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New Ukraine, Russia gas talks for April 14 in Berlin: EU
The EU said on Tuesday it will broker a fresh round of Russian-Ukrainian talks next week in Berlin … …read more Source: Gulf...
Fast-growing Asian aviation confronts safety challenges
HONG KONG — For Asia’s aviation industry, the growing pains have just begun. A year of disasters, the disappearance of Flight 370 and financial turbulence highlight the challenges confronting the world’s biggest air travel market, where governments, regulators and airlines are struggling to keep up after a decade of astonishing...
Ukraine: Poroshenko offers decentralization referendum
Ukrainian president considers decentralization, a key demand of pro-Russian separatist rebels in eastern provinces …read more Source: Anadolu...
Poroshenko not opposed to plebiscite
KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday publicly lifted his objections to a referendum that could give more powers to the restive regions engulfed in more than a year of warfare, reversing his government’s previous position. Russia-backed separatists, however, dismissed Poroshenko’s gesture as meaningless. The conflict...
Czech president bans US envoy from palace over Ukraine
A rare public dispute has broken out between the president of the Czech Republic and the US ambassador to the central European country. The dispute started after Ambassador Andrew Shapiro faulted President Milos Zeman for attending a Russian military parade at a time Moscow is being criticised by the US for its involvement in the conflict in...
Czech president bans US envoy from palace over Ukraine
Country’s PM and parliament side with envoy after he criticises president for attending Russian military parade. …read more Source: AL...
Ukraine far-right leader made army advisor in move to control militias
The controversial leader of Ukraine’s ultra-nationalist Pravy Sektor paramilitary group, which is fighting pro-Russian rebels alongside government troops, was made an army advisor as Kiev seeks to tighten its control over volunteer fighters …read more Source: The Daily...
Czech president, US envoy in rare public spat over Ukraine
Czech President Milos Zeman and the U.S. ambassador to Prague are in a rare public dispute over Zeman’s decision to attend a Russian military parade …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukrainian Leader Lifts Objections to Vote on Regional Power
KYIV—Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday publicly lifted his objections to a referendum that could give more powers to the restive regions engulfed in more than a year of warfare, reversing his government’s previous position. Russia-backed separatists, however, dismissed Poroshenko’s gesture as meaningless. The conflict...
Opinion: Moscow is seeking a foothold in the Arabian Peninsula
So Russia is concerned about the humanitarian situation in Yemen! Do not ask how and why this has suddenly happened. Russia seems to have a twinge of guilt perhaps and wants to atone for its previous mistakes against the Syrian people, hundreds of thousands of whom it has helped kill, also displacing millions. But Russia will not atone for its...
