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Fox News THE HAGUE, Netherlands – The International Criminal Court's prosecutor has requested permission to open an investigation into the 2008 war between Georgia and Russia, saying there is evidence that war crimes and crimes against humanity may have ... ICC prosecutor formally asks to probe 2008 Georgia warGlobalPost ICC to probe war crimes in 2008 war between Russian Federation and GeorgiaNYSE Post After a long wait by victims, International Criminal Court may investigate ...FIDH (press release) Transitions Online -Agenda.ge -ICC all 58 news articles » |
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BBC Russian 73-летний пенсионер Юрий Солошенко признан виновным в шпионаже в пользу Украины и приговорен Мосгорсудом к шести годам заключения в колонии строгого режима. При этом Солошенко полностью признал свою вину, он не будет обжаловать приговор и надеется на экстрадицию ... 73-летний пенсионер получил шесть лет за шпионаж в пользу УкраиныРБК В России осудили за шпионаж в пользу Украины 73-летнего пенсионераNEWSru.com Адвокат: экс-глава украинского завода "Знамя" полностью признал винуРИА Новости Lenta.ru -Российская Газета -Mail.Ru Все похожие статьи: 93 » |
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Russia Update: October 14, 2015 by Liveblog Team
Following a determination by the Investigative Committee, a Moscow Court ruled today that there were no grounds for interrogating Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and his close associates in the murder case of Boris Nemtsov despite the ties of the suspects to them.
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Activists from several Ukrainian nationalist factions marched in the capital on October 14 in honor of Defenders' Day, a newly recognized holiday honoring those who have aided the country's independence.
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It seems the West has already made its decision, casting Russia as the bogeyman and not as the leader of an international anti-terrorist coalition, writes columnist Ivan Sukhov.
Iran's Guardians Council has approved implementing a nuclear deal with world powers -- sealing the final required step in the process despite hard-liners' efforts to derail the accord.
Ankara says the Syrian Kurds battling the Islamic State are linked to Kurdish rebels waging war in Turkey.
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The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor has requested permission to open an investigation into the 2008 war between Georgia and Russia, saying there is evidence that war crimes and crimes against humanity may have been committed during the brief conflict.
European Union leaders say they are increasingly frustrated that British Prime Minister David Cameron has not made concrete proposals on reform of the bloc despite all Britain’s talk of possibly leaving unless there is fundamental change,
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the United States declined to send a high-level military delegation to Moscow to discuss deeper coordination in fighting in Syria as had been proposed by Moscow.
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi army and volunteer militia fighters, who are mostly Shi'ite, launched an assault on Wednesday to retake the city of Baiji in northern Iraq from Islamic State militants, an Iraqi military spokesman said.
New weakness in China’s economy heightens concerns that developing economies’s woes are ricocheting back to rich ones.
Stephen Fry steps down as the host of QI after 13 years.
UN: Afghan Opium Production Down 48%by webdesk@voanews.com (Ayaz Gul)
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported Wednesday that the amount of opium produced in Afghanistan during the current year dropped by 48 percent. "We have 3,300 tons of opium production this year as compared to 6,400 tons last year," UNODC regional representative Andrey Avetisyan,told reporters in Kabul. The UNODC attributed the dramatic drop to better cooperation between enforcement agencies and Afghan policy makers. The...
The UK's National Crime Agency says cyber-attackers have stolen more than £20m from British bank accounts.
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The foreign ministers of Germany and Iran will take part in a conference Saturday in Tehran to discuss the situation in Syria and Iran’s future role in the region following the nuclear agreement.
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State militants battled rival insurgent groups on Wednesday north of the city of Aleppo, where officials say the Syrian army is preparing an offensive of its own backed by Iranian soldiers and Russian jets.
As the Democrats seeking the presidency take the stage in Las Vegas, supporters off stage in the spin room and outside on the Las Vegas Strip are not shy about why their candidate is the best for the party. Elizabeth Lee reports from the Wynn hotel in Las Vegas.
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Facebook is testing a video section on its platform that will intensify competition with Google's rival YouTube platform.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian fighter jet came into close proximity with a U.S. air force jet over Syria on Oct. 10 to identify it, "not to scare it", Russia's state ITAR-TASS news agency quoted the defense ministry as saying on Wednesday.
Two people said to have ties with Kurdish rebels are detained after one allegedly posted: "The bomb will explode in Ankara".
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The German government has trimmed its growth forecast for this year, citing weakness in China and other major emerging economies.
Syrian forces are massing with Iran and Hizballah to launch a joint attack against rebels in Aleppo. The attack, reported by Reuters based on sources in the Syrian government, will be supported by Russian airstrikes.
Aleppo, the country’s largest city, has been a key battleground in the war for control of the region with authority divided between the Syrian government, anti-government rebels and Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) fighters. The move by the government to take the now depopulated city follows offensives in other parts of the country following the launch of Russian airstrikes.
