Russia has accused Ukraine of abducting two Russian servicemen on the annexed Crimea peninsula, but Kiev said it had merely detained two Ukrainian army deserters. In a statement carried late Monday by local news agencies, the Russian defense ministry said servicemen Maxim Odintsov and Alexander Baranov were “illegally detained and ...
Britain ruled out replacing its ambassador in Washington on Tuesday after US President-elect Donald Trump, in his latest unorthodox intervention, tweeted that Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage “would do a great job”. The decision on who is appointed to represent the United Kingdom in Washington is a matter for the British ...