Section: United Arab Emirates
War games: how children in Ukraine are playing soldiers for real
The sun has already risen. Slowly, instructor Gold – with his close-cropped red spiky hair and taut upper body – crosses the grounds, moving towards a group of tents. He blows his whistle. “Pidjom!” He shouts. “Get up!”Shuffling and buzzing sounds erupt immediately. Tents are zipped open. The sleepy faces of...
Russian embassy in Kiev targeted in firework protest
Kiev: Ukrainian radicals lobbed fireworks at the Russian embassy in Kiev early on Saturday, police said, a day before it was due to open as a polling station for Russia’s parliamentary elections. Video broadcast by Ukrainian media showed about 20 young men with a banner saying “Fireworks today, Grad (multiple rocket launchers) tomorrow.” On...
US condemns Russian elections in Crimea
Residents are gearing up to vote in their first polls to elect deputies to the national parliament of Russia …read more Source: Al...
Ukraine hands back stolen Dutch masterpieces
The Hague: Five stolen 17th and 18th-century masterpieces were handed back to the Netherlands on Friday, foreign ministry officials said, and will soon return to a Dutch museum from where they disappeared 11 years ago. “Ukrainian authorities have handed over five Dutch paintings to the Westfries Museum. The handover has just taken place at the...
New peace bid launched in Ukraine
Slavyansk: The German and French foreign ministers made their first visit to Ukraine’s war-torn east on Thursday, saying they wanted to push a new bid for peace after a recent surge in violence. Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault visited the Donetsk region and viewed a bridge destroyed in fighting between...
Clinton to meet with presidents of Egypt, Ukraine next week
Democratic US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko …read more Source: Al...
Stolen Dutch masterpieces ‘soon’ back at museum
The Hague: Five stolen 17th and 18th-century masterpieces will soon be returned from the Ukraine to the Dutch museum where they disappeared from more than a decade ago, officials announced on Monday. “The Ukranian authorities will soon hand over five retrieved artworks to the Dutch embassy in Kiev,” said Marloes Hoorn, spokeswoman of the...
Ukraine fears full-scale Russian invasion
KIEV: It has become increasingly difficult for Ukraine to secure Western support in its fight against “Russian aggression” and a full-scale invasion from Russia cannot be ruled out, Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday. Poroshenko said Europe’s internal strength was being tested by external issues such as the migration...
Iraq agrees on a MoU between the Iraqi and the Ukrainian Ministries of Defense in the field of military cooperation
BAGHDAD / National Iraqi News Agency / nina / Prime Minister and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces Haider Abadi, approved during a meeting for the Ministerial Council of the National Security, a Memorandum of Understanding between the Iraqi and the Ukrainian Ministries of Defense in the field of military cooperation.The office said in a...
Russia launches army drills set to rattle Kiev
Moscow: Russia on Monday launched large-scale military drills on Ukraine’s eastern border and around the Crimean peninsula, in the latest exercises set to rattle Kiev and the West. The defence ministry said 12,500 servicemen are taking part in the drills across its southern military region, which encompasses Russia’s volatile North...
