Section: Saudi Arabia
Pro-European parties narrowly win Moldova polls
CHISINAU — Pro-European parties edged out those backing closer ties with Russia in weekend parliamentary elections in ex-Soviet Moldova, which took place against the backdrop of the bloody conflict in neighbouring Ukraine. …read more Source: Saudi...
Russian president resists Western offensive as testy G20 closes
BRISBANE, Australia — G20 leaders wrapped up an annual summit on Sunday with a vow to reinvigorate the global economy, but geopolitical frictions sparked anew as Russian President Vladimir Putin brushed off Western anger over Ukraine. Host Tony Abbott insisted that everyone including Putin — who left the Brisbane s...
Western leaders confront Putin at G20 with threat of more sanctions
BRISBANE, Australia — Western leaders warned Vladimir Putin at a G20 summit on Saturday that he risked more economic sanctions if he failed to end Russian backing for separatist rebels in Ukraine. Russia denied any involvement in an escalation of the separatist war in eastern Ukraine, where more than 4,000 people have been kil...
Ukraine rebels to hold election, despite criticism
DONETSK, Ukraine — Rebel-held territories in eastern Ukraine prepared on Saturday to elect legislators and executives in a vote that has been roundly condemned by the international community but backed by Russia. Work at some polling stations in the largest separatist-controlled city of Donetsk was disrupted by a sudden intensificatio...
Russia backs Ukraine rebel vote
Norweigan Prime Minister Erna Solberg, left, shakes hands with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a wreath ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of town’s liberation by Soviet troops, at the Russia Monument in Kirkenes, Norway, on Saturday. — AFP MOSCOW — Russia …read more Source: Saudi...
Pro-West parties win Ukraine landslide as shells fly in east
KIEV — Ukraine’s pro-Western and moderately nationalist parties were on course Monday to score a crushing election win that boosted President Petro Poroshenko’s bid to lead his country closer to Europe and end a pro-Russian revolt. A partial vote …read more Source: Saudi...
Divided Ukraine votes for pro-Western future
Ukrainian soldier Stuzhenko Vasyl, 32, who lost his arm and a leg during fighting near Illovaisk in the Donetsk region last August, casts his vote for the parliamentary elections from the bed of the military hospital where he is recovering from his wounds in Kiev, Ukraine, on Sunday. — AP KIEV …read more Source: Saudi...
War-scarred Ukraine set for key polls
KIEV — Ukraine voters will go to the polls on Sunday in elections set to dramatically reshape parliament, after a year of upheavals in which a deadly pro-Russian uprising has threatened to splinter the ex-Soviet state. Campaigning ended on Friday for the polls called by President Petro Poroshenko in August. Poroshenko is unde …read...
New Ukraine defense chief vows to stand up to Russia
KIEV — Ukraine’s new defense minister vowed on Tuesday to build an army capable of withstanding Russia as sparks flew in advance of talks between Moscow and Washington over their worst standoff since the Cold War. Pro-Western President Petro Poroshenko turned to the popular head of Ukraine’s frontline forces in his...
Ukraine turns to new defence chief ahead of Russia talks
KIEV — President Petro Poroshenko was set on Monday to name Ukraine’s fourth defense minister of the year as he positions himself for a crunch general election and high-level talks with Russia. The pro-Western leader on Sunday sacked Defense Chief Valeriy Geletey after only three months due to his failure to “beef...
