Section: United Arab Emirates
Hungary warns of wave of refugees heading to Europe again this summer
Hungary says it will close its borders with Romania and Ukraine if the refugee route shifts to East Europe …read more Source: Gulf...
Ruler of Fujairah receives diplomats
FUJAIRAH, 29th February, 2016 (WAM) – H.H. Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Fujairah, today separately received Paul R. Malik, US Consul-General, Mohammed Idris Abu Safitah, Libyan Consul-General, Heo Nam Duk, Consul-General of the Republic of Korea, and Oleksandr Balanutsa, Ukrainian Consul-General, who...
Russian opposition pays respects to slain Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov
Moscow // Thousands of Russians on Saturday honoured the memory of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, who was gunned down near the Kremlin a year earlier in the most high-profile assassination of Vladimir Putin’s rule.Anti-Kremlin activists urged ordinary Russians to join them on a memorial march through central Moscow, with other...
Egypt has wheat reserves to last until mid-June -supplies minister
CAIRO, Feb 26 (Reuters) – Egypt has enough wheat reserves to last until mid-June, Supplies Minister Khaled Hanafi said in a statement on Friday after the country’s purchase of 300,000 tonnes of wheat from France, Romania, Argentina and Ukraine. … …read more Source:...
US spy chiefs expect continuing problems in Libya
U.S. spy agencies expect continuing upheaval in Libya and Ukraine, top intelligence officials told Congress. …read more Source:...
Ukraine accepts Russian proposal to lift truck ban
KIEV: Ukraine will accept a Russian proposal to lift reciprocal transit bans on road cargo, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Wednesday. Infrastructure minister Andriy Pyvovarsky told a government meeting that Russia had proposed lifting all limits on road cargo. “They’re allowing (transit), we will too under terms of...
New Saudi-made plane ‘to take off next year’
RIYADH: A new military transport aircraft manufactured locally will be tested next year after 18 months of development and design.This is according to Prince Turki bin Saud bin Mohammad, president of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology. The AN-132 is the result of cooperation with Ukraine and would see 80 planes produced, partially in...
Ukraine at ‘critical juncture,’ EU says
BRUSSELS: Ukraine’s renewed political crisis has left the country at a “critical juncture” but Kiev must stick to necessary reforms, the European Union said on Monday after Kiev’s ruling coalition last week lost its majority in the parliament. “We believe that at this critical juncture it is essential that the country’s...
Nationalist activists protest against Ukrainian govt
KIEV: About 100 nationalist activists set up tents in central Kiev on Sunday to press their calls for ousting the Ukrainian government, brought to power two years ago following months of protests. They were joined by around 200 others in an anti-government protest on Sunday on Independence Square, known as Maidan. Some lit fires in trash bins to...
Ukraine, rebels swap nine prisoners
KIEV: Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels on Saturday exchanged nine prisoners captured in the country’s war-torn east in the first such swap this year, an AFP journalist witnessed. The swap between the Kiev army and the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) took place at mid-day on a road through fields close to the town of...
