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Obama Orders Trade Ban on Crimea for Russian ‘Occupation’
President Barack Obama has imposed a wide-ranging trade ban on the Russian-annexed Crimea peninsula, with an executive order that bars … …read more Source:...
Opinion: Tumbling Oil Prices and Assad’s Friends
As oil prices continue to fall, it is evident that a state of paranoia has afflicted Iran and Russia—two allies of the government of Bashar Al-Assad. Tehran and Moscow have issued similar statements in terms of their condemnation of plummeting oil prices, both claiming that this is the product of a conspiracy, rather than prevailing economic...
UN: Children Bearing Brunt of Ukraine War
GENEVA—The U.N. Children’s Fund reports that the conflict in Ukraine is having a terrible impact on more than 1.7 million children. The … …read more Source:...
Russia warns against new US sanctions
WASHINGTON: New US legislation authorising sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine crisis could undermine relations between Moscow and Washington for a long time, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying on Friday. In a phone call with US Secretary of State John Kerry, Lavrov said that the new legislation “threatening new...
Bloody clashes resume ahead of Ukraine peace talks
Ukrainian forces lost five soldiers on Friday in a sudden resurgence of clashes ahead of peace talks aimed at ending the separatist conflict and mending East-West ties. …read more Source: Gulf...
Rebels say new Ukraine peace talks will not take place on Sunday
Ukranian separatist leader says talks will not go ahead on Sunday and a date is yet to be set. …read more Source: World...
Western companies scramble to cope with Russian rouble drop
Carmakers have scaled back business as collapsing oil prices and sanctions over Ukraine push Russia into recession …read more Source: World...
Belarus’s Lukashenko, Ukraine’s Poroshenko to meet in Kiev
Lukashenko and Poroshenko will meet on Sunday, in Kiev; Belarus’s official news agency Belta reported …read more Source: World...
German cars excluded from Crimea sanctions list
Sanctions not intended to weaken Russian economy ‘but to effectuate a change in relations,’ says German foreign ministry spokeswoman …read more Source: Anadolu...
German cars excluded from Crimea sanctions list
Sanctions not intended to weaken Russian economy ‘but to effectuate a change in relations,’ says German foreign ministry spokeswoman …read more Source: World...
