Sep 26 Watch 8:21 Pandemic and Russian threats prompt more Swedes to prepare for doomsday scenarios By Malcolm Brabant, Zeba Warsi Recent threats from Russian President Putin and the COVID pandemic are showing the world how swiftly society can grind to a halt. In Sweden, with its bid to join NATO and the war in Ukraine, citizens are being encouraged to… Continue watching
Sep 26 What is impeding the long-advocated growth of the U.N. Security Council? By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press Virtually everyone involved agrees that the powerful U.N. Security Council needs to expand and include more voices. But as with so many things, the central question is exactly how. Continue reading
Sep 26 Edward Snowden granted Russian citizenship by Putin By Associated Press Snowden has been living in Russia since 2013 to escape prosecution in the U.S. after leaking classified documents detailing government surveillance programs. He has said he made the disclosures because he believed the U.S. had wrongly infringed on civil liberties. Continue reading
Sep 26 WATCH: State Department spokesman Ned Price says ‘our position has not changed’ on Snowden By Associated Press Price's comments came Monday after Russia granted citizenship to Snowden, who fled prosecution after he revealed highly classified U.S. surveillance programs to capture communications and data from around the world. Continue reading
Sep 26 Russian military recruiter shot at enlistment office amid troop call-up By Adam Schreck, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press A young man shot a Russian military officer at close range at an enlistment office Monday, in an unusually bold attack reflecting resistance to the Russian leadership's efforts to mobilize hundreds of thousands of men to wage war on Ukraine. Continue reading
Sep 26 Gunman kills 13 in central Russian school, 23 wounded, officials say By Associated Press Authorities say a gunman has killed 13 people and wounded 23 others in a school in central Russia. Continue reading
Sep 25 EU divided on response to Russians fleeing military service By Jon Gambrell, Adam Schreck, Associated Press Russia’s rush to mobilize hundreds of thousands of recruits to staunch stinging losses in Ukraine is a tacit acknowledgement that its “army is not able to fight,” Ukraine’s president said Sunday, as splits sharpened in Europe over whether to welcome… Continue reading
Sep 24 West works to deepen Russia sanctions after Putin escalates threats to Ukraine By Ellen Knickmeyer, Lorne Cook, Associated Press How do American leaders and their allies intend to respond if President Vladimir Putin seeks to escalate his way out of a bad situation on Ukraine’s battlefields, and makes good on renewed threats of annexing territory or even using nuclear weapons?… Continue reading
Sep 24 Russian police arrest hundreds at mobilization protests in major cities By Associated Press Russian police moved quickly Saturday to disperse peaceful protests against President Vladimir Putin's military mobilization order, arresting hundreds, including some children, in scores of cities across the vast country. Continue reading
Sep 24 WATCH: Russian foreign minister defends war in Ukraine as world opinion turns against Putin By Associated Press, Matthew Lee, Associated Press The tide of international opinion appears to be decisively shifting against Russia, as a number of non-aligned countries are joining the United States and its allies in condemning Moscow’s war in Ukraine and its threats to the principles of the… Continue reading