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Energy sanctions now on table for Germany

Oil and gas sanctions are one of the options Germany will consider following the atrocities Russian troops committed on the outskirts of Kyiv, Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said. “There has to be a reaction,” the social democrat minister said in a public TV interview on Sunday evening. “Energy sanctions are …

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Ukraine accuses Russia of massacre, city strewn with bodies

Bodies with bound hands, close-range gunshot wounds and signs of torture lay scattered in a city on the outskirts of Kyiv after Russian soldiers withdrew from the area. Ukrainian authorities accused the departing forces on Sunday of committing war crimes and leaving behind a “scene from a horror movie.” As …

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Biden says sub he commissioned will enhance US security

In a public ceremony delayed two years by the pandemic, President Joe Biden on Saturday commissioned the USS Delaware, a nuclear attack submarine, saying it would enhance national security, though he made no reference to the global turmoil from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “As the commander in chief, I believe …

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Putin Demands Surrender of Mariupol to Stop Shelling

Putin’s deal is simple but direct: he will stop the shelling of the beleaguered Ukrainian city of Mariupol only after they surrender to Russian forces. Putin Talks with French President Macron According to the Kremlin, the Russian strongman made this statement during an hour-long phone conversation with French President Emmanuel …

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Jihadist-Hit Mali Gets Combat Helicopters From Russia

Mali’s junta-dominated government has taken delivery of combat helicopters from Russia to help its army fight a bloody jihadist insurgency, an AFP journalist saw. Defense Minister Sadio Camara late Wednesday formally received two helicopters, radar, and other equipment brought by a Russian transport plane to a military base at Bamako …

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UN authorizes new AU mission in Somalia to combat extremists

The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to endorse the African Union’s new transitional mission in Somalia and authorized it to take action against al-Qaida and Islamic State extremist groups and conduct a phased handover of security responsibilities to Somalia’s government. The African Union Transitional Mission in Somalia, known as …

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