(Reuters) – Russia is promising to scale down military operations around the capital Kyiv, while Ukraine for its part is mooting the adoption of neutral status, in confidence-building steps that may help de-escalate the five-week war. TALKS AND DIPLOMA…
U.S. Senators want Russia removed from U.N. Human Rights Council
(Corrects 7th paragraph to add new comment from a U.N. spokesperson and remove reference to referral to U.N. office in Geneva) By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A dozen members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee urged President Joe…
Eight aboard U.N. helicopter that crashed in east Congo, mission says
DAKAR (Reuters) – The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo said that eight people were aboard a U.N. helicopter that crashed amid rebel fighting on Tuesday, including six crew members from the Pakistani military and two m…
Ugandan military kills 14 of Congo M23 rebels, one soldier dead in border fighting
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s military killed 14 of the Democratic Republic of Congo M23 rebel fighters on Tuesday and one of its soldiers also died in fighting at its border with Congo, a military spokesperson said. “This evening they (M23) attacked us…
Biden, European leaders skeptical of Russian moves, mull aid
By Steve Holland and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden adopted a cautious attitude on Tuesday to Russian vows to redeploy forces around Kyiv as the United States and its allies began discussion on a potential new $500 million…
Scholz, Biden and allies agree to keep pushing for Russian ceasefire – German govt
BERLIN (Reuters) – The leaders of Germany, the United States, France, Britain and Italy agreed in a phone call on Tuesday afternoon to keep pushing Russia for a ceasefire and for the withdrawal of its troops from Ukraine, a German government spokesman …
Suspected Arab gunman kills at least 5 people in Tel Aviv suburb -ambulance service
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A suspected Arab gunman killed at least five people in a Tel Aviv suburb on Tuesday before he was fatally shot, the national ambulance service said, in the latest of a string of deadly attacks in Israel. Amateur video broadcast on…
China OKs U.S. NTSB travel to take part in Boeing 737-800 crash probe
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China has issued visas to American investigators and technical advisers to support its investigation into last week’s deadly crash of a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 in that country, the U.S. National …
Russian oligarch Deripaska loses U.S. court battle to lift sanctions
By Jacqueline Thomsen (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court in Washington on Tuesday rejected a bid by Russian aluminum tycoon Oleg Deripaska to lift sanctions imposed on him by the United States in 2018, finding that American officials had sufficient evide…
Biden says ‘we’ll see’ if Russia de-escalates in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday said it remains to be seen whether Russia follows through with any actions to scale down its military operations in Ukraine, saying Washington and its allies will continue with strong sanctions…