Section: The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Lawyer for 2 Russian troops in Ukraine found dead
A lawyer for two Russian servicemen on trial in Ukraine has been found dead …read more Source: The Daily...
MH17 investigation team in Malaysia to discuss legal options
A joint team investigating the downing of a Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine in 2014 is in Malaysia to discuss options with authorities to set up a tribunal to hold those responsible to account, the Malaysian transport minister said Thursday …read more Source: The Daily...
Kerry to visit Belgium on Friday in show of US support after bombings
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Belgium Friday to voice U.S. support for investigations of Tuesday’s bombings, a State Department spokesman said Wednesday after Kerry arrived in Moscow for talks on Syria and Ukraine …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia accuses Ukraine of ignoring peace deal
Opening a day of intense international diplomacy Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Wednesday accused Ukrainian’s government of dragging its feet on implementing last year’s cease-fire agreement …read more Source: The Daily...
US slams Russia’s ‘blatant disregard’ for justice in Ukraine pilot case
The United States on Tuesday slammed what it called Moscow’s “blatant disregard for the principles of justice” after a court sentenced a female Ukrainian military pilot to 22 years in prison over the killing of two journalists …read more Source: The Daily...
Kiev, Moscow get into ugly spat over Brussels attacks
The head of Ukraine’s state security services said Tuesday he could not rule out Moscow’s involvement in the deadly Brussels blasts, prompting the Russian prime minister to call him a “moron” …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine reporter’s body buried 16 years after beheading
The remains of a Ukrainian pro-opposition reporter who came to symbolize the fight for free speech were laid to rest Tuesday nearly 16 years after his mysterious kidnapping and beheading …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine’s finance minister launches bid to lead technocrat government
Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko threw her hat into the ring Tuesday to head a technocrat government of people uncompromised by “a political past” after weeks of speculation over whether she would try to replace Arseny Yatseniuk …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine to call up 10,000 soldiers in new mobilisation drive
Ukraine’s military will call up some 10,000 men and seek volunteers to replace some of the 45,000 soldiers who are due to return home after more than a year on the front lines in the separatist east, President Petro Poroshenko said Tuesday …read more Source: The Daily...
Russian court finds Ukraine pilot Savchenko guilty over journalist killings
A court in southern Russia on Monday found Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko guilty of murder over the killing of two Russian journalists in war-torn east Ukraine, at a trial condemned by Kiev and the West as a political sham. …read more Source: The Daily...
