Section: The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Russia ready for more dialogue with U.S.
Russia’s top diplomat said Sunday his country was ready for more engagement with the U.S. on North Korea, Syria, Ukraine and other pressing matters, even as Moscow braced for new sanctions from the Trump administration. …read more Source: The Daily...
EU slaps new sanctions on Moscow over Crimea turbines
The EU expanded its Russia sanctions blacklist Friday, targeting three people including the deputy energy minister and three companies involved in diverting gas turbines sold by German firm Siemens to Russian-annexed Crimea. …read more Source: The Daily...
EU slaps new sanctions on Russia over Crimea turbines
The EU expanded its Russia sanctions blacklist Friday, targeting three people including the deputy energy minister and three companies involved in diverting gas turbines sold by German firm Siemens to Russian-annexed Crimea. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia ties most ‘difficult’ since Cold War: NATO
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that ties between the alliance and Moscow were at their most difficult phase since the Cold War, blaming Russia for its role in the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: The Daily...
Romania blocks Russia minister plane to Moldova
Romania said Friday it had blocked a Moldova-bound plane carrying Russia’s deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin from entering its airspace because of an EU travel ban linked to sanctions over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine president strips one-time ally Saakashvili of citizenship
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has stripped one-time ally Mikheil Saakashvili of his Ukrainian citizenship, the migration service said on Wednesday, spelling the likely end of the former Georgian president’s political aspirations in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Daily...
Kremlin: U.S. arms supplies to Ukraine would set back peace efforts
Any U.S. decision to supply Ukraine with lethal weapons would set back peace efforts and escalate tensions, the Kremlin said Tuesday …read more Source: The Daily...
Macron to discuss Ukraine next week with Putin, Merkel and Poroshenko
French President Emmanuel Macron will call the leaders of Russia, Germany and Ukraine on Monday to discuss the conflict in eastern Ukraine, his office said in a statement. …read more Source: The Daily...
Fighting kills 6 Ukraine soldiers in fresh spike in violence
Clashes with Russian-backed rebels left six Ukrainian soldiers dead Thursday in the bloodiest surge in fighting along the volatile frontline in recent months. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukrainian separatists proclaim a new state
Separatists in eastern Ukraine have proclaimed a new state on the territories they control …read more Source: The Daily...
