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Three civilians killed in eastern Ukraine landmine blast
Three civilians are killed as a passenger minibus leaving Donetsk strikes a landmine in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Landmine kills four civilians in east Ukraine
Four Ukrainian civilians were killed when a minivan carrying them drove over a landmine as they waited to cross out of separatist-held territory in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, authorities said. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia proposed new plan to end Syria war
Russia proposed a new plan to Washington to resolve the Syrian crisis, noting that it did not include the removal of President Bashar Al-Assad, the Anadolu Agency reported a senior official as saying yesterday. In an interview with the Russian Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said: “Russia is not alone in...
IMF chief warns Ukraine over rescue program
‘Without a substantial new effort to invigorate governance reforms and fight corruption, it is hard to see how the IMF-supported program can continue and be successful,’ Christine Lagarde says …read more Source: World...
Lavrov: Moscow proposed to Washington a tangible plan to solve crisis in Syria
Moscow, SANA-Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Moscow has proposed to Washington a tangible plan for the settlement in Syria, hoping the US would soon answer to the plan. “Washington has asked Moscow to help solve the crises in Syria and Ukraine after the US became desperate due to its polices,” Lavrov told Russian Moskovskij...
Suspension of Turkey flights costs Russian airports heavily
A top official at Russia’s busiest airport says the halt or reduction of flights to Turkey, Ukraine and Egypt over the past three months has cost the country’s airports six billion rubles ($77 million) …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine to sell 25% of state banks’ assets
Ukraine is planning for a reform of the banking sector. …read more Source:...
US Labor Against the War (USLAW) – Articles Profile
The year 2015 was marked by violence and war. The most prevalent story in the U.S. media throughout the year was ISIS. The Paris attacks, mass shootings, police brutality, terrorism, the Charleston massacre and the refugee crisis were also among the top 10 stories of the year. The U.S., as the world’s leading military power, played an...
Russia puts troops on high alert ahead of military drills
Russia has put its troops on combat alert across the country’s southwestern territories amid massive military drills meant to test the readiness of the military. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Monday that troops were scrambled to the drill zone and put on high alert earlier in the day to mark the beginning of the military...
Ukraine backtracks on Babi Yar plans amid accusations of Holocaust revisionism
Ukrainian gov’t is facing allegations that it’s engaging in historical revisionism following announcement of plans to revamp massacre site to generic symbol rather than emblem of Holocaust. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
