Section: Turkey
Trump will try to bring peace to Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s first conversation with the new US leader came during a sharp escalation in violence in the Russian-backed separatist east that has claimed 35 lives in the past week. …read more Source: World...
Trump to speak to Poroshenko as Ukraine unrest surges
The phone conversation comes as the death toll hit 35 following a week of clashes between Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed insurgents in a level of bloodshed unseen in the eastern war zone since 2015. …read more Source: World...
More lives lost in Ukraine as US presses Russia
The latest reports from both sides take the death toll in fighting since Sunday in the eastern war zone to 32 — a figure that has not been reached since the height of the war in 2014 and 2015. …read more Source: World...
UN concerned over escalation of fighting in E.Ukraine
‘Dire humanitarian and human rights situation of civilians,’ UN says …read more Source: Anadolu...
US condemns Russia’s ‘aggressive actions’ in Ukraine
A surge in fighting in eastern Ukraine has presented the new administration of President Donald Trump with a first test of its Russia policy and Haley’s comments were closely watched for signs of any shift. …read more Source: World...
Ukraine to hold referendum on NATO membership
54 percent of Ukrainians support joining NATO, President Poroshenko says …read more Source: World...
Ukraine to hold referendum on NATO membership
54 percent of Ukrainians support joining NATO, President Poroshenko says …read more Source: Anadolu...
Putin heads to Hungary for Orban meet
The Kremlin is hoping Trump’s rise to power will begin to see pressure on it ease after relations with the West slumped to their lowest point since the Cold War over Russia’s meddling in Ukraine. …read more Source: World...
Global alarm over Ukraine fighting as death toll hits 16
The Ukrainian military said one of its soldiers had died overnight while the rebels said two civilians had been killed. …read more Source: World...
UNSC calls for Ukraine ceasefire as clashes rage
The OSCE said the fighting was “of grave concern” while the US embassy tweeted that it was especially worried about “the 2,500 children who are without water, electricity and heat”. …read more Source: World...
