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Britain’s Cameron appeals to EU reform doubters at home, abroad (Updated)
By Kylie MacLellan and Elizabeth Piper British Prime Minister David Cameron appealed to doubters at home and in other EU capitals on Tuesday to embrace his attempt to reform the 28-member bloc as a chance to boost prosperity rather than writing it off as ‘Mission Impossible’. Cameron, under pressure after overseeing what critics see as a...
Egypt’s GASC receives offers in wheat tender- traders
Lowest offer in Egyptian state buyer GASC’s wheat purchase tender which closed on Tuesday was USD197.50 per tonne free on board (FOB) for Ukrainian wheat, traders said. …read more Source:...
British diplomats warn UK foreign policy in crisis
The UK is suffering a crisis of “confidence” in its foreign policy, former British diplomats, intelligence officers and academics have warned, the Guardian reported yesterday. The crisis left the UK “sidelined in Syria, ineffective in Ukraine, unwilling in Europe and inimical towards refugees,” the report said. In the report entitled “UK losing...
UK warns against travel to 6 Middle East countries
Egypt, Libya, Syria, Tunisia and Iraq are amongst 18 countries which the UK Foreign Office says British travellers should avoid, a new map has shown. Daesh’s presence in the Middle East has contributed greatly to the list of countries which are classed unsafe for travel. The British government discourages travel to: Iraq Libya Mauritania...
Tomb of Rabbi Hillel of Kolomyia vandalized
Two months after an earlier attack, the tomb in Ukraine was again desecrated. …read more Source: Arutz...
‘UK must quit fixation on past glories’
A new study has strongly criticized the British politicians of obsession with what it describes as “supposed past glories” and has called for a change in that mindset in order to enable the country to cooperate more with the world. The study that was authored by former diplomats and leading academics accused “a foreign-policy elite”...
Human rights group: Jewish mausoleum fire in Ukraine possibly arson
Municipal authorities gave Jewish community permission to add memorial monuments to the park surrounding the mausoleum. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Ukraine would gain ‘credibility’ by beating graft: EU
‘We stressed the need to deliver the anticorruption reform which is the key to credibility and sustainability of all the others,’ EU’s Mogherini says …read more Source: World...
Human rights group: Ukraine Jewish mausoleum fire may have been arson
Grave of former chief rabbi allegedly targeted for second time in two months. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Crimean Tatar leaders meet EU’s Mogherini
Parties discuss de-occupation of Crimea, extension of sanctions against Russia, and release of Crimean political prisoners …read more Source: World...
