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Former Georgian president wanted in Ukraine
Ukraine issued Wednesday an arrest warrant for former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili on at least three criminal counts, according to a spokeswoman for general prosecutor’s office in Kiev. The…Click To Continue …read more Source: Daily...
Ukraine Police Raid Protest Camp, Fail to Find Former Georgian President
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Dozens of Ukrainian police in riot gear raided a protest camp outside parliament on Wednesday in a failed attempt to detain former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, who was freed from custody by supporters a day earlier. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Iron in grip of local factories
Local iron mills now control the iron market after the Ministry of Industry applied anti-dumping duties on iron imports from China, the Ukraine, and Turkey for a period of five years, ending in June 2021, amid objections from importers on the decision. Minister of Industry Tarek Kabil said that the decision followed complaints from local...
Tillerson takes tough line on Russia, open to peacekeepers
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday there could be no normal relations with Russia until Moscow ended its support for separatists in Ukraine and returned Crimea, in comments likely to reassure Western allies. …read more Source: The Daily...
Mikheil Saakashvili freed by supporters in Ukraine
Kiev has put former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili on its wanted list following a failed attempt to arrest him. …read more Source:...
Supporters free ex-Georgian leader from Ukrainian police
KIEV: Ukrainian supporters of former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili freed him from a police van on Tuesday after his detention on suspicion of assisting a criminal organisation sparked clashes with police in central Kiev. Once freed, Saakashvili raised a hand in a V-for-victory sign — a handcuff still dangling from his wrist as he stood...
Minister meets Russian envoy
HE the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad al-Muraikhi met the Russian ambassador to Qatar Nurmakhmad Kholov in Doha yesterday. The meeting discussed bilateral relations and ways of enhancing the prospects of co-operation between Qatar and Russia, as well as issues of mutual concern. The meeting was attended by a number of...
EU withholds Ukraine funds amid reform concerns
Brussels: The European Union said on Friday it is withholding 600 million euros in financial assistance to Ukraine because it has not made enough progress on a wide-ranging programme of reforms demanded by the bloc. The EU has already paid out 1.2 billion euros in low-interest loans to Ukraine since 2015 to help it cope with a devastating...
Ukraine plans NATO, EU referendums in near future
Ukrainians will be offered referendums on joining NATO and the EU in the “near future”, President Petro Poroshenko said Friday, as conflict rumbles on in the country’s east between the army and Moscow-backed…Click To Continue …read more Source: Daily...
UN appeals for record $22.5bn in global aid
The United Nations appealed yesterday for a record $22.5bn (18.9bn euros) to provide aid in 2018 to soaring numbers of people slammed by conflicts and disasters around the world.The global appeal by UN agencies and other humanitarian organisations aims to raise funds to help the some 91mn most vulnerable of the nearly 136mn people expected to...
