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Europe’s Fate ‘in Our Own Hands’: Merkel after Trump Barbs

German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted on Monday that “we Europeans have our fate in our own hands”, after Donald Trump criticized the EU and praised Britain’s decision to leave the bloc. Merkel also told reporters that she will work towards getting the European Union’s 27 remaining member states to strengthen ...

January 16, 2017

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Russia Not Engaged in Talks with US on Sanctions: Kremlin

Russia is not engaged in nuclear disarmament talks with the United States, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday following US President-elect Donald Trump’s suggestion that the issue could be discussed in conjunction with sanctions. Trump said in a Sunday interview with The Times and Bild that US sanctions against Russia ...

January 16, 2017

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Russian Foreign Minister Scraps Talks With Jordanian Counterpart After Reshuffle

Russian Foreign Minister will not meet his Jordanian counterpart after a Jordan`s Cabinet reshuffle, a source in the Russian Foreign Ministry told RIA Novosti. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will not meet his Jordanian counterpart Nasser Judeh after Jordan’s King Abdullah swore in a new government this weekend, a source ...

January 16, 2017

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Mogherini Says EU to Stand by Iran Nuclear Accord

EU foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini on Monday insisted the bloc will stand by the Iran nuclear accord because it serves Europe’s security needs. “It is proof that diplomacy works and delivers… The European Union will continue to work for the respect and implementation of this extremely important deal, most ...

January 16, 2017

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MH17 Relatives Mull New Search in Ukraine for Remains

Families of the MH17 plane disaster victims may push for a renewed search of the crash site in eastern Ukraine after the recent discovery of a bone fragment belonging to one of the dead. “We are considering speaking to authorities about another search for human remains,” Evert van Zijtveld, chairman ...

January 14, 2017

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Turkish Troops Must Leave Cyprus: Greek Cypriot President

Any deal to reunify Cyprus must include the withdrawal of some 30,000 Turkish troops from the eastern Mediterranean island, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades said Friday. “Our position remains… that we must agree on the withdrawal of the Turkish army,” he told reporters, as Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said such ...

January 13, 2017

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Russia Stays Silent on Possible US Invitation to Syria Talks

The Kremlin on Friday declined to confirm whether it would invite the United States to Syria peace talks later this month after Washington was excluded from brokering a recent truce in the war-torn country. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Thursday that Turkey and Russia had agreed that Washington “should ...

January 13, 2017

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Russia to Be Represented at Paris Conference: Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday that Moscow’s ambassador to France Alexander Orlov will represent Russia at this weekend’s Israeli-Palestinian conflict settlement conference. Lavrov remarks came at talks with Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) secretary-general Saeb Erekat. “Another attempt to confirm these [UN-adopted settlement] documents will be at the upcoming ...

January 13, 2017

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Russian Forces Kill Four Militants, Arrest Dozens of Others in Chechnya

Russian security forces have killed four militants and detained dozens of others in an operation in Russia’s southern region of Chechnya. According to the region’s chief, Ramzan Kadyrov, the militants, who were members of an illegal armed group, were “annihilated during a special operation on Wednesday evening,” media reported Thursday. ...

January 13, 2017

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US Tanks, Soldiers in Poland Pose Threat to Russia: Kremlin

Russia sees the deployment of US tanks and other military vehicles, along with army personnel, as a threat to its national security and interests, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov said. “We see this as a threat. These actions pose a threat to our interests and security,” Peskov told journalists on ...

January 12, 2017