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Erekat Slams Eurovision Contest’s Palestinian Flag Ban
PLO Secretary General Saeb Erekat slammed the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) on Saturday for banning the Palestinian flag from the 2016 Eurovision song contest, calling the ruling “discriminatory and a serious offense against our nation.” In a letter obtained by Ma’an addressed to EBU President Jean-Paul Philippot, Erekat expressed his...
Ukraine crisis: Troops killed in east despite truce
Clashes leave two soldiers dead and four wounded, just hours after truce approved by both sides in Minsk takes effect. …read more Source: AL...
Cold War-style hotline with NATO, Moscow over Ukraine
With two soldiers killed in Ukraine in fresh fighting, tension has risen with NATO feeling the need for a Cold War-style hotlines with Moscow to avoid clashes …read more Source: World...
Two Ukrainian soldiers killed in rebel east despite truce
Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed in fresh fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in the east even as a new truce took effect, Kiev said Saturday …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels agree Orthodox Easter truce
The two-year war has now killed more than 9,300 people as the sides trade blame for violating the… …read more Source:...
Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels agree Orthodox Easter truce
Ukraine’s government on Friday agreed a new truce with pro-Russian insurgents to take effect on Orthodox Easter this weekend, reinforcing a deal signed more than a year ago. …read more Source: The Daily...
Cease-fire in east Ukraine set to begin on Orthodox Easter
The international envoy working to bring peace to eastern Ukraine says agreement has been reached to observe a cease-fire with the start of the Orthodox Easter and May Day holidays. …read more Source: The Daily...
Eurovision bans Crimean Tatar, Kosovo flags alongside ISIL
Controversy sparks as Eurovision officials equate Kosovo, Crimean Tatar, Basque and Palestine flags with that of ISIL …read more Source: World...
Week in pictures: From India’s drought to Syria carnage
Nepal marked the anniversary of the devastating quake while Ukraine remembered victims of 1986 Chernobyl disaster. …read more Source: AL...
UN raises Ukraine death toll to nearly 10,000
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Taye-Brook Zerihoun told the UN Security Council that the total number of casualties now stands at 30,729 …read more Source: World...
