Section: Egypt
Netherlands Holds Memorial Service for Victims of MH17
Hundreds and relatives joined dignitaries at a memorial service in Amsterdam on Monday for the victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which was shot down over eastern Ukraine in July. King… …read more Source:...
Germany Urges All Sides in Ukraine to Adhere to Cease-fire
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Germany Urges All Sides in Ukraine to Adhere to Ceasefire
Germany’s foreign minister says the situation in Ukraine’s rebel-held eastern regions has again become serious and all sides must… …read more Source:...
Shelling Rocks Ukraine’s Donetsk
Ukraine’s separatist bastion of Donetsk came under intense artillery fire Sunday, increasing strains on a two-month-old cease-fire deal between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists. European monitors in Ukraine say they are very concerned after seeing convoys of … …read more Source:...
Gorbachev: World is on the brink of a new Cold War
The world is on the brink of a new Cold War, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned on Saturday in Berlin, on the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.“I have always described myself as an optimist. But I have to admit that it’s very difficult to be optimistic in the current situation,” Gorbachev said at an international...
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...
