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EU could sanction Egypt over student’s death: Experts
Row between Cairo, Rome over Italian student’s death could eventually lead to EU sanctions on Egypt, experts warn …read more Source: Anadolu...
10,000 turn out to mark east Ukraine rebellion anniversary
Around 10,000 people paraded through the center of Donetsk, the rebel “capital” in eastern Ukraine, to mark the second anniversary of the proclamation of the “Donetsk People’s Republic” …read more Source: The Daily...
Eastern Ukraine sees increase in fighting, 2 deaths reported
Ukraine has reported a sharp increase in attacks by Russia-backed separatists around the government-held town of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine, resulting in at least one civilian death …read more Source: The Daily...
El Salvador raids Mossack Fonseca office, seizes documents
Authorities in El Salvador on Friday raided the local offices of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, seizing documents and equipment, the country’s attorney general’s office said. Attorney General Douglas Melendez, who personally oversaw the raid, said the government decided to sweep the offices after noticing Mossack Fonseca had...
Dutch voters snub EU-Ukraine treaty supported by Ukrainian Jews
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Liverpool holds Dortmund
PARIS — Liverpool claimed an excellent 1-1 draw with Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of its Europa League quarterfinal Thursday as Jurgen Klopp made an emotional return to the Westfalenstadion. The game marked Klopp’s first coming together with his former club since his departure last summer and subsequent appointment by Liverpool back...
Assailants torch office of Ukraine judge
Kiev: Unknown assailants on Friday threw Molotov cocktails and set alight the Kiev office of a Ukrainian judge overseeing the trial of two alleged Russian soldiers captured in the separate east. The attack comes two weeks after police discovered the body of a Ukrainian lawyer who was brutally murdered after representing one of the two Russian...
Russian investigators release first FlyDubai crash report
Russia’s civil aviation authority issued its first report on Friday on last month’s crash of a FlyDubai plane in south-west Russia, providing insight into the event that killed all 62 people on board.The interim report, prepared by Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee, said the plane’s sudden descent occurred directly...
Ukrainian protesters in Kiev urge halt to corruption
Ukrainians have held a protest in front of a presidential office in the capital, Kiev, against the law enforcement bodies whom they accuse of covering up corruption. …read more Source: Iran...
Russia says preparing prisoner handover to Kiev
Russia’s justice ministry on Friday said it was taking preliminary steps to hand over to Kiev four Ukrainian prisoners including film-maker Oleg Sentsov. …read more Source: The Daily...
