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Ukraine not to repay $3-billion debt to Russia: Premier
Ukraine’s prime minister says the country will not pay back its USD three-billion debt to Russia despite Moscow’s warning that it would take legal action against Kiev if it misses looming deadline for the debt redemption. Addressing a cabinet meeting on Friday, Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Kiev had decided to impose a “moratorium” on the...
Merkel, Obama, Erdogan crowned liars of 2015: Survey
A new international survey has ranked German Chancellor Angela Merkel, US President Barack Obama and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as the world’s top three liars of 2015.The recent poll conducted by German web platform, Alles Schall und Rauch, asked more than 3,000 of its readers from Germany and 40 other countries to...
US, Russia trade harsh barbs over Ukraine
The US and Russia trade barbs at a UN Security Council meeting, with the Russian envoy accusing Washington of “playing a destructive role” in Ukraine. The heated exchanges came ahead of a visit by US Secretary of State John Kerry to Moscow on Monday to discuss Syria and Ukraine. The Friday spat delayed the Security Council meeting for nearly an...
US to step up pressure over Russia ‘aggression’: Biden
US Vice President Joe Biden has assured Ukrainian lawmakers that the United States will only step up pressure on Moscow if “Russian aggression” continues. “If Russian aggression persists, the cost imposed on Moscow will continue to rise,” Biden said Tuesday in a rare address to the Ukrainian Parliament on the second day of his visit...
Turkey to impose sanctions on Russia if needed: PM Davutoglu
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has hinted that his government would impose sanctions against Russia if need be, the latest sign of deteriorating ties since Turkey downed a Russian jet. Premier Davutoglu told lawmakers of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in parliament on Tuesday that the government has already discussed a...
Qatar’s arms aid found in terrorists’ positions in Syria’s Lattakia
Pro-government troops in Syria discovered weapons, munitions and food parcels in recently-captured territories in Lattakia Province that have been supplied by Qatar to the terrorist groups. Syrian army sources said that a large volume of ammunition, including tens of mortar shells, that had been supplied by Qatar to the terrorist groups in the...
Turkey says won’t apologize to Russia over jet downing
Ankara has ruled out offering an apology to Moscow over Turkey’s downing of a Russian jet near the Syrian border, repeating its claim that the move had been defensive in nature. According to Press TV, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Monday that Russia is not entitled to ask Turkey for an apology over the latter’s...
US impose more sanctions on Russia over Syria
The United States has imposed more sanctions against Russia for supporting the Syrian government, while Moscow has denounced the move, saying Washington is playing “geo-political games”. The US Treasury Department on Wednesday announced that four Russian individuals and six entities, including a bank, have been added to Washington’s...
Crimea declares state of emergency following power outage
The Crimean Peninsula, which seceded from Ukraine and rejoined Russia in March last year, has declared a state of emergency after its major electricity power lines from Ukraine were “blown up,” causing a power outage there. Citing a switch-off of electricity coming into the region from Ukraine in the early hours of the day, the Crimean branch of...
Western leaders extend sanctions on Moscow over Ukraine crisis
Western leaders have agreed to extend sanctions against Moscow by six more months over the crisis in Ukraine. Citing an unnamed senior European diplomat, Reuters reported on Sunday during a brief meeting on the sidelines of the week-long G20 summit in Antalya, Turkey, the leaders of US, Germany, Italy, the UK and French Foreign Minister Laurent...
