The United Nations Security Council has rejected a US bid to extend a global arms embargo on Iran. In the Security Council’s vote on Friday, Washington received only support from the Dominican Republic for its resolution to extend the embargo indefinitely, requiring far from the minimum of nine “yes” votes …
Read More »Ex-FBI lawyer pleads guilty to forgery of Russia probe doc
A former FBI attorney will plead guilty to doctoring an email that led his agency to a former Trump campaign adviser, officials said Friday – what the president claimed is clear evidence that he “was on the spy” . “ Kevin Clinesmith will copy to lie, which helped lead to …
Read More »Investors in Belarus face ‘dictatorship dilemma’, Putin may hold the key
LONDON (Reuters) – Investors face a classic ‘dictatorial dilemma’ in Belarus – hold on to securities that take advantage of the status quo in a brutal regime, or sell them and close their bonds – but whichever way they go, for largely dependent on Vladimir Putin’s Russia. PHOTO PHOTO: Russian …
Read More »Russia calls ‘urgent’ summit on Iran to prevent UN ‘confrontation’ | Russia News
Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed an online summit with the United States, Britain, France, China, Germany and Iran in a bid to prevent “confrontation and escalation” at the United Nations, where Washington is trying to extend an arms embargo on Tehran . “The issue is urgent,” Putin said in …
Read More »Protests swell in Belarus, Lukashenko blames foreigners
MINSK (Reuters) – Belarussian leader Alexander Lukashenko on Friday told people to stay home so as not to be “cannon fodder” for what he said were revolutionaries with foreign support after large crowds took to the streets on the seventh consecutive day to demand that he departed. Lukashenko, whose Sunday …
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