIVKA, Ukraine — Ukraine’s new president declared Sunday a day of mourning and vowed to punish those responsible after pro-Russia separatists shot down a Ukrainian military transport plane, killing all 49 crew and troops aboard. It was a bitter setback […]
Raw footage shows the crash site of a Ukrainian military transport plane that was shot down early Saturday morning by Pro-Russian separatists. All 49 people aboard were killed. Photo: Daniel Mihailescu /AFP/Getty Images
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