Section: Lebanon
Germany confirms ‘Normandy’ talks on Ukraine in Berlin
The foreign ministers of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine will meet in Berlin Monday to discuss the implementation of the Minsk cease-fire agreement, a spokesperson for Germany’s foreign ministry confirms …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine separatist leader warns of possible return to war
Ukrainian pro-Russian separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko accuses the Kiev government of ‘totally ignoring’ the terms of a peace deal and warned in an interview with AFP that fighting might resume …read more Source: The Daily...
Amnesty says Ukraine rebels executed government soldiers
Amnesty International says that it has evidence that Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine have executed several captured government soldiers in gross violation of international humanitarian law …read more Source: The Daily...
Greece urges halt to Western sanctions against Russia
NNA – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has criticized the sanctions against Russia, urging an end to the measures taken by the West over the crisis in Ukraine. “To get out of this profound crisis w …read more Source: National News...
Two soldiers, one rebel killed in east Ukraine fighting
Two soldiers and a pro-Russian rebel were killed in the last 24 hours in eastern Ukraine where isolated clashes continue in breach of a truce to end the yearlong war. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russian deputy who opposed Crimea seizure stripped of immunity
Russia’s parliament votes to strip the only deputy who voted against last year’s annexation of Crimea of his immunity from prosecution as a lawmaker …read more Source: The Daily...
Two bomb blasts in Ukraine's Kharkiv, no casualties
NNA – Two bomb attacks early Tuesday shook Ukraine39;s second city Kharkiv, near the Russian border and the frontline of the country39;s war, causing some damage but no casualties. The Kharkiv pr …read more Source: National News...
Ukraine far-right leader made army advisor in move to control militias
The controversial leader of Ukraine’s ultra-nationalist Pravy Sektor paramilitary group, which is fighting pro-Russian rebels alongside government troops, was made an army advisor as Kiev seeks to tighten its control over volunteer fighters …read more Source: The Daily...
Czech president, US envoy in rare public spat over Ukraine
Czech President Milos Zeman and the U.S. ambassador to Prague are in a rare public dispute over Zeman’s decision to attend a Russian military parade …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukrainian leader lifts objections to vote on regional power
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko publicly lifts his objections to a referendum that could give more powers to the restive regions engulfed in more than a year of warfare …read more Source: The Daily...
