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Crew families sue Malaysia Airlines over downing of jet
The families of six crew members on a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet shot down over Ukraine nearly two years ago filed lawsuits against the airline Thursday, accusing it of negligence and breach of contract …read more Source: The Daily...
Pro-Russian rebels accuse Ukraine of fresh offensive
Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine Wednesday accused government soldiers of launching a new offensive near a prized but obliterated airport in the separatists’ de facto capital of Donetsk. …read more Source: The Daily...
Crimean Tatars go on trial for joining Islamist ‘terrorist’ group
A military court in southern Russia Wednesday held the first full hearing in the trial of four Crimean Tatars accused of joining a radical Islamist group. …read more Source: The Daily...
Merkel sees no reason to roll back Russia sanctions: spokeswoman
German Chancellor Angela Merkel sees no reason at all now to roll back sanctions against Russia in the Ukraine crisis, a government spokeswoman said Wednesday …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine detains ‘two ISIS fighters’ headed for Europe
Ukraine said Wednesday it had detained two ISIS fighters from Syria who were trying to cross into western Europe in order to stage new attacks …read more Source: The Daily...
Crimean Tatar journalist warned of ‘extremism’ over Facebook post
A prominent Crimean Tatar journalist on the Moscow-annexed peninsula on Monday said she had received a warning from prosecutors over extremist views for highlighting the plight of Tatar children whose parents have been detained. …read more Source: The Daily...
17 die in fire at Ukraine home for elderly
Seventeen people died when an unlicenced home for elderly people outside the Ukrainian capital Kiev caught fire in the early hours of Sunday, a fresh tragedy to shake the conflict-riven country …read more Source: The Daily...
Fire Kills 17 At Home For The Elderly In Ukraine
NNA – At least 17 people have been killed in a fire at an elderly people39;s home in a village in Ukraine. The blaze broke out at the residential property in Litochky, 23 miles northeast of the capi …read more Source: National News...
Sixteen killed in house fire in village near Kiev
Sixteen people have been killed and one is missing after a fire broke out in a residential building housing elderly people in a village near Kiev, Ukraine’s state emergency service said in a statement Sunday …read more Source: The Daily...
Savchenko: I could run for president if Ukrainians want it
Nadiya Savchenko, a pilot who returned to a hero’s welcome in Ukraine after two years in Russian custody, declared Friday she would run for president if that’s what Ukrainians wanted. …read more Source: The Daily...
