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Britain lists Russia as major national security threat
Britain has listed Russia as one of its top-tier potential security threats alongside global terrorism and the Ebola virus. UK’s security services published a draft of a new list of what they deem as possible threats to the country, the Express reported on Sunday. Russia’s alleged aggression in Ukraine, the country’s vast...
Revisiting Rabin’s ancestral home in Ukraine – 20 years after the assassination
Limmud FSU founder located the birthplace of late prime minister’s father, even though the Rabin family thought it impossible. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Carter says Russia, China potentially threaten global order
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter accused Russia of endangering world order, citing its incursions in Ukraine and loose talk about nuclear weapons, and said the U.S. defense establishment is searching for creative ways to deter Russian aggression and protect U.S. allies …read more Source: The Daily...
Kiev completes arms pullout from eastern front: army
Ukraine’s military said Saturday it has finished withdrawing its weapons from the eastern frontline with pro-Russia rebels, where clashes have erupted in recent days despite a ceasefire. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia, Ukraine ministers discuss peace in Ukraine
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Minsk agreements implementation in Ukraine delayed till 2016: Lavrov
Foreign ministers taking part in the Normandy format meeting in Berlin agree that the Minsk agreements have to be fully implemented, but this is unlikely to happen by the end of 2015, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told journalists Friday, RIA Novosti reports. The withdrawal of heavy and light weapons under 100-mm caliber from the line of...
Kiev, pro-Russia forces in Ukraine agree on heavy arms pullback
The Ukrainian military and pro-Russia forces in eastern Ukraine have reached an accord to complete the withdrawal of heavy weapons from front lines following a round of peace talks in Berlin, the German foreign minister says. …read more Source: Iran...
Kiev, pro-Russia forces in Ukraine agree on heavy arms pullback
The Ukrainian military and pro-Russia forces in eastern Ukraine agree to complete a heavy weapons withdrawal from front lines. …read more Source:...
Russian and Egyptian officials are not to be trusted over airline crash
Russian tourists at Sharm el-Sheikh airport, in Egypt, on Friday. (Khaled Elfiqi/European Pressphoto Agency) By Editorial Board November 6 at 8:43 PM THE CRASH of a Russian airliner in the Sinai Peninsula last week posed an immediate test for Russia, whose citizens made up most of the 224 killed, and for Egypt, which is responsible for security...
Top ally of Poroshenko foe under house arrest
KIEV: The right-hand man of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s top political rival was placed under house arrest for two months on Friday pending a probe into his links to organised crime. The case of 45-year-old Gennadiy Korban — a partner of Poroshenko’s foe, Ukraine’s third-richest man Igor Kolomoyskiy — has created a...
