Section: Egypt
Ukraine Issues ‘In Absentia’ Arrest Warrant for Ex-president
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Ukrainian Nationalists Hurt in Grenade Attack
KYIV—Six people were treated in hospital for injuries on Tuesday after what police said was a grenade attack on a group of Ukrainian nationalists in the eastern city of Kharkiv which several officials blamed on pro-Russian forces. The explosion, the latest in a spate of mystery blasts targeting Kharkiv and other Ukrainian cities, occurred on...
Warring Sides in E. Ukraine Each Claim Control of Donetsk Airport
Intense fighting between government and pro-Russian separatist forces continued Monday in eastern Ukraine, as Ukraine’s military claimed hundreds of Russian troops crossed the border to help the rebels. The general staff of Ukraine’s armed forces claimed they had established control over the disputed Donetsk airport after driving out...
Pro-Russian Rebels, Ukraine Battle for Donetsk Airport
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko (center), his wife Marina and Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk (left) light candles during a peace march in Kiev, Jan. 18, 2015, for the victims on a passenger bus which came under fire near the town of Volnovakha in eastern Ukraine, Jan. 18, 2015. A Ukrainian man walks through the debris after the...
Time Not Right to Ease Russia Sanctions, EU says
BRUSSELS—European Union foreign ministers said on Monday there were no grounds to lift economic sanctions against Russia despite conciliatory proposals from the EU’s foreign policy chief as violence intensified in eastern Ukraine. Federica Mogherini had suggested in a confidential memo… …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Military: Troops Retake Most of Donetsk Airport
KYIV—Ukrainian troops launched a “mass operation” overnight retaking almost all the territory of Donetsk airport in… …read more Source:...
Ukraine Tries to Reinforce Embattled Airport
Ukraine rushed fresh troops and supplies Saturday to the devastated remains of a key airport near the Russian border as explosions and heavy rebel gunfire shook the area and hopes for peace talks continued to fade. Troops described the shelling by pro-Russian separatists at Donetsk airport as some of the worst of the nine-month rebellion, with...
More Soldiers, Civilians Killed in E. Ukraine Fighting
Fighting between Ukrainian government and separatist forces in the country’s east claimed more lives Friday, as an intense battle for control of the Donetsk airport continued. Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said six servicemen had been killed and 18 wounded over the preceding 24 hours, and that a civilian had been killed in a...
Obama, Cameron Meet at White House
President Barack Obama held a working dinner with British Prime Minister David Cameron at the White House Thursday night, a week after Europe was shaken by terror in Paris. The two leaders wrote a joint editorial this week in the Times of London newspaper, vowing a united front against Islamic extremists. Britain has long been the closest ally of...
EU Parliament Accuses Russia of ‘Acts of Terrorism’ in Ukraine
The European Parliament is accusing Russia of what it calls “acts of terrorism” in Ukraine. Meeting in Brussels, the European Union legislative body passed a resolution condemning what it called Russia’s “aggressive and expansionist policy” and “the acts of terrorism and criminal behavior” by...
