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EU Parliament Approves Draft Equating Sputnik, RT to ISIL Propaganda

The European Parliament approved a draft resolution on Wednesday equating counteracting Sputnik news agency and RT TV channel with resistance to the propaganda of the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) terrorist group. The draft resolution was proposed by EU lawmaker from Poland Anna Elzbieta Fotyga on ...

November 23, 2016

World

Merkel ‘Not Happy’ Trump Scrapping Pacific Trade Deal

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday criticized plans by US President-elect Donald Trump to ditch a trans-Pacific trade deal, warning that future agreements will likely be worse. With a planned US-EU mega-deal called TTIP also looking doomed, Merkel predicted that in future “there will be more trade agreements, and they ...

November 23, 2016

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France Court Frees Two Suspects in Terror Plot Probe

French authorities late Tuesday released two of the seven suspects arrested in police raids at the weekend which broke up a terror ring plotting an attack. Police swooped on Saturday night in the eastern city of Strasbourg and Marseille in the south following an investigation by security services lasting more ...

November 23, 2016

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Russia accuses Ukraine of abducting two soldiers in Crimea

Russia has accused Ukraine of abducting two Russian servicemen on the annexed Crimea peninsula, but Kiev said it had merely detained two Ukrainian army deserters. In a statement carried late Monday by local news agencies, the Russian defense ministry said servicemen Maxim Odintsov and Alexander Baranov were “illegally detained and ...

November 22, 2016

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Lavrov: De Mistura Sabotaging Resolution on Holding Syria Talks without Preconditions

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday that UN special envoy special envoy Staffan de Mistura has been sabotaging a Security Council Resolution 2254, saying that inclusive intra-Syrian talks should be held without preconditions. The top Russian diplomat said that Moscow supports an initiative to hold the intra-Syrian talks in ...

November 22, 2016

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Seven Arrested in France as Police Foil Terror Attack

Police have broken up a terror ring plotting an attack in France after arresting seven suspects in Strasbourg and Marseille, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Monday. The arrests of seven people – of French, Moroccan and Afghan origin – “enabled us to prevent a long-planned terror attack on our ...

November 21, 2016

World

Russian President Vladimir Putin during a press conference (archive)

Putin: Trump Won’t Hurt Pacific Trade, Intends to Normalize US-Russian Relations

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that US president-elect Donald Trump intends to normalize relations between Russia and the United States. At an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit wrap-up press conference held in the Peruvian capital city of Lima, Putin said “the US president-elect reiterated his intentions to normalize Russian ...

November 21, 2016

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Merkel Tells Party Ready to Seek Fourth Term as Chancellor

German Chancellor Angela Merkel told her party Sunday she will seek re-election next year, a move likely to be welcomed in many capitals as a sign of stability following poll triumphs for Brexit and Donald Trump. After months of feverish speculation, Merkel said at a meeting of her conservative Christian ...

November 20, 2016

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Russian FM, Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State, JohnKerry

Lavrov: Russian Jets Striking Idlib & Homs to Prevent ISIL Exodus from Mosul to Syria

Russian bombers are striking terrorist targets in Syria’s Idlib and Homs provinces so that ISIL militants retreating from Iraq’s Mosul do not cross into Syria, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after “constructive” talks with his US counterpart, John Kerry. “Our aviation and the aviation of Syria work only in the ...

November 18, 2016

World

Putin: Russia Will Oppose Any Attempts to Break Global Strategic Balance

Russia will oppose attempts to disrupt the strategic balance around the world such as NATO’s global anti-ballistic missile defense system, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. “Our goal is to effectively neutralize any military threats to Russia’s security, including those of the [NATO] strategic anti-ballistic missile defense system, the prompt global ...

November 18, 2016