Section: South Africa
Poroshenko sacks defence minister
President Petro Poroshenko is to nominate his fourth defence minister of the year ahead of talks with Russia. …read more Source:...
Putin orders Russian troop withdrawal
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian troops to withdraw to their permanent bases after military exercises. ||| Moscow – Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian troops to withdraw to their permanent bases after military exercises in Rostov region near the border with Ukraine, Russian news agencies reported late...
Putin orders troops back from Ukraine border
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian troops to withdraw to their permanent bases after military exercises in Rostov region near the border with Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine, Russia leaders to meet
The Ukraine crisis and its fragile truce will be the focus of high level talks this week, culminating in a rare meeting between President Petro Poroshenko and Russia’s Vladimir Putin. …read more Source:...
The Betrayers: A fiction too close to plausible reality for comfort
One time New Yorker 20 under 40 notable David Bezmozgis has written the most inflammatory new novel of the year. (Russians! Jews! Ukraine! Israel!) RICHARD POPLAK peeks between the covers to see what all the fuss is about. …read more Source: Daily...
Emerging stocks extend run of falls
Emerging-market stocks extended their longest weekly losing streak in more than a year on concern Europe’s slowdown will hurt global growth. ||| Jakarta – Emerging-market stocks extended their longest weekly losing streak in more than a year on concern Europe’s slowdown will hurt global growth.South Korea’s won and...
Eastern Ukraine ‘hit by intensified shelling’
Intensified shelling reported in war-ravaged east as German Chancellor Angela Merkel says terms of a month-old truce are not being met …read more Source: Business...
Families of MH17 victims to seek damages from Dutch state – lawyer
Dutch relatives of victims of Malaysia Airlines MH17 will hold the Dutch government liable for damages for its handling of the aftermath of the crash, a lawyer representing families says. …read more Source:...
MH17 victim found wearing oxygen mask
One of the people on the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 shot down in Ukraine in July was found wearing an oxygen mask. …read more Source:...
Ukraine lobbies Nato, IMF as deaths mount
Ukraine has dispatched top envoys to Washington and Brussels to secure help in the face of a surge in clashes with pro-Russian insurgents that have killed eight more civilians and troops. …read more Source:...
