UK’s May says ‘highly likely’ Russia behind nerve attack on spy British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday it was“highly likely” that Moscow was responsible for the poisoning in England of Russian former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter using a military-grade nerve agent. May told parliament that […]
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US senators call for URGENT talks with Russia due to TERRIFYING new weapons A GROUP of US lawmakers have called for “urgent” strategic dialogue with Moscow after Vladimir Putin unveils a number of terrifying, cutting-edge weapons systems, it has been reported. In a letter addressed to US Secretary of State […]
Russian ex-spy and daughter poisoned with nerve agent, police say British police said Wednesday that they believe a Russian former spy and his daughter were poisoned with a nerve agent. Metropolitan Police counterterrorism chief Mark Rowley said the attack on Sergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, on Sunday […]
Putin: Russia will ‘never’ extradite citizens accused by US Russia will “never” extradite any of the 13 Russians indicted by the United States for election-meddling, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, even as he insisted they didn’t act on behalf of his government. Putin’s comments in an NBC News interview airing […]
Jared Kushner should not be working in the White House The Washington Post reports: “A top Justice Department official alerted the White House two weeks ago that significant information requiring additional investigation would further delay the security clearance process of senior adviser Jared Kushner, according to three people familiar with […]
Russian Spies Hacked Olympics, Pretending to Be North Korea U.S. intelligence officials are accusing Russian military spies of having hacked hundreds of computers at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea — and the hackers apparently tried to make it look like the attack was coming from North Korea. The […]
New Russian stealth fighter spotted in Syria Moscow appears to have deployed an advanced new stealth fighter to its airbase in Syria, reports in Russian news media and online videos of the aircraft indicated on Thursday, in what analysts say could be a risky attempt to gain publicity and operational […]
Russian opposition leader arrested amid election protests Protesters gathered across Russia on Sunday to support opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s call to boycott the March presidential election, and Navalny himself was arrested while walking to the Moscow demonstration. Many of the crowds that turned out in generally frigid weather skewed sharply […]
Tech firms let Russia probe software widely used by U.S. government Major global technology providers SAP (SAPG.DE), Symantec (SYMC.O) and McAfee have allowed Russian authorities to hunt for vulnerabilities in software deeply embedded across the U.S. government, a Reuters investigation has found. The practice potentially jeopardizes the security of computer […]
As Turkey Attacks Kurds in Syria, U.S. Is on the Sideline When President Trump met with Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, at the United Nations last September, he embraced him as a friend and declared, “We’re as close as we’ve ever been.” Five months later, Turkey is waging an all-out […]
