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Mali hotel siege ends, hostages freed – Mali defense ministry
Malian special forces backed by French soldiers ended the siege of a hotel in central Mali early on Saturday, freeing four hostages being held there by suspected Islamist militants, a defense ministry spokesman said. “It seems to be over and it has ended well,” said Colonel Diaran Koné. “We freed the four hostages. But...
Separatist leader warns fighting in E. Ukraine could escalate
Alexandr Zakharchenko says Ukrainian army is unwilling to continue a diplomatic dialogue with separatists …read more Source: World...
Gorbachev Calls for Nuclear Free World on Hiroshima Day
SPIEGEL: Mikhail Sergeyevich, during your inaugural speech as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in March 1985, you warned of nuclear war and called for the “complete destruction of nuclear weapons and a permanent ban on them.” Did you mean that seriously? Gorbachev: The discussion about disarmament had...
Ukraine buries unidentified soldiers
ZAPORIZHZHYA: Ukraine buried on Friday 57 soldiers still unidentified up to a year after being killed in the eastern separatist conflict, highlighting the difficulties the country faces moving on from one of its deadliest military defeats. Mournful chants drifted over the graves of the nameless soldiers, most of whom fell in the battle of...
Tighter US sanctions over Ukraine ‘destroying relations’: Kremlin
The United States is further damaging its relations with Moscow by adding a Russian offshore oil and gas field to its sanctions imposed over Ukraine, a Kremlin spokesman said Friday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine buries unidentified soldiers months after eastern battle
Ukraine buried Friday 57 soldiers still unidentified up to a year after being killed in the eastern separatist conflict, highlighting the difficulties the country faces moving on from one of its deadliest military defeats. …read more Source: The Daily...
Philip Hammond: There may be an opportunity to normalize ties with Iran but we should not blind ourselves to the risks
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond attends a joint news conference with Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides (not pictured) following their meeting in Nicosia, Cyprus, on July 17, 2015. (EPA/KATIA CHRISTODOULOU)London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Since becoming the United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary on July 15, 2014, Philip Hammond has had...
EU offers more help for farmers hurt by Russia sanctions
The EU Friday formally extended until next year a multi-million-euro aid package to help European fruit and vegetable growers hit by Russian sanctions over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The Daily...
Gunmen attack hotel in central Mali, one dead
At least one person was killed in an attack early on Friday by unidentified gunmen on a hotel in central Mali frequented by United Nations peacekeepers in the West African nation, a witness and a military spokesman said. The raid targeted a hotel on the road to the airport in Sevare, which services the larger town of Mopti. The body of one victim...
OSCE sees no weaponry crossing from Russia into Ukraine
The head of a European monitoring mission confirms that no weaponry or people bearing arms have crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border during nearly a year of observations. …read more Source: Iran...
