Section: South Africa
Kiev suspends combat on ‘day of silence’
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says a ceasefire along the front line in the east of his country appeared to be holding. ||| Singapore – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday a ceasefire along the front line in the east of his country appeared to be holding after Kiev declared a “day of silence” in its war with...
Suspected uranium smugglers held in Moldova
Moldovan police say they have detained seven people on suspicion they smuggled uranium and mercury to be used in a dirty bomb. ||| Chisinau, Moldova – Moldovan police say they have detained seven people on suspicion they smuggled uranium and mercury from Russia to be used in a dirty bomb.Police chief Ion Bodrug said house searches were...
Ukraine, on anti-graft drive, mulls selling stakes in state firms
Ukraine will conduct audits of state companies with a view to selling stakes on international markets, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Tuesday (09/12/2014), as part of the new government’s drive to reform corrupt and inefficient state institutions. Around 1,500 state firms cannot be privatised by law at present, but the Kiev...
MH17 wreckage arrives in Netherlands
A convoy carrying wreckage from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 arrived in the Netherlands on Tuesday (09/12/2014) on its way to a Dutch air force base where the doomed plane will be reconstructed. Dutch national broadcaster NOS showed eight trucks carrying wreckage crossing the border with Germany overnight, before heading to a southern air base...
Experts will examine MH17 wreckage
Trucks carrying debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 are en route to a Dutch air force base. ||| Amsterdam – Trucks carrying wreckage from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crossed into the Netherlands overnight where investigators waited to try to rebuild the airliner almost five months after it crashed. The Boeing 777 came down in...
Ukraine’s military says suspends combat operations on ‘Day of Silence’
Ukrainian government forces said they had suspended combat operations as a “Day of Silence” began in the war-torn east on Tuesday, marking an effectiv …read more Source: The New...
Ukrainian fans chase referee off pitch
A Ukrainian Premier League football match has been abandoned after angry fans chased the referee off the pitch and stopped him leaving the stadium. …read more Source: The Sunday...
UN: 2014 a devastating year for children
UNICEF declared 2014 a devastating year for children, saying “never in recent memory have so many children been subjected to such unspeakable brutality”. ||| United Nations – The United Nations children’s agency UNICEF declared 2014 a devastating year for children on Monday with as many as 15 million caught in conflicts in Central...
Merkel blasts Moscow as Ukraine clashes rage
Ten Ukrainians were killed in clashes with pro-Russian insurgents as Germany accused the Kremlin of meddling. ||| Kiev – Ukraine said on Sunday that eight more civilians and two soldiers had been killed in fighting with pro-Russian insurgents as Germany accused the Kremlin of meddling in eastern European states’ drive toward the...
News24.com | France’s Hollande meets Putin
French President Francois Hollande has met Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the Ukraine crisis during a brief stopover at a Moscow airport. …read more Source:...
