Tag: United Kingdom

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance will agree this week to send four multinational battalions to the Baltic states and Poland to boost their defenses against Russia. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

National Security

NATO boots one-third of Russian officials at Council

Joel Gehrke · March 27, 2018 5:46 pm

Zuckerberg set out this year to visit each state he hadnât been to before, a move that fueled speculation as to whether he would run for office in the future. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Mark Zuckerberg denied request to appear before U.K. parliament to answer questions regarding data collection and storage

Katelyn Caralle · March 27, 2018 12:20 pm

"It may be surprising to some that he's authentic," Trudeau said. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

National Security

Trump and Trudeau discuss decision to expel Russian diplomats from US, Canada

Diana Stancy Correll · March 27, 2018 12:54 am

U.S. President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Sunday, March 25, 2018, after returning from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla.

Expelling Trump’s weakness toward Russia

Washington Examiner · March 26, 2018 8:42 pm

Britain's Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn delivers a speech prior to a meeting of European Socialists prior to an EU summit in Brussels.

Beltway Confidential

British left-wing leader Jeremy Corbyn reaps the anti-Semitism whirlwind

Tom Rogan · March 26, 2018 8:37 pm

A Putin spokesman said that Trump and the Russian president should "meet each other and exchange views" in order to build a relationship between the two nations. (AP Photos)

National Security

White House: Russian diplomat expulsion shows Moscow’s ‘actions have consequences’

Sarah Bedford · March 26, 2018 6:44 pm

After initially hoping that Trump's inauguration would produce a raft of policy concessions to Russia, Putin's team talked down the prospects of a meeting and routinely accused the United States of making aggressive efforts to maintain global hegemony. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Officials: Mass expulsions largest dismissal of Russian spies ever

Joel Gehrke · March 26, 2018 5:58 pm

President Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May discussed on the phone about Brexit and Trump's decision on Jerusalem on Tuesday morning.

National Security

Britain hails Trump’s ‘strong signal’ of unity, US leadership

Joel Gehrke · March 26, 2018 4:58 pm

Russia's Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov, delivers his speech about "Pursuing Common Security Objectives" at the 15th International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-la Dialogue, or IISS, Asia Security Summit on Sunday, June 5, 2016, in Singapore.

Russia ambassador slams Trump’s ‘very bad’ decision to expel 60 Russian diplomats

Sarah Bedford · March 26, 2018 3:19 pm

"I don't know if you all are working for RT today or what," Nauert said with a laugh.

National Security

Russian spies ‘abused their privileges’ at UN, State Department says

Joel Gehrke · March 26, 2018 2:26 pm

A train pulls in to the platform at Parsons Green station in London. A jury has convicted an Iraqi teenager, Ahmed Hassan, of attempted murder for planting a bomb on a London subway train.

Daniel Hannan: The distinction between opinion and incitement is under assault

Dan Hannan · March 26, 2018 4:01 am

President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 23, 2018, as he heads to Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base. Trump is heading to Florida where he will spend the weekend at the Mar-a-Lago estate.

National Security

Trump’s national security team wants Russian diplomats expelled after poisoning of ex-spy in UK: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · March 23, 2018 10:45 pm