Section: Lebanon
Mogherini Says EU Ready to Cooperate with Washington for Sake of Sustainable Peace in Middle East
High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini concluded an official visit to Washington DC on Tuesday where she had bilateral discussions with the US Secretary of State, Michael R. Pompeo, as part of the regular high-level transatlantic political dialogue, as well as with Senior Adviser to the US President, Jared Kushner. In a positive...
Six dead in fire at Ukraine psychiatric hospital: AFP
…read more Source: Al-Manar TV
Ukraine Leader Vows ‘Tough Response’ as Two Soldiers Killed
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia on Friday of violating peace agreements and vowed a tough response after two soldiers were killed in the war-torn east. The two servicemen died as a result of artillery shelling near the village of Novoluganske, some 50 kilometers (30 miles) northeast of the main separatist stronghold of...
Pope to meet Putin before Vatican Ukraine meeting
Pope Francis will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Vatican next month, a day before Catholic leaders from Ukraine gather at the Holy See to discuss the continuing conflict there and the fallout from the schism between the Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox Churches. …read more Source: The Daily...
Four troops killed in Ukraine helicopter crash
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Russia must release detained Ukrainian sailors: maritime tribunal
Moscow must release 24 sailors who were aboard three Ukrainian vessels it intercepted in November as they crossed a strait between Russian-annexed Crimea and southern Russia, an international maritime tribunal said Saturday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia: Int’l Tribunal for Law of Sea Has No Jurisdiction Over Kerch Strait Case
The Russian Foreign Ministry, commenting on the decision of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, obliging Moscow to release Ukrainian sailors, stated that the possibility of invoking the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea to resolve the incident in the Kerch Strait was excluded. “As the Russian side has repeatedly stated,...
Global tribunal tells Moscow to free Ukrainian sailors ‘immediately’
…read more Source: Al-Manar TV
Ukraine may submit any Russia peace deal to referendum
Ukraine may submit any preliminary peace deal agreed with Russia to the Ukrainian people for a referendum, the new head of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s administration told the 112 TV news channel Tuesday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Kremlin Warns Ukraine New Leader against Calls for More Sanctions
The Kremlin on Tuesday warned Ukraine’s new President Volodymyr Zelensky against asking Washington for more sanctions against Russia, suggesting it would not help his efforts to end the war in the east. Zelensky was sworn in as Ukraine’s president on Monday and said his top priority was ending the conflict with Russia-backed...
