Russian President Vladimir Putin has declined to engage in a tit-for-tat after the US expelled 35 Russian diplomats over the hacking scandal. He said Russia would not “stoop” to the level of “irresponsible diplomacy” but would work to restore ties with America under President-elect Donald Trump. The Russian foreign ministry had formally asked him to … Read more
Russia has called for the expulsion of 35 US diplomats in response to a similar move by the US The Russian foreign ministry has called for the expulsion of 35 US diplomats in response to a similar move by Washington. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the request had been made to President Vladimir Putin. The … Read more
France’s military chief on Wednesday took the unusual step of urging the country’s next president to raise defence spending in a rare public appeal. Chief of Defence General Pierre de Villiers called on France to boost its defence budget to two percent of GDP before the end of the next presidential term, in 2022. It … Read more
US President Barack Obama has vowed to take action against Russia for its alleged interference in the US presidential election campaign. “We need to take action and we will,” he told US radio station NPR. Russia stands accused by the US of hacking the emails of the Democratic Party and a key Hillary Clinton aide, … Read more
US President Barack Obama has vowed to take action against Russia for its alleged interference in the US presidential election campaign. “We need to take action and we will,” he told US radio station NPR. Russia stands accused by the US of hacking the emails of the Democratic Party and a key Hillary Clinton aide, … Read more
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy moved a step closer to facing trial over campaign funding irregularities on Thursday when a court rejected a defense request to halt proceedings against one of 14 suspects in the case. A Paris appeal court threw out a request from the defence to drop the case against Guillaume Lambert, the … Read more
Francois Fillon is to be the conservative candidate in next year’s French presidential election after his rival Alain Juppe admitted defeat. With virtually all the results counted, Mr Fillon won Sunday’s run-off with nearly 67% of the vote. Mr Fillon promised to build a fairer society, saying France wants “truth and it wants action”. He … Read more
Francois Fillon is to be the conservative candidate in next year’s French presidential election after his rival Alain Juppe admitted defeat. With virtually all the results counted, Mr Fillon won Sunday’s run-off with nearly 67% of the vote. Mr Fillon promised to build a fairer society, saying France wants “truth and it wants action”. He … Read more
A 23-year-old law graduate has been given the task of leading Ukraine’s anti-corruption drive, the second major appointment of a young woman in weeks. Anna Kalynchuk’s promotion has provoked consternation among some Ukrainians who say she is unqualified and too young. She will direct Ukraine’s department of “lustration”, which aims to purge officials tainted by … Read more
Lawyers for former French President Nicolas Sarkozy say they will take legal action against a businessman, Ziad Takieddine, over allegations that deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi bankrolled his 2007 election campaign. Mr Sarkozy is now seeking a return to power and is seen as a serious contender to win his party’s nomination. In a filmed … Read more
Former French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron has announced he is running for president, vowing a “democratic revolution” if elected. The political system was paralysed, he said. “I want to free the energy of the able while protecting the weakest.” After serving under Socialist President Francois Hollande, he is now running as an independent. His move … Read more
France’s former Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron looks set to unveil his bid for the presidency. He is not expected to join the race to be the Socialist candidate, but as head of the centrist En Marche movement he created in April. The move has unsettled Republican rivals vying to be selected in new US-style primaries … Read more
Russia’s Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev has been charged with taking a bribe to endorse a state takeover. Investigators said he received a $2m (£1.6m) payment. The minister pleaded not guilty to the charge. Mr Ulyukayev is the highest-ranking Russian official held since the 1991 coup attempt in what was then the USSR. The investigators said … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U. S. President-elect Donald Trump on Monday held a telephone conversation, with both sides agreeing to make joint efforts to normalize the current stained ties between Russia and the United States. Putin voiced Moscow’s willingness to build a partnership dialogue with the new U. S. administration based on equality, mutual … Read more
Nobody is rushing to make political predictions right now. But with the French presidential election less than six months away, shockwaves from Donald Trump’s victory are already striking Paris. Inevitably, Marine Le Pen is being touted as the main benefactor. Like Trump, she’s a populist nationalist, and a far-right political outsider. Few people now doubt … Read more
POTUS 45 won’t have much time to celebrate. After a bruising brawl of a campaign, the next US commander in chief will inherit a world with the toughest array of foreign policy challenges in decades. The President’s Situation Room meetings will focus on hot, cold and simmering conflicts around the globe, all playing out as … Read more
According to the National President of the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission (CJPC), Matthew Eghan, the observers selected from all the 20 dioceses of the Church in Ghana would be deployed across all the regions in the country to help ensure a free, fair, transparent and violent-free election on 7 December. Eghan was speaking at … Read more
US officials say the death of a former Vladimir Putin adviser, whose body was found in a Washington DC hotel with extensive injuries, was an “accident”. “Acute ethanol intoxication” was a contributory cause of Mikhail Lesin’s death on 5 November last year, said the US Attorney for District of Columbia. The 57-year-old was found dead … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that cyber attacks or other types of interference in other countries’ internal affairs were intolerable. The U. S. government has formally accused Russia of a campaign of cyber attacks against Democratic Party organizations in the run-up to the U.S. presidential election. Russian officials have denied those allegations. Join … Read more
Though Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin seem to agree on a number of issues, there is one they apparently don’t see eye to eye on. While Trump argues that Hillary Clinton is too weak to be president of the United States, the Russian President appears to be genuinely afraid of Clinton. Evidence is growing that … Read more