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UN urges calm amid Ukraine fighting
KIEV: The UN Security Council on Friday urged all sides in Ukraine to respect a Europe-brokered ceasefire, as the warring parties accused each other of endangering the truce. UN political chief Jeffrey Feltman warned an emergency Security Council meeting: “We are either looking at a return to a deepening intractable conflict or a momentary...
Poroshenko cites ‘colossal threat’ of huge clashes
KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned on Thursday of the “colossal threat” of major clashes in eastern Ukraine where at least 26 people have died in renewed fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels. Fresh clashes erupted near the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, in one of the worst outbreaks of violence since a...
Putin to visit Pope on June 10 at Vatican
VATICAN CITY: Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Pope Francis on June 10 at the Vatican, with conflicts in Syria and Ukraine likely to top the Holy See’s agenda. Putin last called on Francis on Nov.25, 2013. The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said on Thursday the meeting would take place in the afternoon of June 10;...
Ukraine army accuses rebels of launching ‘large-scale offensive’
KIEV: Ukraine’s army on Wednesday accused pro-Russian forces of launching a new attack against its positions in breach of a brittle ceasefire, with at least one civilian killed and several others wounded in the fresh clashes. Fighting has intensified around key hotspots on the frontline in eastern Ukraine and the latest violence revived...
Ukraine honors children affected by civil war on International Children’s day – video
Divided Ukraine marks International Children’s Day with celebrations in the west and memorial services in the east. …read more Source: The...
Missile maker says Russia did not shoot down Malaysian plane over Ukraine
The Russian company that makes the BUK air defence system that was used to shoot down a Malaysian airliner in east Ukraine said on Tuesday the plane was hit by a missile deployed by Ukraine …read more Source: Gulf...
More than 6,400 killed amid ‘tremendous hardship’ in Ukraine, says UN
Some five million others are meanwhile suffering the consequences of the conflict, including 1.2 million people who have been displaced inside the war-ravaged country. …read more Source: Khaleej...
More than 6,400 killed amid ‘tremendous hardship’ in Ukraine, says UN
Some five million others are meanwhile suffering the consequences of the conflict, including 1.2 million people who have been displaced inside the war-ravaged country. …read more Source: Khaleej...
Nato flexes muscles in Baltics, Poland
WARSAW: US-led Nato drills began on Monday in the Baltic states and Poland, a move intended to reassure Russia’s nervous neighbours amid tensions over Ukraine. Russia’s increased military presence in the Baltic Sea and regional airspace since its annexation of Crimea from Ukraine last year has jangled nerves in the area, which lay...
UN finds signs of Russia involvement in Ukraine war
GENEVA: A separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine is revealing increasing evidence, but not yet conclusive legal proof, of Russian state involvement, senior United Nations human rights officials said on Monday. “We are speaking about increasing inflow of (unofficial) fighters and increasing evidence that there are also some (Russian) servicemen...
