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October 14, 2019

Russia, Saudi Arabia seal key oil deal

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a key deal Monday with Saudi Arabia during a key visit for an OPEC+ grouping aimed at stabilising global oil prices and seeking to calm regional tensions with Iran. Putin’s visit follows attacks on Saudi…
October 14, 2019

Thousands of Ukrainians march against a troop pullback

Thousands of Ukrainians marched in Kiev on Monday, decrying as “capitulation” a mooted pullback of troops fighting Moscow-backed separatists in the east and calling for victory in the five-year war. The protesters, many veterans of the conflict in eastern Ukraine,…
October 14, 2019

Israeli jailed in Russia for cannabis to appeal, says mother

The mother of an Israeli-American jailed in Russia for smuggling cannabis said she visited her in jail Monday and found her “exhausted, fed up and confused” after her sentencing Friday. Naama Issachar was caught with nine grammes of the drug…
October 14, 2019

CORRECTED: For Syria Kurds, the end of autonomy?

After years of working towards autonomy, Syria’s Kurds have been dropped by their US ally and forced to call in the Damascus regime to stem a six-day Turkish offensive. But as President Bashar al-Assad’s forces deploy towards the northern border,…
October 14, 2019

Russia detains four more over opposition protest

Russian investigators said Monday they had detained four more people suspected of violence against police at an unauthorised opposition protest in July, as a court confirmed the conviction of another. Moscow City Court upheld the conviction of protester Konstantin Kotov,…
October 14, 2019

For Syria Kurds, the end of autonomy?

After years of working towards autonomy, Syria’s Kurds have been dropped by their US ally and forced to call in the Damascus regime to stem a six-day Turkish offensive. But as President Bashar al-Assad’s forces deploy towards the northern border,…
October 14, 2019

Thousands protest in Ukraine against a troop pullback

Thousands of Ukrainians marched in Kiev on Monday, decrying as “capitulation” a mooted pullback of troops fighting Moscow-backed separatists in the east and calling for victory in the five-year war. Monday marks the anniversary of the foundation of the Ukrainian…
October 14, 2019

Oil, Iran top agenda as Putin visits Saudi Arabia

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday, where he was set to seal oil agreements and try to use his influence to defuse tensions boiling in the Gulf. King Salman and his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin…
October 14, 2019

EU extends Russia sanctions over Salisbury chemical attack

The EU on Monday extended sanctions against four Russian intelligence agents linked to a nerve agent attack in Britain, as part of an attempt to crack down on chemical weapons. Foreign ministers from the 28 EU states voted to prolong…

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