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Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels issue their own passports
Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine’s separatist Donetsk province on Wednesday began issuing their own passports in a bid to reassert their independence from the Western-backed leaders in Kiev. …read more Source: The Daily...
Turkey reiterates stance on not recognizing referendum in Crimea
Turkey has reiterated that it does not recognize the result of a 2014 referendum in Crimea in which voters elected to join Russia, the Foreign Ministry has said in a statement on the second anniversary of the event …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Judges excuse Serb from war crimes verdict, averting EU sanctions threat
Serbian war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj will not need to attend his sentencing hearing in The Hague later this month, the court trying him said, removing the threat of Serbia being sanctioned for failing to carry out his court summons …read more Source: The Daily...
Turkey slams Russia’s Crimea invasion
Two years after illegal 2014 ‘referendum’, Ankara decries mistreatment of Tatars, condemns annexation …read more Source: Anadolu...
Cats and dogs: fighters’ best friends in east Ukraine
‘Where there is a cat, everything is alright’ …read more Source: Gulf...
Ukraine passes key bill required for visa-free travel to EU
The newly passed legislation establishes public oversight over the assets of high-ranking officials and their relative …read more Source: World...
Proximity along contact line in east Ukraine raises violence risks: OSCE
International monitors want Ukrainian government forces and Russia-backed separatists to pull further apart along the line of contact in east Ukraine, a senior official with Europe’s main security and rights watchdog said Monday …read more Source: The Daily...
France urges EU sanctions against Libya ‘spoilers’
Head of the Tripoli parliament and prime minister of the Tripoli Salvation government are in EU’s sights …read more Source: Gulf...
France: Iran risks EU sanctions over missile tests
‘If necessary, sanctions will be taken,’ French foreign minister says …read more Source: World...
Russia’s Lavrov says hopes US willing to compromise over Minsk agreements on Ukraine
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
