Section: United Arab Emirates
Ukraine cheers US vote for military aid, Russia outraged
Russia’s foreign ministry says new US legislation put a ‘powerful bomb’ under US-Russia bilateral ties …read more Source: Gulf...
Poroshenko says ceasefire in Ukraine is now ‘real’
KIEV: President Petro Poroshenko on Friday said a “real” ceasefire was in place in Ukraine after the first 24 hours in seven months without a military casualty, although he admitted the truce was fragile. “I have positive news. Today is the first 24 hours for seven months… when we have a real ceasefire in Ukraine,” he said in a speech...
Kiev calls on Moscow to release pilot
KIEV: Ukraine called on Russia on Thursday to release a Ukrainian military pilot from a Moscow psychiatric clinic where she is being held over accusations of involvement in the deaths of two Russian journalists. Nadia Savchenko, 33, who was captured by separatists in eastern and sent to Russia, has since been elected in absentia to parliament in...
UN reports potential for gradual return to global growth, foresees risks, uncertainties
Vienna, 11th December, 2014 (WAM) — Global economic growth is forecast to continue increasing over the next two years, the United Nations reported today, despite legacies from the financial crisis continuing to weigh on growth, and the emergence of new challenges, including geopolitical conflicts such as in Ukraine, and the Ebola outbreak...
Ukraine to extend truce with separatists
KIEV: Ukraine will continue upholding a truce with Russian-backed separatists following a day largely free of exchanges of fire between the warring sides, a military spokesman in Kiev said on Wednesday. Andriy Lysenko said there have been attacks on government positions over the previous day, but noted a significant reduction in their quantity....
Dutch to begin assembling MH17 wreckage for investigation
AMSTERDAM: Crash investigators were to begin reconstructing the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 shot down over eastern Ukraine in July, killing all 298 people on board, after wreckage arrived by truck at a Dutch air force hangar on Tuesday. Members of the national Safety Board will piece together the remains of the plane to determine exactly what...
MH17 wreckage due in Netherlands today
KIEV: Wreckage from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 will arrive from Ukraine at a Dutch air force base on Tuesday where the plane will be reconstructed as part of probe into the crash. The convoy of lorries carrying pieces of wreckage from Ukraine is due to arrive at the Gilze-Rijen airbase in the south of the country at around 2pm, the Dutch...
5 civilians killed in fresh east Ukraine violence
KIEV: Five civilians have been killed in fresh violence in eastern Ukraine, where more explosions and gunfire rang out on Sunday, two days before the start of a planned truce, officials said. Three civilians were killed and 10 were wounded overnight in the rebel bastion of Donetsk, where further explosions and gunfire were heard Sunday morning,...
Five civilians killed in fresh east Ukraine violence
Five civilians have been killed in fresh violence in eastern Ukraine, where more explosions and gunfire rang out … …read more Source: Gulf...
Ukraine ceasefire deal talks may be held on Dec. 9 – Poroshenko – video
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says he hopes a Ukraine ceasefire will soon take hold, as it’s revealed that fresh talks may be held on December 9th. …read more Source: The...
