Section: Lebanon
Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels swap 20 prisoners
Ukrainian armed forces and pro-Russian insurgents on Thursday exchanged 20 prisoners in a goodwill gesture designed to get peace talks aimed at ending the 18-month crisis back on track. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine loses soldier in sudden upsurge in violence
Ukraine said Tuesday one of its soldiers had died in a mortar fire exchange with pro-Russian insurgents near the shelled-out remains of an airport in the rebels’ de facto capital Donetsk …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine ex-adviser wins EU court case against sanctions
A former adviser to ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich scored a legal victory over the European Union Monday when an EU court ruled that the bloc had been wrong to freeze his assets …read more Source: The Daily...
Russian Navy Holds Drill Aimed to ’Repel Strikes’ on Crimea
Russia said Monday its navy is holding drills off the coast of Crimea to practice thwarting an attack on the Black Sea peninsula it annexed from Ukraine last year. …read more Source: Al-Manar...
May the police force be with you: Chewbacca arrested at Ukraine polls
A man dressed as Star Wars character Chewbacca was detained and fined for disobeying police during local polls in Ukraine Sunday …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine rebels says MSF banned for ‘espionage’
Pro-Russian insurgents in Ukraine’s eastern separatist Donetsk region said Sunday they had banned Doctors Without Borders (MSF) from working in the area for alleged espionage activity and other crimes. …read more Source: The Daily...
Decisive Ukraine vote marred by cancelled vote in key port
Western-backed Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s fragile ruling coalition faced a major survival test Sunday in local elections that were instantly marred as voting was cancelled in the strategic port of Mariupol …read more Source: The Daily...
Merkel says wants good economic ties with Ukraine, Russia
(Adds background) German Chancellor Angela Merkel said a European Union free trade agreement with Ukraine is not directed against Russia and that Berlin wants good economic ties with both Ukraine and Russia …read more Source: The Daily...
Poroshenko faces judgement day as Ukraine votes without rebel east
Pro-Western President Petro Poroshenko faces a stern test of his unpopular belt-tightening measures and stuttering anti-corruption drive when Ukraine votes in local elections Sunday that exclude the pro-Russian separatist east …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine sees signs that truce can endure
As Vladimir Putin’s bombing campaign in Syria enters a fourth week, Ukrainian officials are increasingly hopeful the country’s cease-fire with pro-Russian separatists will lead to a lasting peace. …read more Source: The Daily...
