Section: Egypt
Martial law introduced by eastern Ukraine separatists
The leaders of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) in eastern Ukraine declared martial law on Monday, the separatist-linked DNR News agency reported. The decree, issued by the Republic’s president Igor Plotnitsky, comes into force on Tuesday. According to the legislation’s text published on the DRN News website,...
NATO starts anti submarine exercise in North Sea as tensions with Russia rise
NATO launched one of its biggest-ever anti-submarine exercises in the North Sea on Monday, inviting non-member Sweden for the first time, amid increasing tensions between Russia and its northern neighbours. More than a dozen vessels from 11 countries are participating in the “Dynamic Mongoose” exercise. NATO will simulate detecting...
May Day Celebrated Around the World
Communists and their supporters celebrate May Day in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 1, 2015. People wave a second Spanish Republic flag (C) and Communist flags during a May Day rally in Malaga, Spain, May 1, 2015. People throw smoke grenades during the annual Labor Day protest in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei, Taiwan, May 1, 2015. A …...
Carter Pleased with Russia’s Embrace of Minsk Agreement
MOSCOW—Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter says he is pleased with Russia’s commitment to implement the Minsk agreement. Carter and other former global leaders met with Russian President Vladimir Putin for 2.5 hours Wednesday in Moscow. The group, called the Elders, visited at a time when Russia’s relations with the West are severely...
Kremlin: North Korean leader will not visit Moscow in May
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will not attend events in Moscow next week commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Europe, the Kremlin said on Thursday. “He has decided to stay in Pyongyang,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call. “This decision is related to (North)...
Ukraine: Rebels Firing From Rocket Launchers Again
KYIV—Separatist rebels in the east of Ukraine have resumed the use of rocket launchers that should have been withdrawn under a February peace deal, Ukrainian military officials said Tuesday.The army said in a statement that rebels fired Grad rockets Monday evening at the government-held town of Avdiyivka, which lies on the fringes of the main...
Ukraine says separatists step up attacks, Poroshenko warns of ‘threat of war’
Ukraine’s leader warned on Tuesday that a war with pro-Russian separatists could still break out again as its military said the rebels had greatly stepped up attacks and widened the area of their operations despite a ceasefire. A military spokesman said one Ukrainian serviceman had been killed — the fourth fatality among the Ukrainian...
Birds of prey help NATO warplanes police Baltic air
A NATO mission policing Baltic airspace amid heightened tensions with Russia has forged a rather exotic alliance to ensure the safety of pilots and their jets. Four birds of prey — three falcons and an eagle — soar over the tarmac near four massive hangars at the Zokniai airforce base in northwest Lithuania. The winged warriors flew...
Poroshenko: Ukraine Will be Ready to Join EU Within 5 Years
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Monday that his country will be able to meet the conditions to apply for European Union membership within five years, while European Union officials rejected his request call for an EU peace-keeping mission to eastern Ukraine, where a year of fighting… …read more Source:...
EU, Ukraine leaders meet as shelling worsens, one Ukrainian soldier killed
Top European Union officials met the Ukrainian leadership on Monday for talks on deepening trade links and efforts to bring peace to Ukraine, but worsening violence in the separatist-minded east clouded the summit. As Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko met European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council President Donald...
