Section: Egylovers (Egypt)
Sunday Marks 25 Years Since Fall of Berlin Wall
Sunday marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and current and former world leaders are marking the occasion with warnings of continued divisions among major powers. President Barack Obama issued a statement saying Russia’s actions against Ukraine are a reminder that there is “more work to do” for Europe to be...
Former Soviet Leader Gorbachev: World Is on Brink of New Cold War
BERLIN—Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned in a speech in Berlin on Saturday that East-West tensions over the Ukraine crisis were threatening to push the world into a new Cold War, 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Gorbachev, who is credited with forging a rapprochement with the West that led to the demise of communist regimes...
US, Russia Discuss Ukraine Tensions
Pamela Dockins Published November 08, 2014 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, have been meeting about Russia’s military buildup along the Ukrainian border. The two discussed Ukraine’s unrest and other issues Saturday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation...
Kerry: Agreed With Russia to Exchange Information on Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the U.S. and Russia have agreed to exchange information about developments in Ukraine. Kerry told … …read more Source:...
Undersecretary of State Richard Stengel Speaks With VOA
WASHINGTON—VOA State Department correspondent Scott Stearns and VOA Kurdish reporter Motabar Shirwani conducted a wide-ranging interview with U.S. Undersecretary of State Richard Stengel about the Islamic State, Ukraine and Ebola: Islamic State VOA: Can you share with us some of your experiences with world leaders? What are the expectations from...
Official: Russia Stands by Ukraine Ceasefire
MOSCOW—Russia is committed to the peace process in eastern Ukraine and wants further talks on ending the conflict between government forces and separatists, the Kremlin said on Friday. Foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov also said Russia respects the will of voters in the east after a separatist leadership election regarded as illegitimate by the...
Official: Russia Stands by Ukraine Ceasefire Deal, ‘Respects’ Rebel Vote
MOSCOW—Russia is committed to the peace process in eastern Ukraine and wants further talks on ending the conflict between government forces and separatists, the Kremlin said on Friday. Foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov also said Russia respects the will of voters in the east after a separatist leadership election regarded … …read...
MH17 Investigators Seek Local Help at Ukraine Crash Site
AMSTERDAM—Investigators looking into the July crash of a Malaysia Airlines plane in eastern Ukraine said on Thursday they would probably hire local contractors to collect wreckage still beyond their reach because of a continuing pro-Russian insurrection. The crash of flight MH17 as it flew over the conflict zone stirred angry mutual accusation...
Russia Nixes More ‘Geneva Format’ Talks on Ukraine
Moscow says it would be counterproductive to return to talks on settling the conflict in east Ukraine in a “Geneva format,… …read more Source:...
NATO Stages Military Drill in Lithuania
LITHUANIA—More than 2,500 NATO troops are taking part in exercises on two training grounds in Lithuania. Nine countries have sent soldiers to train as part of Exercise Iron Sword, Czech Republic, Estonia, the U.S., U.K., Canada, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary and Germany. Originally the exercise was to have involved only Lithuanian troops but was...
