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ISTANBUL, Turkey — Despite the New Year’s Eve terror attack, in which a gunman dressed as Santa Claus shot and killed at least 39 people at an Istanbul nightclub, terrorism and fear are not the dominant themes in this city of 14 million people. Especially when cold weather comes to Kyiv, a short trip to […]

A trio of U.S. senators has said on a visit to Georgia that they will work to get Congress to pass tougher sanctions against Russia and President Vladimir Putin. Read more here

No Ukrainians were among the victims of the bloody attack on a popular Istanbul nightclub that rocked Turkey during the New Year celebration. At least 39 people were killed and some 69 wounded on Jan. 1 when a gunman stormed a building, killing a police officer and a civilian at the entrance to the Reina […]

President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming White House press secretary questioned whether President Obama’s actions against Russia for an alleged cyberattack on Democratic political organizations may be out of “proportion.” Read more here

New Year’s Eve was no celebration for parliamentarian Serhiy Pashynsky as a man attacked him in the woods of Kyiv Oblast. Pashynsky, a member of People’s Front party, was driving home with his wife around 5 p.m. on Dec. 31, when his vehicle nearly hit a minibus. It was parked on the road near Vasylkiv district in […]

When the sanctions hit Russia in 2014 and Moscow responded with a trade boycott, Irina found it funny that people started obsessing about the disappearance of gourmet cheese from stores. Read more here

ISTANBUL – Turkish authorities on Sunday were hunting for the lone gunman who opened fire on a new year’s celebration at one of Istanbul’s most popular nightclubs, killing dozens of people and wounding scores more in what officials have called an act of terror. Read more here

Ukraine’s president said on Dec. 30 that Russian hackers have conducted 6,500 cyberattacks on Ukrainian institutions over the past two months. “The investigation of a number of incidents indicated the complicity directly or indirectly of Russian security services waging a cyberwar against our country,” Petro Poroshenko told security and defense officials. Read more here.

ANKARA – A deadly New Year’s assault on an Istanbul nightclub follows a long string of attacks in Turkey over the past year. Read more here

WEST PALM BEACH – President-elect Donald J. Trump, expressing lingering skepticism about intelligence assessments of Russian interference in the election, said on Saturday evening that he knew “things that other people don’t know” about the hacking, and that the information would be revealed “on Tuesday or Wednesday.” Read more here

An assailant believed to have been dressed in a Santa Claus costume opened fire at a crowded nightclub in Istanbul during New Year’s celebrations, killing at least 39 people and wounding close to 70 others in what the province’s governor described as a terror attack. Read more here

Republican U.S. Senator John McCain promised on Saturday continued support for Kiev in the face of aggression from Moscow, as he spent New Year’s Eve on the front line in Ukraine’s eastern conflict zone. Read the story here 

ISTANBUL — At least one gunman shot his way into an Istanbul nightclub packed with hundreds of New Year’s revellers on Sunday, killing 35 people and wounding more than 40 in what the provincial governor described as a terrorist attack. Read the story here 

Sen. John McCain, who has emerged as the chief opponent within the Republican party to Donald Trump’s warming relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, underscored his tough stance Saturday by spending New Year’s Eve at a forward combat outpost with Ukrainian troops. Read the story here