Section: The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Turkey’s treatment of journalist damaging German-Turkish ties: minister
Turkey’s treatment of a German-Turkish journalist has caused grave damage to bilateral relations, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said during a visit to Kiev, as local authorities cancelled talks by key Turkish officials …read more Source: The Daily...
At least 11 killed in Ukraine coal mine blast: official
At least 11 coal miners were killed Thursday when a methane gas blast tore through a pit in western Ukraine, the head of the coal miners’ trade union said …read more Source: The Daily...
Putin, Poroshenko held two rounds of fruitless talks: Kiev
Kiev said Thursday that President Petro Poroshenko and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin held two fruitless phone calls about the war in east Ukraine over the past month that had gone undisclosed …read more Source: The Daily...
Trade blockade in east Ukraine riles rebels and Kiev
A locomotive with some 30 empty wagons stands halted before a makeshift barricade of wooden boards and barbed wire …read more Source: The Daily...
US urges Russia to ‘immediately’ observe Ukraine ceasefire
The United States called on Russia to “immediately” observe the cease-fire in Ukraine, accusing combined Russian-separatist forces of targeting international monitors. …read more Source: The Daily...
16 soldiers wounded in Ukraine clashes despite truce: army
Sixteen Ukrainian soldiers were wounded within a 24-hour period in clashes with pro-Russian rebels in the conflict-torn east, despite a fresh truce struck last week, the army said Saturday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Austria court orders release of Ukraine oligarch
An Austria judge Friday ordered the release of Dmytro Firtash, one of Ukraine’s richest men who was detained earlier this week over alleged links to organised crime in Spain …read more Source: The Daily...
Kidnapped Ukrainian MP found unharmed, attackers detained: prosecutor
A Ukrainian lawmaker kidnapped in the southern city of Odessa earlier Thursday has been found unharmed and his attackers have been detained, the local prosecutor’s office said. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ex-Ukraine leader urges Trump to end war in east
Moscow, Feb 22, 2017 (AFP) – Former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych has urged US President Donald Trump to act to stop the war in eastern Ukraine that he blamed on “irresponsible actions” by Kiev and the West. …read more Source: The Daily...
Violence down on second day of latest Ukraine truce
Ukraine said Tuesday that fighting was dying down on the second day of a new truce deal between government forces and Russian-backed rebels, but sporadic shooting rumbled on. …read more Source: The Daily...
