Putin, Erdogan meet, discuss gas pipeline
The presidents of Russia and Turkey have met and discussed a proposal for a pipeline that would carry natural gas from Russia to Turkey.
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US Ready To Move Heavy Weapons into E. Europe
The Pentagon is “poised” to station heavy weapons for up to 5,000 American troops in several Eastern European and Baltic countries to deter Russian aggression.
U.S. ambassador to U.N. visits Ukraine, slams Russian ‘aggression’
A senior U.S. diplomat, on a visit Thursday to Ukraine, has slammed what she called Russian “aggression” in the country.
UN, Iran head for clash over nuclear inspections
The chief UN nuclear inspector said Monday that Iran has already committed to letting his experts see Iranian military sites and Iranian atomic scientists despite an alleged ban by Tehran, deepening a confrontation over how much openness Iran must accept under any nuclear deal.
Obama Prepares Plans for More Troops, New Base in Iraq to Fight ISIS
The United States is expected to announce on Wednesday plans for a new military base in Iraq’s Anbar province and the deployment of around 400 additional trainers to help Iraqi forces in the fight against Islamic State.
After Six Years, Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations reaches “End Game”
President Obama’s GOP salesmen are telling fellow House members that fast-track trade promotion authority (TPA) will “constrain the president” to do what Congress wants when he negotiates the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Sounds reassuring, but there’s one problem: It’s just not true.
ISIS Stages Attacks in Iraq and Libya, Despite U.S. Airstrikes
Islamic State militants staged attacks near Baghdad and the Libyan city of Surt on Tuesday, underscoring the group’s persistent strength on both fronts despite a monthslong American-led air campaign against it in Syria and Iraq.
U.S., NATO launch mega exercise on Russia’s doorstep
U.S. and NATO partners are escalating their presence of military aircraft, people and ships in Europe for the next two weeks in military exercises that have taken on greater symbolic significance due to the continued Russian advances in East Ukraine.
Obama: ‘We Don’t Yet Have a Complete Strategy’ Against Islamic State
Speaking at a news conference at the G-7 conference in Germany on Monday, President Obama said “we don’t yet have a complete strategy” to combat the Islamic State.
EU says no Iran deal without reckoning of nuclear activity
Iran must cooperate with a stalled UN probe of suspicions that it worked on atomic arms if the country wants a nuclear deal that will see removal of sanctions, the European Union said Monday.
Islamic State threatens to seize Israel-Syria border
Islamic State fighters are advancing in southern Syria and are now located within several dozen kilometers of the border with Israel in the Golan Heights.
US might deploy missiles in Europe to counter Russia
The Obama administration is weighing a range of aggressive responses to Russia’s alleged violation of a Cold War-era nuclear treaty, including deploying land-based missiles in Europe that could pre-emptively destroy the Russian weapons.
U.S. official: More than 10,000 jihadists killed in airstrikes
Since airstrikes began roughly nine months ago, more than 10,000 jihadists have been killed as part of a U.S.-led coalition.
Pentagon: Iran Continuing Work on Nuclear Systems
Iran is continuing to develop missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons despite an interim agreement on its nuclear programs, according to a Pentagon report.
Ukraine: Pro-Russian rebels launch large-scale attack
Ukraine said Wednesday a major attack on government positions by pro-Russian separatists has begun, with 15 people killed so far.
Russia to begin building Iran’s second nuclear power plant
Russia’s state atomic energy company on Monday announced it would begin construction of a second nuclear power plant in Iran’s Bushehr region later this year.
Islamic State Advances Further Into Syria’s Aleppo Province
Fierce battles between Islamic State and other fighters raged in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo on Monday, a day after the extremist group seized villages near the Turkish border and came within miles of the main highway connecting Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, to Turkey.
Opec under siege as ISIL threatens world’s oil lifeline
Thick black smoke rising from the Baiji oil refinery could be seen as a dirty smudge on the horizon as far away as Baghdad after fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) set fire to the enormous processing plant just over 100 miles north of the capital last week.
The world is drowning in debt, warns Goldman Sachs
The world is sinking under too much debt and an aging global population means countries’ debt piles are in danger of growing out of control, the European chief executive of Goldman Sachs Asset Management has warned.
U.S. bombers hold fire on Islamic State targets amid ground intel blackout
Nearly 75 percent of U.S. bombing runs targeting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria returned to base without firing any weapons in the first four months of 2015, holding their fire mainly because of a lack of ground intelligence and raising questions about President Obama’s key tactic in pushing back an enemy that continues to expand its territory in the war zone.