Tag: Russia

Khabarovsk, Russia in May 2017.

Jehovah’s Witness detained for over a year awaits fate in Russia

Jeffrey Cimmino · August 22, 2019 10:52 am

Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Friday, April 20, 2018.

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John Sullivan: An excellent choice for Moscow ambassador

Tom Rogan · August 21, 2019 2:24 pm

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the Mideast, Tuesday Aug. 20, 2019 at U.N. headquarters.

US launches countdown clock to warn of Russia and China arming Iran

Joel Gehrke · August 20, 2019 10:51 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a state-of-the-nation address.

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Trump’s wrong about Putin: We need to keep Russia out of the G-8

Tom Rogan · August 20, 2019 8:37 pm

Italian Deputy-Premier Matteo Salvini speaks at the Senate in Rome, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019.

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US must warn Italy’s Matteo Salvini over Russia

Tom Rogan · August 20, 2019 6:19 pm

President Trump said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin to encourage him to resolve an oil price war with Saudi Arabia.

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A surprise win for the US on Russian state TV

Tom Rogan · August 20, 2019 5:17 pm

This Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019 photoprovided by the U.S. Defense Department shows the launch of a conventionally configured ground-launched cruise missile on San Nicolas Island off the coast of California. The Pentagon said Monday the U.S. military has conducted a flight test of a type of missile banned for more than 30 years by a treaty that both the United States and Russia abandoned this month. The test off the coast of California on Sunday marks the resumption of an arms competition that some analysts worry could increase U.S.-Russian tensions. (Scott Howe/U.S. Defense Department via AP)

Pentagon sends message to Russia after conducting first missile test since Trump left Cold War-era arms treaty

Russ Read · August 19, 2019 10:38 pm

Admiral Craig Faller, commander of U.S. Southern Command, speaks with the news media following a commissioning ceremony for the U.S. Navy's guided missile destroyer, the USS Paul Ignatius, Saturday, July 27, 2019.

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The Navy needs more ships, not more politics

Quin Hillyer · August 19, 2019 5:31 pm

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, prior to their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Monday, Dec. 11, 2017. Declaring a victory against "terrorists" in Syria, Putin earlier on Monday visited a Russian military air base in the country and announced a partial pullout of Russian forces from the Mideast nation.

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Russia’s bloody message to Turkey in Syria

Tom Rogan · August 19, 2019 5:17 pm

Floating ice, left over from broken-up icebergs shed from the Greenland ice sheet, nearly cover the seafront in Ilulissat, Greenland.

Trump can’t buy Greenland, but it is crucial to US national security

Russ Read · August 16, 2019 7:49 pm

Corey Lewandowski and Rick Dearborn are seen.

House Democrats subpoena Corey Lewandowski, Rick Dearborn in Trump investigation

Caitlin Yilek · August 15, 2019 6:21 pm

This June 10, 2017 photo provided by Operation Resolute Support, U.S. Soldiers with Task Force Iron maneuver an M-777 howitzer, so it can be towed into position at Bost Airfield, Afghanistan. Sixteen years into its longest war, the United States is sending another 4,000 troops to Afghanistan in an attempt to turn around a conflict characterized by some of the worst violence since the Taliban were ousted in 2001. They are also facing the emergence of an Islamic State group affiliate and an emboldened Taliban, who by Washingtonâs own watchdogâs assessment now control nearly half of Afghanistan.

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We don’t need troops in Afghanistan to keep us safe from terrorism

Daniel DePetris · August 15, 2019 6:20 pm