Section: United Arab Emirates
Four civilians killed in Ukraine fighting
KIEV: Four civilians were killed in intense shelling attacks between the Ukrainian army and pro-Russian rebels in the separatist east of the war-torn state, officials from both sides said on Thursday. “Two civilians were killed as a result of shelling in Dzerzhynsk,” about 50 kilometres north of the rebels’ de facto capital Donetsk,...
Female helicopter pilot goes on trial in controversial case
DONETSK // Russia on Thursday opened the high-profile trial of jailed Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, a hugely controversial case that could send ties between Moscow and Kiev to a new low.The 34-year-old helicopter navigator faces up to 25 years in prison for her alleged involvement in the killing of two Russian journalists in eastern Ukraine...
Putin opposes MH17 tribunal ahead of UN vote
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he opposed the creation of an international tribunal to prosecute those who shot down a Malaysian airliner over eastern Ukraine, hours before a UN vote on such a proposal. Putin’s comment was the latest to indicate Russia may block moves at the United Nations, co-sponsored by the...
Russia vetoes U.N. resolution on MH17 tribunal
The resolution sought to set up a special tribunal to try those responsible for shooting down flight MH17 over Ukraine …read more Source: Al...
OSCE monitors ‘attacked’ in Ukraine
KIEV: Western monitors of Ukraine’s tattered truce on Tuesday reported coming under “targeted” fire that has forced them to rethink their future operations in the war-torn former Soviet state. The Organisation for the Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has been at the heart of global efforts to end a 15-month conflict between...
Ukraine displacement soaring: Charities
LVIV: Ukraine is facing a “hidden emergency” because of the government’s failure to plan for nearly 1.4 million people uprooted by the war in the east, which has left many struggling to find shelter, charities say. They accused the government of breaking its promise to provide housing for people displaced by the conflict and urged it to...
Ukraine detains another suspected Russian soldier
KIEV: Ukrainian state security agents on Sunday questioned a soldier suspected of being a Russian army officer who was picked up while riding in a military truck packed with ammunition in the country’s east. If he is confirmed as a Russian soldier, Ukraine is likely to use the case to bolster its charges that Russia is continuing direct...
Hello Lenin! Berlin to pull Soviet leader’s head out of sand for exhibit
BERLIN // Buried and long forgotten, the head of a giant Lenin statue is set to make a comeback in the German capital a quarter-century after the fall of the Berlin Wall.The Soviet leader will gaze again on the people when the 3.5 tonne piece is resurrected from its current grave — a sandpit under a pile of rocks and home to a colony of...
Moldova edges towards new pro-Europe government
CHISINAU: Three pro-Europe Moldovan parties announced on Wednesday they had agreed to form a new ruling coalition to produce a government to pilot the country towards integration with the European Union and unlock fresh foreign funding. The small ex-Soviet state, sandwiched between Ukraine and EU member Romania, has been in turmoil after a...
Russia puts Ukraine film director on trial for ‘terror’
MOSCOW: A Ukrainian film director went on trial on terror charges in southern Russia on Tuesday, after Moscow held him for more than a year in a case decried by Kiev, rights groups and prominent film directors across the globe. Oleg Sentsov flicked a victory sign at several dozen supporters and reporters as he filed into the defendant cage in a...
