AM Headlines: Kerry Meets Putin to Cooperate Against ISIS; US House Passes Ukraine Stability &Democracy Act

President Vladimir Putin receives US Secretary of State at the Kremlin, July 15, 2016. Photo via kremlin.ru

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AM Headlines: Kerry Meets Putin to Cooperate Against ISIS; US House Passes Ukraine Stability &Democracy Act

2016-07-15 09:14:21

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The following headlines were taken from 7:40 na Perrone, RBC, Reuters, Interfax, Sky News, RosBalt, Novaya Gazeta, House Foreign Affairs Committee, Caucasian Knot,

– Kerry Meets with Putin about Cooperating Against Islamic State in Syria

– Peskov Calls Putin’s Discussion with Kerry ‘Fairly Candid’

– 1 Russian Woman Killed in Nice Terrorist Attack; 3 Russians Missing

– Russian Woman Eye-Witness of Nice Terrorist Attack

– Russia Bombers Strike ISIS Camp in Syria

– Russian Foreign Ministry Denounces Forthcoming Report Claiming Use of Chemical Weapons by Russian and Syrian Air Forces

– US House of Representatives Passes Stability and Democracy for Ukraine Act Which ‘Contains, Reverses, and Deters’ Russian Aggression in Ukraine

– 38 Residents of Kabardino-Balkaria Wanted on Suspicion of Involvement in Extremism

– Number of Chechens Seeking Asylum in Germany Rises to 4,410, Double 2015 and 83% of All Russian Applicants

– Experts Say Chechen Fighters Not Likely to Leave ISIS After Death of Al-Shishani

What We Are Reading

– Novaya Gazeta Polls Its Journalists on Who They Would Vote For – Yabloko Wins 51% [Russian]