Foreign policy
Putin’s Russia looks increasingly desperate as Ukraine war nears stalemate, analysts say
Ukraine soldiers inspect the rubble of a destroyed apartment building in Kyiv on March 15, 2022, after strikes on residential areas killed at least two people, Ukraine emergency services said. Fadel Senna | Afp | Getty Images With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine now approaching its fourth week, President Vladimir Putin’s forces have exerted brutal force […]
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Besieged Mariupol rejects Russia’s surrender ultimatum as deadline passes
Ukraine says Russia seizing food, goods to send back home A service member of pro-Russian troops in uniform without insignia is seen atop of a tank during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine March 18, 2022. Alexander Ermochenko | Reuters Ukraine’s armed forces said in an update Monday morning that […]
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Xi ‘can’t stomach doing something that might make Putin look bad,’ says political analyst
China does not want to take a position on Ukraine that could undermine Russia, said Scott Kennedy of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington-based think tank. It doesn’t appear that Beijing has provided any military assistance or violated the economic sanctions on Russia, he said. “But they’ve not said no. And I think what […]
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Biden administration rules Myanmar army committed genocide against Rohingya
A Rohingya family stands by their makeshift tent at a new IDP camp in Tankhali, Bangladesh. Nearly 400,000 Rohingya refugees have fled into Bangladesh since late August during the outbreak of violence in the Rakhine state as recent satellite images released by Amnesty International provided evidence that security forces were trying to push the minority […]
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Russia backs down on demands in Iran nuclear deal talks, making revival of 2015 pact imminent
A picture taken on November 10, 2019, shows an Iranian flag in Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, during an official ceremony to kick-start works on a second reactor at the facility. ATTA KENARE | AFP via Getty Images Russia has walked back its threat to torpedo the revival of the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal over […]
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China says Xi and Biden’s two-hour call focused on the need for peace in Ukraine
A screen shows Chinese President Xi Jinping attending a virtual meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden via video link, at a restaurant in Beijing, China November 16, 2021. Tingshu Wang | Reuters WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden held a nearly two-hour phone call on Friday morning with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss Russia’s invasion […]
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Missile strikes near Ukraine’s western city Lviv; Biden to speak with China’s Xi
Missiles hit western city of Lviv Several missiles hit an aircraft repair center on the outskirts of Lviv, western Ukraine, the city’s mayor said Friday. The attack suggests Russian forces are continuing to widen their attack. Many Ukrainians have fled their homes elsewhere in the country to the relative safety of Lviv. The city’s mayor, […]
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Putin’s next target may be Eastern Europe’s Moldova, analysts warn
Noul Neamt Monastery in Chitcani, Moldova, an area controlled by breakaway Transnistrian authorities. Pablo Bonfiglio | Moment | Getty Images Three weeks into the war in Ukraine, as Russia faces staunch and seemingly unexpected resistance on the ground, analysts have warned that President Vladimir Putin may be considering his next target: Moldova. A landlocked Eastern […]
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‘Scum and traitors’: Under pressure over Ukraine, Putin turns his ire on Russians
LONDON — Anyone looking for signs that embattled and isolated Russia might soften its position would not have found much hope in the increasingly belligerent words of President Vladimir Putin. With his invasion of Ukraine floundering and his economy teetering, Putin doubled down Wednesday, turning his baleful glare on Russians who are against the invasion or who sympathize with […]
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Fate of hundreds of civilians in bombed Mariupol theater unclear; Ukraine’s Zelenskyy calls out German lawmakers
U.S. Defense Secretary Austin says enforcing a no-fly zone would mean ‘combat’ with Russia U.S. Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin and Slovakia’s Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad attend a news conference in the Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic in Bratislava, Slovakia, March 17, 2022. Radovan Stoklasa | Reuters U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reiterated […]
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