Section: News24 (South Africa)
News24.com | Pregnant woman among 4 killed in east Ukraine
Four civilians including a pregnant woman have been killed and eight others wounded when their cars came under mortar fire in war-torn eastern Ukraine, rebel officials say. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Ukraine marks 30 years since Chernobyl catastrophe
Ukrainians have held candlelit vigils to mark 30 years since the world’s worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl spewed radiation across Europe and left several thousand people dead or dying. …read more Source:...
News24.com | NATO, Russia to hold highest-level talks since Crimea annexation
NATO and Russia begin their highest level talks for nearly two years, in a bid to ease military tensions over the Baltic Sea and the simmering violence still gripping eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Ukraine, Russia reach deal to release pilot
Ukraine and Russia have reached a deal to free a jailed Ukrainian pilot, President Petro Poroshenko says, suggesting that she will be swapped for two Russian servicemen jailed in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Ukraine turns to young pro-EU premier
Ukraine’s parliament has appointed pro-Western speaker Volodymyr Groysman as prime minister in a bid to end months of political gridlock. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Threats to force-feed Ukraine pilot
Medical tests on a jailed Ukrainian pilot on hunger strike show her blood is thickening, putting her at risk of developing a blood clot which could kill her, her lawyers say. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Embattled Ukraine PM Yatsenyuk resigns
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has announced his resignation in the wake of a months-long political crisis. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Kerry off to Russia for Syria talks
US Secretary of State John Kerry is heading to Moscow for talks on Ukraine and Syria as the attacks in Brussels underscored the urgency of fighting the Islamic State group. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Savchenko: Kiev says Putin must keep his promise
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has offered to swap two suspected Russian soldiers captured in the separatist east for Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who has been jailed for 22 years. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Putin visits Crimea to mark 2 years since annexation
President Vladimir Putin has visited Crimea as Russia marked two years since annexing the Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine. …read more Source:...
