Section: Qatar
Russia was ‘ready for nuclear alert’ over Crimea
Russian President Putin says he was ready to put the country’s nuclear forces on alert as he sought to annex Crimea. …read more Source: AL...
Ukraine to receive $17.5bn from IMF to save economy
Credit extended on condition that the government, saddled with a conflict in the east, carries out structural reforms. …read more Source: AL...
Ukraine’s LGBT: Trapped between warring sides
Internally displaced LGBT people face discrimination and rejection no matter where they go. …read more Source: AL...
HIV/AIDS and drug use on the rise in Ukraine
Clinics in war-ravaged Eastern Ukraine face dwindling supplies as they try to help rehabilitate heroin addicts. …read more Source: AL...
US to deliver ‘non-lethal’ aid to Ukraine forces
Drones, Humvees and other “defensive” equipment to be sent to Kiev to help its fight against pro-Russia separatists. …read more Source: AL...
Ukraine’s Mariupol still on edge as fighting wanes
Despite the ceasefire, key industrial city is a strategic focus of Russian-backed rebel forces. …read more Source: AL...
Putin’s war on the Crimean Tatars
Ignoring Russia’s occupation of Crimea also ignores the human tragedy taking place there. …read more Source: AL...
Fighting takes toll on healthcare in eastern Ukraine
Conflict has cut off access to medical care in rebel-held territory and sent the price of medicine soaring. …read more Source: AL...
Ukraine in day of mourning for victims of mine blast
Death toll from Donetsk coal mine explosion put at 32, as dead miners honoured with a minute of silence across country. …read more Source: AL...
Rescue mission underway after deadly Ukraine mine blast
At least one miner dead and about 50 others missing in coal mine explosion in rebel-held city of Donetsk, officials say. …read more Source: AL...
