Section: United Arab Emirates
Russia to approve rebel Ukraine poll
Moscow’s decision to lend legitimacy to the rebels’ leadership vote was one of most overt acts of support so far for the two unrecognised ‘people’s republics’ that insurgents are carving out in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Pro-western parties seen leading Ukraine vote
Two exit polls indicate that Petro Poroshenko’s party will secure a narrow win in Sunday’s parliamentary election, falling substantially short of an outright majority. …read more Source: The...
Lessons from Versailles for today s imploding Middle East
31 October 2014 The summer of 2014 was a season of analogies and anniversaries. European leaders commemorated the start of World War I. Russian President Putin’s annexation of Crimea and destabilization and invasion of eastern Ukraine recalls the… …read more Source:...
7 soldiers killed in Ukraine
KIEV: Seven Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the past day of fighting with pro-Russian rebels in the east of the country, the military said on Thursday, the biggest daily toll in more than two weeks. “Over the last 24 hours, we have lost seven servicemen, 11 were injured,” Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko told reporters. After a...
Russia rights group lists 46 ‘political prisoners’
MOSCOW: Russia’s most prominent human rights group on Thursday published a list of 46 “political prisoners,” including Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and a Ukrainian pilot detained in Moscow, Nadia Savchenko. Rights group Memorial publishes an annual list of those it deems to be political prisoners. The Kremlin denies Russia imprisons anyone...
Seven soldiers, 1 civilian killed in eastern Ukraine
The latest figure puts Kiev’s military losses at 160 since the September 5 …read more Source: Gulf...
Ukraine’s Yatseniuk sees himself staying on as prime minister
Power-sharing talks go on after pro-West parties win election …read more Source: Gulf...
Russia angers Ukraine with backing for rebel polls
MOSCOW: Russia announced on Tuesday it will recognise separatist polls in Ukraine next weekend, fuelling tensions with the country’s newly elected pro-Western leaders as they negotiate on forming a coalition government. The rebel elections on Sunday should “go ahead as agreed,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. “We will of course...
Russia backs rebel polls as Ukraine eyes new government
Moscow’s decision to lend legitimacy to the rebels’ leadership vote is an act of support for two unrecognised people’s republics. …read more Source: Gulf...
Ukraine’s pro-West parties in coalition talk
KIEV: The pro-Western winners of Ukraine’s parliamentary poll were negotiating the formation of a ruling coalition on Monday, but fighting with pro-Russian insurgents highlighted the obstacles to their promises of peace and close ties to the European Union. The day after pro-Western and moderate nationalist forces backing President Petro...
