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Ukraine parliament votes to legalizes foreign mercenaries
Ukraine’s Verkhovnaya Rada on Tuesday adopted in a second reading a draft law on foreigners serving in the country’s armed forces. A total of 229 members of parliament supported the decision, Itar-Tass reported. The legislation is aiming “at increasing the fighting efficiency of the armed forces and reducing human and financial...
Pro-Russians in Ukraine’s Lugansk start pulling back tanks
Po-Russia forces operating in Ukraine’s eastern region of Lugansk say they have begun pulling back tanks from the frontline with government troops. The self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) “has begun a withdrawal of tanks from the line of contact in accordance with” the peace deal signed between the two sides in Minsk,...
OSCE welcomes Ukraine’s weapons withdrawal agreement
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has welcomed the agreement reached between Kiev and the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Luhansk on the withdrawal of weapons from the front line of their conflict in eastern Ukraine. “Today’s agreement is a good sign of the will of all to continue the peace process,...
UN: Over 8,000 people killed in Ukraine crisis
The assistant UN secretary-general for human rights says more than 8,000 people, including civilians, were killed in the Ukrainian conflict since it was broke out in April 2014. “As of today, at least 8,050 people have been killed since the outbreak of hostilities in Eastern Ukraine in mid-April 2014. This includes Ukrainian armed forces,...
Ban hopes ‘solidarity’ shown in JCPOA would solve world conflicts
The United Nations Secretary General has hailed the agreement between Iran and the P5+1 countries over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, expressing hope that the world powers can use the “solidarity” they demonstrated during the nuclear talks to resolve conflicts across the world. “I commend the landmark nuclear agreement between the...
US can’t solve world problems ‘on our own’: Obama
Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, US President Barack Obama stressed the need for diplomacy and cooperation, saying “we can’t solve the world’s problems on our own.” According to Press TV, Obama said Monday that the era when “strong states must impose their will on weaker ones” has come to an end. “We the nations of the...
Kerry says fighting ISIL needs to be coordinated
US Secretary of State John Kerry has stressed the need for a coordinated effort to uproot the Daesh (ISIL) Takfiri group in the Middle East. “I think the critical thing is that all of the efforts need to be coordinated. This is not yet coordinated. I think we have concerns about how we are going to go forward,” he told reporters on...
US preparing for potential war with Russia in Baltic: Report
Washington is preparing for a possible war involving Russia in eastern European countries near the Russian border through persisting US-led NATO war games in the Baltic region, a German daily claims. The US Defense Department has shifted its military strategy with respect to Moscow, choosing the Baltic states bordering Russia as the battleground...
Egypt to purchase two French Mistral warships initially built for Russia
Egypt will purchase the two French Mistral warships initially built for Russia, the French presidential office the Elysee said Wednesday. “Egypt agreed on the principle and the terms of the acquisition of the two Mistral-class amphibious assault ships,” the Elysee said in a press release, Xinhua reported. No details on the terms and...
Moscow warns against NATO advancement toward Russian borders
A top Russian official warns that Russia will take countermeasures to ensure its national security in the face of any NATO advancement toward Russian frontiers. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said “Any expansion of an organization like NATO in the direction of our borders will make it imperative for us to take countermeasures to ensure our own...
