Section: News24 (South Africa)
News24.com | EU sanctions 17 Syria ministers, central bank governor
The European Union has placed 17 Syrian ministers plus the central bank governor on a sanctions blacklist targeting the regime of President Bashar Assad. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Ukraine officials declare jaw-dropping riches
A luxury watch collection, millions of dollars in cash and a Picasso painting are just several items listed on Ukraine officials’ income and asset declarations, shocking a country vowing to curb corruption. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Notorious warlord killed in bombing in eastern Ukraine
Separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine say a notorious warlord has been killed in a bombing in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Kiev demands plan to make Russia heed eastern Ukraine pact
Ukraine’s foreign minister has said he wants an internationally agreed road map for peace in the east of his country that would prevent what he says is Russia’s backsliding on its commitments. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Ukrainian official says judge kept bribes in a glass jar
A top Ukrainian prosecutor says the country’s anti-corruption task force has caught a judge receiving a $150 000 bribe and that he kept his money in a glass jar. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Trump suggests US accept Russia’s annexation of Crimea
Donald Trump is suggesting the US accept Russia’s annexation of Crimea if it would lead to better relations with Moscow and stronger cooperation in fighting Islamic State militants. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Report suggests torture widespread in war-torn Ukraine
A new report suggests the detention and torture of civilians has become common in Ukraine torn by a separatist war in the east. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Seven Ukraine troops die in worst clashes in two months
Ukraine said seven of its soldiers have been killed and 14 wounded in “very heated” fighting that marked the bloodiest clashes with pro-Russian separatists in two months. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Ukraine, Canada sign ‘milestone’ free trade deal
Ukraine and Canada have signed a “milestone” free trade agreement designed to bolster support for the war-scarred former Soviet republic in the face of an increasingly assertive Russia. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Ukraine will join EU within 10 years – PM
Ukraine will join the EU within the next decade, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman says, adding that his country still believed strongly in the bloc despite Britain’s vote to leave. …read more Source:...
