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Russian court extends arrest of a group of Ukrainian sailors
A court in Moscow Wednesday ordered the first six of 24 Ukrainian sailors seized by Russia off the coast of Crimea last year to be held in pre-trial detention for another three months. …read more Source: The Daily...
Five years after MH17 tragedy a ray of hope for justice
Families, investigators urge Russia to cooperate, five years after plane shot down over rebel-held territory in Ukraine. …read more Source: AL...
Ministry of Health & Prevention warns of health hazards due to illegal slaughtering away from the approved abattoirs
The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has issued a warning against the risks of the virus Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), which is resulting from the indiscriminate slaughtering of sacrificial animals, whether at houses or by unauthorized street butchers. Such type of illegal slaughtering is increasing with the approach of Eid Al...
Iraq deports 33 children of Russian Daesh members
Iraq announced yesterday that it had deported as many as 33 children born to Russian mothers affiliated with Daesh back to Russia.The Iraqi foreign ministry said in a statement that it has been working with the competent government agencies, including the Supreme Judicial Council, the Ministry of Justice, and the security services, to resolve the...
PM wants to fly before elections, FM sanctions will make that difficult
Netanyahu hoping to fly to Japan at the end of the month, and Ukraine and India before country goes to polls …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Italy seizes air-to-air missile, guns in raids on neo-Nazis
Italian police have seized a large arsenal of weapons, including an air-to-air missile, in raids on neo-Nazi sympathisers, they said on Monday. Elite police forces searched properties across northern Italy following an investigation into Italians who had fought alongside Russian-backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine, a police statement...
Iraq returns children of IS foreign fighters to Russia
Iraq returns children of IS foreign fighters to Russia Baghdad said it has returned more than 400 children of IS fighters back to their country of origin Areeb Ullah Mon, 07/15/2019 – 16:56 Iraq said that it had returned hundreds of children from Azerbaijan, Belarus, France, Finland, Germany, Georgia, Tajikistan, and Ukraine …read...
Major prisoner swap between Russia, Ukraine in limbo
A much-anticipated prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine was thrown into uncertainty Monday after a Ukrainian court postponed a hearing that was expected to release an imprisoned Russian journalist. …read more Source: The Daily...
Grenades fired at Ukrainian news station
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Ukraine investigates grenade attack on Kiev TV station
Ukrainian authorities said on Saturday they were investigating an attack on a Kiev television station owned by an opposition election candidate, which caused damage but injured no one. An unknown assailant fired a rocket-propelled grenade at the 112 TV channel building in western Kiev at 0340 a.m. (0040 GMT), police said in a statement, adding...
