Section: The Daily Star (Lebanon)
France’s Hollande to seek clarity from Trump in Friday phone call
French President Francois Hollande said Friday he hoped U.S. President-elect Donald Trump would clarify his position on issues including conflicts in Syria and Ukraine and Iran’s nuclear deal when the two men talk by phone later in the day …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia says it has detained Ukrainian saboteurs in Crimea
Russia’s Federal Security Service said Thursday it had detained a group of saboteurs who it said were planning to attack military sites and vital infrastructure in Crimea …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine hopes for US support under Trump
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko congratulated US president-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday, expressing hoping that Washington will maintain its support for Kiev after he moves to the White House …read more Source: The Daily...
EU sanctions six Russian MPs from Crimea
The European Union Wednesday added six MPs from Crimea who were recently elected to Russia’s parliament to its sanctions blacklist for their role in supporting Moscow’s seizure of the region from Ukraine …read more Source: The Daily...
Khodorkovsky urges UK to sanction Russian elites
Former oil tycoon and Kremlin foe Mikhail Khodorkovsky Tuesday urged British MPs to punish corrupt Russian officials with assets in Britain, saying broader sanctions on Russia did not work. …read more Source: The Daily...
EU agrees new sanctions against Crimea officials, EU’s presidency says
European Union finance ministers agreed Tuesday on new targeted sanctions against Crimean officials, adding to restrictive measures adopted after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. …read more Source: The Daily...
Georgia’s Saakashvili resigns as governor in Ukraine
Georgia’s pro-Western former president Mikheil Saakashvili announced his resignation Monday from his post as governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region out of frustration at allegedly being reined in from fighting corruption. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine’s leader speaks to ‘fake’ Kyrgyz president
Ukrainian president spoke to what he thought was his Kyrgyz counterpart by phone this week – only to discover that the person on the other end was someone else entirely. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine removes last conscripts from war zone
Ukraine said Wednesday it no longer had conscripted soldiers fighting pro-Russian insurgents for the first time since a conflict that has claimed nearly 10,000 lives began in April 2014 …read more Source: The Daily...
Dutch government seeks more time for solution on Ukraine-EU treaty impasse
The Dutch government sought more time Monday to find a way to avoid having to revoke the country’s support for a partnership agreement between the European Union and Ukraine, the foreign minister said in a letter to parliament. …read more Source: The Daily...
