Section: Lebanon
Volunteer named governor in eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Wednesday appointed a well-known volunteer as governor in one of the two war-torn regions in the east in a possible sign of a policy change. …read more Source: The Daily...
Hundreds of Ukrainian right-wingers rally against govt
Hundreds of Ukrainian right-wingers were rallying in Kiev Tuesday to protest against government policies in the wake of a deadly stand-off between radical nationalists and police in the country’s west. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine film director goes on trial in Russia
A Ukrainian film director went on trial on terror charges in southern Russia Tuesday, after Moscow held him for more than a year in a case decried by Kiev, rights groups and prominent film directors across the globe. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia submits alternative UN resolution on MH17
Russia says it has introduced an alternative UN resolution opposed to creating a tribunal that would prosecute those responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over rebel-held east Ukraine …read more Source: The Daily...
Eyeing Russia, US leads fresh military drills in Ukraine
Ukrainian and US troops launch fresh drills near the war-torn country’s Polish border in a bid to show unity and resolve in the face of an increasingly defiant Kremlin …read more Source: The Daily...
Eyeing Russia, U.S. leads fresh military drills in Ukraine
NNA – Ukrainian and U.S. troops launched fresh drills Monday near the war-torn country39;s Polish border in a bid to show unity and resolve in the face of an increasingly resurgent Kremlin. The ann …read more Source: National News...
800 troops from US, Europe take part in Moldova exercises
Some 800 troops from Moldova, the U.S., Romania, Poland and Georgia are taking part in joint military exercises in Moldova, a former Soviet republic that borders Ukraine. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine, rebels trade blame over shelling of central Donetsk
The Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatists accused each other Sunday of shelling residential districts of separatist-held Donetsk overnight, the first attack on central parts of the city since a February cease-fire agreement. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine rebels: Ready to pull back tanks, smaller weapons
Ukraine’s Russia-backed separatist rebels say they are ready to pull back smaller-caliber weapons from much of the front line in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: The Daily...
Putin orders formation of new military reserve force
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the creation of a new reserve armed force as part of steps to improve training and military readiness at a time of international tensions with the West over Ukraine. …read more Source: The Daily...
