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World’s displaced hits record high of 60 mln, half of them children
By Joseph D’Urso Almost 60 million people worldwide were forcibly uprooted by conflict and persecution at the end of last year, the highest ever recorded number, the UN refugee agency said on Thursday, warning that the situation could deteriorate further. More than half the displaced from crises including Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia were...
Latvia says Russia tensions worst since Cuba crisis
Russia’s nuclear “sabre-rattling” and refusal to abide by the terms of a ceasefire in Ukraine have dragged East-West relations to their lowest level since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, Latvian FM said …read more Source: World...
Ukraine fired head of state security service
Ukraine’s parliament has dismissed the head of state security. …read more Source: World...
Three Ukrainian soldiers killed as fighting intensifies in east : Ukraine military
Three Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and 14 wounded in the past 24 hours in fighting in separatist eastern territories despite a ceasefire, the Ukrainian military said Thursday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia ‘may toughen counter-sanctions’ over Ukraine
Russia may toughen its response to sanctions imposed by the European Union over the crisis in Ukraine if the bloc extends its measures against Moscow, a Kremlin aide said on June 18 …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Turkey and Russia postpone gas pipeline talks
Talks between Turkish and Russian officials about a proposed underwater gas pipeline have been postponed until next week. The proposed meeting in St Petersburg between the head of Russia’s Gazprom company and Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz is being rescheduled while both sides work to finalise the terms of the agreement, a senior...
Foreign students face uncertain future in east Ukraine
Those studying medicine in rebel-held Donetsk now risk being left without internationally recognised degrees. …read more Source: AL...
Russia may toughen counter-sanctions over Ukraine
Russia may toughen its response to EU sanctions over the Ukraine crisis if the EU carries out a decision to extend the sanctions, Kremlin economic adviser Andrei Belousov said on Thursday. …read more Source: World...
Ukraine parliament sacks head of state security service
Ukraine’s parliament Thursday fired the powerful head of the SBU state security service after he fell foul of President Petro Poroshenko and became embroiled in a conflict with the nation’s chief prosecutor. …read more Source: The Daily...
Some 60mn people displaced worldwide: UNHCR
The United Nations refugee agency says almost 60 million people were displaced across the globe in 2014, expressing concern over the international community’s “inability” to contain the unprecedented number of refugees. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres said in the southeastern Swiss city of Geneva on...
