December 20, 2015 Obama invites G7, EU leaders to emergency meeting on Ukraine in Europe White House spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said Obama wants to gather leaders of the Group of Seven nations and the European Union to meet on the sidelines of a nuclear summit next week in the Netherlands.
December 20, 2015 Biden arrives in Poland to reassure allies as Russia seeks to annex Crimea Biden's visit to the region is part of a broader U.S. campaign to send a clear signal to Putin following Sunday's referendum in Crimea, which the U.S. has dismissed as illegal.
December 20, 2015 Ukraine officials pleading with US to provide military aid, lawmaker says Ukrainian officials pleaded with visiting U.S. lawmakers this past weekend to provide military aid, claiming their ousted president intentionally gutted the nation's defenses so it would be vulnerable to a Russian takeover, one of those U.S. lawmakers told Fox News.
December 20, 2015 Ahead of Crimea referendum, US senators in Kiev, anti-gov protests in Moscow With a referendum just hours away in the Ukraine region of Crimea on whether to break away from Ukraine and join Russia, both side turned up the rhetoric, including U.S. leaders and tens of thousands who protested in Moscow against the Kremlin-backed initiative.
December 20, 2015 Biden to travel to Europe amid Ukraine tensions The White House says Vice President Joe Biden will travel next week to Poland and Lithuania amid tensions in nearby Ukraine.
December 20, 2015 Indian diplomat re-indicted on US visa fraud charges An Indian diplomat was re-indicted Friday on U.S. visa fraud charges that touched off an international stir after she was arrested and strip-searched last year.
December 20, 2015 Indian diplomat re-indicted in US visa fraud case An Indian diplomat has been re-indicted on U.S. visa fraud charges that touched off an international stir after she was arrested and strip-searched in New York last year.
December 20, 2015 US to seek new indictment against Indian diplomat after judge dismisses charges Federal prosecutors suggest they plan to seek another indictment against an Indian diplomat who was arrested and strip-searched but had charges against her dismissed by a judge.
December 20, 2015 Obama to host Ukrainian PM at White House as Crimea referendum nears The meeting Wednesday between Obama and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk comes as a pro-Russian area of Ukraine readies for a referendum Sunday to determine its future.
December 20, 2015 Republicans get hawkish on Putin, as Gates predicts Crimea will be lost to Russia Washington Republicans and military experts on Sunday suggested a range of plans to stop Russia’s effort to annex Ukraine’s Crimea region, while former Defense Secretary Robert Gates predicted such efforts might already be a lost cause.
