Section: Lebanon
Lebanon partakes in international conference over mainstreaming concept of disabilities in Kiev
NNA – The British Cultural Council held an international conference over mainstreaming the concept of disabilities in Kiev, whereby Lebanon participated in the conference through an official delegatio …read more Source: National News...
US plans to store heavy arms in Baltic, E.Europe: source
The United States plans to store heavy military equipment in the Baltics and Eastern European nations to reassure allies made uneasy by Russian intervention in Ukraine, and to deter further aggression, a senior U.S. official said Saturday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine, Russia protest over attacks on each other’s diplomatic missions
Ukraine protested to Russia after mobs vandalized its embassy in Moscow and its consulate in Rostov-on-Don overnight, a day after Russia made a similar protest to Ukraine over damage to the Russian consulate in Kharkiv …read more Source: The Daily...
Six Ukraine soldiers killed in separatist east: Kiev
Ukraine’s army reported the death of six soldiers in the past day of fighting against pro-Russian insurgents in the former Soviet nation’s separatist east …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine says it may freeze debt payments to fund war
Ukraine’s premier warned that Kiev would freeze its debt repayments if no immediate deal was found with private lenders because it had to fund its escalating campaign against pro-Russian fighters …read more Source: The Daily...
Merkel Stresses Germany Wants Good Relations with Russia
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that Berlin was keen to have good relations with Moscow and was striving for a political solution to the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: Al-Manar...
East Ukraine shelling cuts off gas supplies to Mariupol
Fighting in east Ukraine has damaged a gas pipeline, leaving three towns, including the port city of Mariupol, without gas supplies for up to two days, gas transport monopoly Ukrtransgaz said Friday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Washington’s UN envoy accuses Russia of ‘outright lies’ on Ukraine
Washington’s UN envoy accused Russia on Thursday of spinning “outright lies” on Ukraine designed to hide its direct involvement in the conflict in the east. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia says US coerces Kiev and violates arms treaties
Russia accused the United States of coercing Kiev into pressing on with the conflict in east Ukraine and urged Washington to fully implement a treaty on eliminating intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles …read more Source: The Daily...
Three Civilians, One Soldier Killed in East Ukraine
Three Ukrainian civilians and one soldier have died in the past day of intensifying clashes between the Western-backed Kiev forces and pro-Russian separatists, officials from both sides said Thursday. …read more Source: Al-Manar...