WASHINGTON: The United States joined Britain’s allies in Europe and around the world Monday in expelling scores of suspected Russian spies in an unprecedented response to a nerve agent attack. Donald Trump's decision to expel 60 alleged "spies" is the largest ever mass expulsion of Russian or Soviet officials from the United States, a senior administration official told AFP on March 26. AFPCanada, Ukraine, Albania, Australia, and most European Union states matched the move with smaller-scale expulsions, after Britain urged allies to respond to the poisoning of double agent Sergei Skripal. US officials said that 48 “intelligence officers” attached to Russian diplomatic missions in the US would be expelled, along with 12 accredited to the United Nations in New York. Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia speaks to the media while getting into his car after a United Nations lunch on March 26 in New York City.

Source: New Strait Times March 27, 2018 04:30 UTC