Russian President Vladimir Putin struck a conciliatory tone before talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on a territorial dispute that’s prevented the countries from signing a World War II peace treaty. Resolving the conflict over four islands occupied by the Soviet Union in the final days of the war should be part of “setting the stage for the development… Read more »
The storm over bans on burkinis in more than 30 French beach towns has all but drowned out the voices of Muslim women, for whom the full-body swimsuits were designed. The New York Times solicited their perspective, and the responses — more than 1,000 comments from France, Belgium and beyond — went much deeper than the question of swimwear. What… Read more »
Former UK PM David Cameron has stood down as an MP, triggering a by-election in his Oxfordshire seat of Witney. Mr Cameron, 49, who resigned as prime minister after June’s EU referendum, said he did not want to be a “distraction” for new PM Theresa May He said Mrs May had “got off to a cracking start”, while she praised… Read more »
Hollande says terror cell ‘destroyed’ after new arrest in gas cylinder plot French police on Friday announced a new arrest in connection with an abandoned car found to contain gas cylinders in Paris over the weekend. The suspect is the boyfriend of a woman detained Thursday and is thought to have links to radical Islam. The suspect was arrested late… Read more »
US accuses Russia of nuclear sabre-rattling, amid Nato tensions Two Russian Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft fly near USS Donald Cook in the Baltic Sea. 12 April 2016Getty Images The USS Donald Cook was buzzed by two Russian jets over the Baltic Sea last month US Defence Secretary Ash Carter has accused Russia of “nuclear sabre-rattling” and of being intent on… Read more »
The ongoing Syrian conflict has led to greater tension between European nations and the Putin administration. Although both sides appear to be in support of a peaceful solution to the crisis, the future leadership in Syria has put the two bloc’s in diametrically opposed positions….
Reuters…Russia said on Sunday talks were taking place to include Aleppo in a temporary lull in fighting declared by the Syrian army in some western parts of the country, a sign of intensified efforts to halt a surge of violence in its former commercial capital. The United States said stopping the bloodshed in Aleppo, which has been at the center… Read more »