MOSCOW —Russia has urged Ukrainian authorities to negotiate a cease-fire, after separatist rebels in southeast Ukraine retreated to the two largest cities they control, Donetsk and Luhansk. But Ukraine has vowed to continue its offensive, saying rebels must first lay down their arms. Separatist rebels are reinforcing blockades and checkpoints as a government military advance […]
An American naval crew has begun destroying Syrian chemical weapons on board a U.S. container ship in the Mediterranean. The Pentagon says it will take about two months to destroy the 600 metric tons of chemical agents, which include mustard gas and the raw materials for sarin nerve gas. The ship Cape Ray is equipped with a […]
It was announced during a news conference today by the International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach that the cities of Oslo, Almaty and Beijing were confirmed as the candidates for the 2022 Winter Olympic games. They were chosen mainly on their ability to host the games said the IOC in a report. Six cities had […]
A 31-year-old member of the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) administration department in Pullach (Germany’s Foreign Intelligence Agency) was arrested this last week on suspicion of spying. When arrested by the country’s federal prosecutor, it was believed that the man had been spying for the Russians, but after questioning, it was found that instead he had been spying for […]