European Union officials are renewing efforts to agree on a Russian oil embargo on Monday, after a difficult weekend of talks ended in deadlock and delayed a sixth round of European sanctions against Moscow. The EUβs 27 ambassadors failed to find an agreement on Sunday...
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Iraqi citizen living in Ohio arrested after allegedly plotting to assassinate former President George W. Bush | CNN Politics π₯π₯π₯
CNN β An Iraqi national living in Columbus, Ohio, was arrested Tuesday and faces federal charges related to an alleged plot to assassinate former President George W. Bush, the Justice Department announced. Shihab Ahmed Shihab Shihab has been charged with aiding and abetting the attempted...
More than 900 Americans from entering Russia, including President Biden and Secretary Blinken π₯π₯π₯
President Joe Biden delivers remarks in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 17, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Russia published its updated “stop list” on Saturday, banning a total of 963 American officials and figures from entering the country. The updated...
Biden set to wrap up South Korean leg of his first Asia trip as President with visit to US troops π₯π₯π₯
Biden plans to observe a joint airspace control center where members of the US and South Korean militaries work alongside each other to monitor airspace made tense by North Korea’s intensifying missile tests. Earlier in the day, the President is expected to meet with Hyundai...
Russia bans more than 900 Americans from entering the country, including President Biden and Secretary Blinken π₯π₯π₯
It is nearly three months since Russia invaded Ukraine β a 12-week period in which Russian forces have wrought devastation on the country and its people, resulting in death on a vast scale and causing millions to flee. But the invasion has not been the...
Turkish president tells allies it will not accept Sweden and Finland’s entry into NATO π₯π₯π₯
About seventy people in the Crimean capital have defied official warnings to commemorate the victims of Stalinβs mass deportation of the Tatar people in 1944. About 70 people in the Crimean capital have defied official warnings to commemorate the victims of Stalinβs mass deportation of...
Senegal President shows support for PSG player Idrissa Gueye following homophobia row π₯π₯π₯
With French clubs’ players encouraged to wear rainbow-colored numbers on the back of their shirts to commemorate World Day Against Homophobia on May 17, the 32-year-old Gueye, who is a devout Muslim, missed PSG’s match against Montpellier to avoid wearing the shirt, according to French...
Turkish president says he will not approve Sweden and Finland’s NATO membership if they sanction Turkey π₯π₯π₯
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on May 16. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images) President Vladimir Putin said Finland and Sweden’s entry into NATO will not create a...
Turkish president says he will not approve Sweden and Finland’s NATO membership if they sanction Turkey π₯π₯π₯
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on May 16. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images) President Vladimir Putin said Finland and Sweden’s entry into NATO will not create a...
Finnish President and Prime Minister say “Finland must apply for NATO membership without delay” π₯π₯π₯
The Lenta.ru newsroom in Moscow. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP) Journalists Yegor Polyakov and Aleksandra Miroshnikova, working for Russian online newspaper Lenta.ru, told CNN that the idea to publish dozens of articles critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin came about because they couldn’t continue working as usual with the...