Section: Middle East
- Bahrain (7)
- Cyprus (453)
- Egypt (1,041)
- Iran (2,140)
- Iraq (5)
- Israel (1,508)
- Jordan (139)
- Kuwait (303)
- Lebanon (1,816)
- Oman (45)
- Palestine (44)
- Qatar (690)
- Saudi Arabia (214)
- Syria (70)
- Turkey (2,473)
- United Arab Emirates (2,608)
UN: Deaths keep rising in Ukraine, now over 4,300
Firefighters tackle a blaze after shelling destroyed several houses in Donetsk on November 20, 2014. (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana) Geneva, AP—The fighting in eastern Ukraine has killed nearly 300 people in the last month despite a ceasefire and has violated people’s rights so much it could amount to war crimes, UN rights investigators said...
UN: Nearly 1,000 deaths since Ukraine truce
Report says deaths continue at rate of nearly 13 per day, despite supposed ceasefire being in effect since September. …read more Source: AL...
UN: Rights Abuses on Rise in War-torn E. Ukraine
GENEVA—A new United Nations report found the presence of large numbers of sophisticated weapons as well as foreign fighters, including Russian soldiers, have led to a worsening of the human rights situation in eastern Ukraine. The report issued by the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said serious human rights violations...
Russia: US Arms Supplies to Ukraine Would Destabilize Situation
Russia said on Thursday that the United States providing weapons to Ukraine’s government to … …read more Source:...
Ukraine death toll rises to more than 4,300 despite ceasefire
Fighting in eastern Ukraine has killed an average of 13 people each day in the eight weeks since the ceasefire agreement, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said …read more Source: World...
Ukraine peace outlook is bleak – OSCE official
By Michael Shields Prospects for peace in eastern Ukraine are “bleak”, underscoring the need to uphold a shaky ceasefire between government forces and pro-Russian separatist rebels, a senior official from the OSCE security watchdog said on Thursday Swiss diplomat Heidi Tagliavini, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s...
Russia: U.S. arms supplies to Ukraine would destabilise situation
Washington backs Kiev in its struggle against the pro-Russian separatists in two eastern regions of Ukraine and has imposed sanctions on Russia over its policies in the crisis. …read more Source: World...
Hungary’s PM: we’ll choose our own path in ties with Russia
Orban said Hungary opposed any break-up of Ukraine. He said a sovereign Ukraine was important because it acted as a buffer between Hungary and Russia …read more Source: World...
Ukraine peace outlook is bleak – OSCE official
Fighting in eastern Ukraine has killed an average of 13 people each day in the eight weeks since the ceasefire agreement, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said …read more Source: World...
Senior diplomat: Ukraine peace outlook is bleak
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
