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Leaders, villagers remember victims of downed Malaysian plane
By Maria Tsvetkova The rebel-held east Ukrainian village where a Malaysian airliner was shot down honoured the 298 victims at a simple ceremony on Friday as calls grew for an international tribunal to prosecute those who brought it down. After a church service in the village of Hrabove, residents joined a procession across an open field to a...
Football: Fenerbahce to face Shakhtar Donetsk
Istanbul club will square off against Ukrainian squad in the Champions League third qualifying round …read more Source: Anadolu...
One Civilian Injured as Ukrainian Forces Shell Donetsk, Luhansk Overnight
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Ukrainian forces have shelled the Kievsky district in Donetsk from mortars, injuring one civilian, the city administration said on Friday. …read more Source: Fars News...
Russia May Supply 200,000 Tons of Gas to Syria via Crimea
TEHRAN (FNA)- Russia plans to supply Syria with 200, 000 tons of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) per year through the Kerch Sea trading port in Crimea. …read more Source: Fars News...
Ukraine: The “Oligarch” factor
Ukraine is a tangle of geopolitical, political, and economic interests, as well as a country struggling to break out of the oligarch-state model. …read more Source:...
Britain joins call for MH17 tribunal as relatives mourn dead
All 298 passengers and crew died on July 17 last year when the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, on a flight between Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpur, was shot down over rebel-held east Ukraine. …read more Source: Gulf...
Israeli-made air-to-air missile may have downed MH17
Evidence of damage to the MH 17 that crashed in the Ukraine in July last year points to a missile that could possibly be an Israeli Python …read more Source: World...
Jewish refugees in Ukraine to be housed in Fiddler on the Roof village
Planned community to house between 300-500 Jews displaced by pro-Russian insurgency in Eastern… …read more Source:...
The Real Promise of the US-Iran Agreement
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool) Iran and the P5+1 powers have signed a potentially historic agreement to limit Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for the removal of economic sanctions. The accord is a victory for all who favor patient, sometimes frustrating diplomacy over those who favor...
Calls grow to prosecute those who shot down MH17
UK foreign secretary calls for UN-backed tribunal as services are held to remember 298 killed in Ukraine a year ago. …read more Source: AL...