“The big battle preparations in that area are clear,” an official told Reuters, saying that the Syrian army had mobilized along with thousands of Iranian troops.
The move into Aleppo is the latest offensive to place the United States in a difficult position. The U.S. has offered support to rebels that are opposed to both Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and ISIS. The attack aims to eliminate ISIS as well as the rebels supported by the U.S. to restore Assad.
A Michigan woman is charged with recklessness after she shot at a pair of shoplifters fleeing with stolen goods.
Iran shows off underground missile base by Associated Press
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard opened the doors of a secret underground missile base to state TV, showing off medium- and long-range missiles.
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan will increase its coast guard presence on a small island in the disputed South China Sea Spratlys, the coast guard chief said Wednesday, as rival China asserts its claims to the same chain.
A Russian jet fighter approached a U.S. aircraft in Syrian airspace on Saturday to identify it, a Russian Ministry of Defense spokesman said.
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The head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic has spoken to the BBC following the release of the Dutch report into the MH17 disaster.
The Italian lawyer of a former CIA operative convicted in the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in Milan as part of the U.S. extraordinary renditions program has requested a pardon from Italy.
Afghanistan saw a drop in opium poppy cultivation in 2015 for the first time in six years, according to a U.N. and Afghan government joint survey released Wednesday.
In final step, Iran’s Guardian Council approves implementing nuclear deal with world powers.
(TEHRAN, Iran) — A senior council of clerics and officials in Iran has approved implementing the landmark nuclear deal with the West, sealing the final required step in the process despite hard-liners’ efforts to derail it.
State TV says the Guardian Council, one of the top leadership bodies in Iran’s cleric-ruled system, gave final approval to a bill passed by parliament to implement the deal. The 12-member council must sign off on all bills before they become law.
Hard-line lawmakers had sought to prevent its approval in the legislature on Tuesday.
The deal, reached in July, imposes limitations on Iran’s nuclear program in return for lifting of sanctions. The law passed by parliament allows Iran to withdraw from the agreement if world powers do not lift sanctions, re-impose them or impose new ones.
US Navy Report: Arab Coalition Slowing Aid Efforts in Yemenby webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)
Aid to Yemen is being slowed by a Saudi-led coalition which has warned commercial vessels to stay away from areas hit by fighting, a U.S. Navy report said. The Arab coalition, fighting to end control of much of Yemen by the Iran-allied Houthi movement, denied the allegation and said it was keen for ships to take in relief. Yemen is suffering what the United Nations says is one of its worst humanitarian crises. Aid efforts have been hampered by fighting and air and sea ports being...
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The Guardian Council, an oversight panel with veto power, ratified a Parliament bill approving the nuclear pact, the last step needed.
(ANKARA, Turkey) — Turkey has complained to the U.S. ambassador about possible weapons aid to Syrian Kurdish forces and has also warned Russia not to support the militia group that is affiliated with Turkey’s Kurdish rebels, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Wednesday.
Davutoglu said that the weapons could fall into the hands of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, and be used against Turkey.
A Foreign Ministry official said Turkey summoned the U.S. and Russian ambassadors separately on Tuesday to convey Turkey’s concerns.
The U.S. military said Monday that cargo planes had dropped small arms ammunition to Arab groups fighting the Islamic State group in northern Syria.
A local Kurdish official in the northern Syrian city of Kobani said the U.S. had provided 120 tons of weapons and ammunition to the main Kurdish militia fighting the Islamic State group in that area. The official, Mustafa Bali, said he did not know whether the supplies had been provided by air or over land. The U.S. military did not confirm the delivery of weapons or ammunition to Syrian Kurds in the last week.
“No one can guarantee that arms given to the PYD today, won’t tomorrow fall in the hands of the PKK and used against Turkey,” Davutoglu said, referring to the Syrian Kurdish group Democratic Union Party.
“Turkey cannot accept any kind of cooperation with terror organizations that have declared war against Turkey.”
Turkey and its allies, including the United States, have labeled the PKK a terrorist organization. The Syrian Kurdish militias however, have become a key U.S. ally, in the fight against the Islamic State extremists.
Bond actor Daniel Craig has visited the active landmines and explosives littering Cyprus. The mission is part of his role as a UN global advocate. Report by Grace Dean.
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In final step, top Iranian council approves nuclear dealby Ali Akbar Dareini | AP
A senior council of clerics and officials in Iran on Wednesday approved implementing the landmark nuclear deal with world powers, sealing the final required step in the process despite hard-liners’ efforts to derail it.
The FBI breaks up several sex trafficking rings across the US, uncovering more than 100 sexually exploited teenagers in a nationwide operation.
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U.S. Army Europe is set to open a new depot in the Baltics later this month in a move that is expected to shorten supply chains and speed the flow of important military equipment to soldiers in the field.
When the Islamic State fighters seized the Mahmand Valley, they poured pepper into the wounds of their enemies, said villagers. Then, they seared their hands in vats of boiling oil. A group of villagers was blindfolded, tortured and blown apart with explosives buried underneath them.
