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Russian chief of general staff Valery Gerasimov

Moscow Says US-led Action in Syria Ineffective

Russian military officials on Tuesday slammed US-led coalition action against ISIL ‘jihadists’ in Syria as having had “less than zero” impact, and added that a US air strike killed 20 Syrian civilians this month. Russia’s involvement in that country since September 2015 had “changed the course of fighting terrorism in ...

January 10, 2017

World

Dutch Journalists Slam MH17 Probe Results: Many Pieces Still at Crash Site

Two Dutch journalists slammed MH17 investigation, saying that many pieces were still at the site where the Malaysian plane crashed in eastern Ukraine. Just days ago, Michel Spekkers and Stefan Beck returned to Holland from eastern Ukraine where the two journalists had been gathering first-hand knowledge of the locals’ attitudes ...

January 10, 2017

World

Kremlin Says US Blacklist Additions another Move to Degrade Ties

The Kremlin deplored Tuesday the United States’ blacklisting of Russian figures as a move that further damages bilateral ties. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Washington’s decision to blacklist Investigative Committee chief Alexander Bastrykin, lawmaker Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitri Kovtun, represented “further steps in the artificially created degradation of our ...

January 10, 2017

World

Russia ‘Tired’ of ‘Amateurish’ US Hacking Intel: Kremlin

The Kremlin on Monday slammed a hacking report by US spy agencies as baseless and amateurish, saying Moscow is growing tired of denying the Russian government’s involvement in US election meddling. “These are baseless allegations substantiated with nothing, done on a rather amateurish, emotional level,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told ...

January 9, 2017

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Germany's National news agency DPA Chief , Hans-Georg Maassen

Germany’s ‘Salafist’ Scene Growing: Security Chief

Germany’s domestic security chief warned Sunday that the country’s radical “Islamist” scene is not only growing, but becoming more decentralized, posing greater challenges to surveillance operations. In an interview with national news agency DPA Chief , Hans-Georg Maassen also defended security officials under fire after it emerged that Berlin truck ...

January 8, 2017

World

Thousand Fired in New Wave of Turkey Coup Purges

Turkey has dismissed over 6,000 people and ordered the closure of dozens of associations under the state of emergency imposed after the July failed coup, in a purge that shows no sign of slowing. More than 100,000 people have already been suspended or sacked so far in a crackdown on ...

January 7, 2017

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange makes a speech from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy, in central London

Ecuador Sends Report on Assange Questioning to Sweden

Ecuadorian authorities have sent to Sweden the results of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s questioning on rape allegations at their embassy in London, the public prosecutor’s office said on Thursday. The 400 to 500-page document, mainly in Spanish, must first be translated “then the prosecutors will decide on the continuation of ...

January 5, 2017

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Russian defense ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov

US Coalition Systematically Destroying Syrian Infrastructure Since 2012: Russian MoD

The US-led international coalition has been systematically bombing the Syrian infrastructure since 2012 and has not targeted ISIL-held oil facilities, the Russian Defense Ministry’s spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said on Wednesday. “Outgoing CIA head Brennan is well aware of the fact that long before the start of the Russian ...

January 4, 2017

World

EU Commission ‘Regrets Loss’ of UK ambassador

The European Commission said on Wednesday it regretted that Britain’s ambassador to the EU Ivan Rogers had resigned, just as London prepared to launch fraught Brexit divorce negotiations. “We regret the loss of a very professional, very knowledgeable while not always easy interlocutor and diplomat, who always loyally defended the ...

January 4, 2017

World

Britain’s Ambassador to EU Quits: source

Britain’s ambassador to the European Union, Ivan Rogers, has resigned less than three months before the UK is due to trigger the process to leave the bloc, a source told AFP. The BBC reported last month that Rogers had told UK ministers that EU countries believe a trade deal with ...

January 3, 2017