Section: Middle East
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Ukraine rejects claims of banned cluster bomb use
Human Rights Watch says a detailed investigation indicates “widespread” use of the banned weapons …read more Source: Gulf...
High-stakes Russia-Ukraine-EU gas talks begin in Brussels
Russia, Ukraine and the EU began crunch gas talks on Oct. 21 to resolve a bitter price dispute and end fears that Moscow could halt crucial energy supplies to Europe this winter. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Controlling Brazil’s Amazonian deforestation
By Philip Fearnside Brazil’s Amazonian deforestation declined dramatically from 2004 to 2012, and many have been quick to claim credit for the improvement. The Brazilian government has repeatedly claimed that the change is thanks to inspections and fines for illegal clearing, and soy multinationals claim their supply chains are now “green”...
Total CEO de Margerie killed in Moscow as jet hits snow plough
By Vladimir Soldatkin The chief executive of French oil major Total, Christophe de Margerie, was killed when his private jet collided with a snow plough as it was taking off from Moscow’s Vnukovo airport on Monday night. De Margerie’s death leaves a void at the top of one of the world’s biggest listed oil firms at a difficult...
Ukraine saw 1000 dead or missing in Illovaisk clashes
Commission blames the heavy losses on former Defense Ministry and General Staff, who took no action ahead of the attacks …read more Source: Anadolu...
Pro-Russian rebels end cease-fire agreement with Ukraine
The pro-Russian separatists continued their attacks against the Ukrainian army in the eastern Ukrainian town of Smeloe, in the Luhansk region …read more Source: Anadolu...
Shelling in east Ukraine’s Donetsk kills 4 civilians
13 Ukrainian servicemen had been wounded in the past 24 hours …read more Source: Gulf...
Bombing in Ukraine’s Donetsk kills four civilians
Pro-Russian rebels clash with government forces in separatist stronghold despite September cease-fire. …read more Source:...
Military action cannot create success in Donetsk: Poroshenko
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko tells national television channel Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics dependent on Ukraine …read more Source: Anadolu...
Ukraine, Russia see imminent end to latest gas war
Ukraine and Russia stood on the verge of resolving their latest gas war in time to keep the war-scarred nation and EU clients warm through the winter months. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