MAZAMARI, Peru (AP) - It happens about four times a day, right under the nose of Peru's military: A small single-engine plane drops onto a dirt airstrip in the world's No. 1 coca-growing valley, delivers a bundle of cash, picks up more than 300 kilos of cocaine and flies to ...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Russian military intervention to prop up Syria's government has brought new scrutiny of the CIA's secret support to Syrian rebels fighting Bashar Assad. But how far is the U.S. willing to go to empower its proxies to take on Vladimir Putin's allies?
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by Muhammad Tahir
ISLAMABAD, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan has hailed the remarks made by Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif that he would exert efforts in bringing back the Afghan Taliban to the negotiating table.
Afghanistan's Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah suggested that Sharif should accompany his remarks with trust-building measures.
"It is good news that Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has announced his readiness to encourage and bring the Taliban back to the negotiating table or facilitating the peace process," Abdullah told a meeting of the Council of Ministers in Kabul on Monday.
Abdullah also wanted Islamabad's help in ending the "capability " of the Taliban in launching major attacks against the Afghan government and people.
The Pakistan-brokered talks between the representatives of the Afghan government and the Taliban were postponed in late July after the Afghan spy agency revealed the death of the Taliban supreme leader Mullah Muhammad Omar.
The Taliban had requested the postponement of the announcement since they were still in the midst of a transition after Omar's death.
Sharif's offer to work for the resumption of the Afghan peace process shows that Islamabad is aware that the continued instability in Afghanistan will have a direct impact on Pakistan.
The series of violent attacks in Afghanistan by the Taliban have also affected Afghanistan's bilateral relations with Pakistan, which is a big challenge for the leadership's earlier commitment to maintain a good neighborly relationship.
Although Pakistani officials have insisted that they do not have control over the Afghan Taliban, many Afghan leaders still believed that Islamabad has a big influence over the Taliban and can encourage the Taliban leaders to restart the intra-Afghan peace dialogue.
One Pakistani official, on condition of anonymity, said the peace process can be fast-track if the Afghan government itself comes forward with its own strategy on how to go about the peace dialogue.
The official said the Afghan government must also be more transparent and should specify the role that Pakistan and other major countries should play in facilitating the stalled talks.
According to the official, Afghan leaders should be aware that there are some groups who are out to derail the peace negotiations.
"These detractors with vested interests would keep on trying to sow dissension between Pakistan and Afghanistan and this has complicated the whole process," the official said.
Afghan leaders are right to call for trust with Pakistan, which is a fundamental requirement to push the peace negotiation forward.
Abdullah's comments reflect the current mood in Kabul, indicating that the Afghan unity government of which Abdullah is a major player continues to recognize the important role of Pakistan in the forging of a permanent peace in Afghanistan.
Afghan leaders had hailed Pakistan after the Taliban agreed for the first time in 14 years to sit face-to-face with the representatives of Afghan government in the scenic Pakistani city of Murree on July 7.
The direct talks were also important as the process had the backing of the Taliban's powerful Rehbari Shura of the Leadership Council.
Afghanistan's deputy foreign minister, Hekmat Khalil Karzai, a senior member of the government negotiating team had admitted that they had discussions with "real" Taliban representatives when he spoke at a post-talks news conference in Kabul on July 8.
But internal rift within the Taliban over the election of the new leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor had a negative impact on the peace process.
It is widely believed in Pakistani that Mansoor has " strengthened" his control over the militant group. Allegiance by the son and brother of Mullah Omar after their initial refusal gave a major boost to Mansoor, who is seen now in a comfortable position to take key decisions including the Taliban's readiness to restart the peace talks.
The Taliban leadership has said that it was Mansoor who had sent his three senior leaders for the first round of the ice- breaking talks with the Afghan government on July 7.
Mansoor was the acting Taliban chief when the group held initial talks with Kabul.
Another important development is that Mansoor is also in full control of the Taliban political office in Qatar. The former head of the Taliban Qatar office, Sayed Tayyeb Agha, had earlier distanced his team from the Pakistan-brokered talks.
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An Iranian top parliamentarian says his country's cooperation with Russia, Syria and Iraq have proved "successful" in fighting terrorism in the region.
A federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated a lawsuit challenging the New York Police Department's surveillance of Muslim groups in New Jersey after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, saying any resulting harm came from the city's tactics, not the media's reporting of them.
МОСКВА, 14 окт — РИА Новости.
США заявили, что не могут принять делегацию во главе с премьером РФ Дмитрием Медведевым, который планировал обсудить координацию по борьбе с терроризмом, заявил министр иностранных дел России Сергей Лавров.
"Нам (Соединенными Штатами) было отвечено, что (американскую) делегацию направлять в Москву у них не получается и принять (российскую) делегацию в Вашингтоне не получается тоже", — сказал Лавров, выступая в Госдуме.
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