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Ukraine in day of mourning for victims of mine blast
Ukraine has honoured victims of a coal mine accident with a minute of silence all over the war-torn country on a day of mourning announced by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. The death toll reached from the gas explosion which rocked the Zasyadko mine before dawn on Wednesday has now reached 32, according to officials in a rebel-held city of...
Ukraine Pays $15 Million Toward Russian Gas Bill
MOSCOW—Russian natural gas exporter Gazprom said on Thursday that it had received a $15 million prepayment from Ukrainian state energy firm Naftogaz following warnings supply could be cut off if no payment was made. The payment is enough for 45.6 million cubic… …read more Source:...
Libya asks UN to approve arms contracts
Libya urged the UN Security Council to approve a request for military purchases as it struggles to combat Islamic State extremists and protect its oil fields.The internationally-recognized government, one of two bodies that claims to rule troubled Libya, has asked the council’s sanctions committee to grant an exemption to an arms embargo...
Dozens feared dead in Ukraine mine blast
Thirty-three miners are dead or unaccounted for after an explosion at a coal mine in the rebel-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. The blast took place at Zasyadko mine, near the city’s war-wrecked airport early on Wednesday. According to Kiev-backed officials of Donetsk who… …read more Source:...
Libya Seeks Permission to Import Arms to Fight IS
UNITED NATIONS—Libya has sought permission from the United Nations to import 150 tanks, two dozen fighter jets, seven attack helicopters, tens of thousands of assault rifles and grenade launchers, and millions of rounds of ammunition from Ukraine, Serbia and the Czech Republic. In a written request to the U.N. Security Council committee...
Dozens dead in Ukraine mine blast
At least 33 miners have died following an explosion at a coal mine in the rebel-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. The blast took place at Zasyadko mine, near the city’s war-wrecked airport early on Wednesday. According to Kiev-backed officials of Donetsk who have relocated to Mariupol since the city fell into rebel hands, some 230...
US Official: New Sanctions Against Russia Under Consideration
A top U.S. official says Washington is considering imposing new sanctions against Russia if a Ukraine cease-fire deal reached last month in Minsk continues to be violated, and has sent a team to Europe to coordinate the measures with allied governments. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland told the House...
Budget, Reform Plans Put Ukraine in Line for IMF Aid, G7 Says
BERLIN/WASHINGTON—The International Monetary Fund and Group of Seven leading economic powers on Wednesday praised Ukraine’s determination to reform its economy against all odds, with the G7 saying Kyiv’s new draft budget should put it on track for an IMF-led bailout. Ukraine’s parliament approved on Monday a raft of IMF-backed...
Many dead in Ukraine mine blast
At least 17 miners have been killed and 16 others are missing following… …read more Source:...
EU ready with sanctions if Ukraine ceasefire violated, Merkel says
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Russia on Wednesday that any serious violation of the current ceasefire in east Ukraine – which she described as “fragile” – would prompt Europe to impose further sanctions on Moscow for supporting the separatists. “So far we’ve got a fragile ceasefire which needs to be...
