Section: United Arab Emirates
Ukraine troop withdrawal in doubt after 12 killed
Activists in second largest city topple statue of Lenin …read more Source: Gulf...
Ukrainian nationalists topple massive Lenin in Kharkiv
Statue had been a source of contention between pro-European activists and their Communist foes since Ukraine’s Euromaidan protests last year …read more Source: Gulf...
Russia’s Lavrov says ties with Washington need ‘reset 2.0’
Foreign minister says situation in Ukraine improving thanks to Putin …read more Source: Gulf...
Ukraine backs off from EU-backed Russia gas deal
Deal’s interpretations in Moscow and Kiev diverged on almost every point …read more Source: Gulf...
Ukraine to shut Russia border, seek EU membership
Kiev’s steps deal a further blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s dream of folding Ukraine into a Kremlin-led alliance …read more Source: Gulf...
Ukraine’s uphill battle against graft as election looms
New leaders have done little to tackle rampant corruption …read more Source: Gulf...
Ukraine prepares to close Russia border to halt ‘intervention’
President Petro Poroshenko instructed his government on Thursday to consider temporarily closing Ukraine’s porous border with Russia … …read more Source: Gulf...
EU plans for gas imports from Iran if sanctions go
EU-Russian gas relations hurt by Ukraine crisis; Iran has world’s second biggest gas reserves; sanctions need to be eased before Iran exports can start …read more Source: Gulf...
Ukraine peace efforts stall despite lull in fighting
Brush off Poroshenko’s limited self-rule offer …read more Source: Gulf...
Abdullah bin Zayed meets counterparts on sidelines of UNGA 69
NEW YORK, 24th September, 2014 (WAM) — H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister, last night met with his counterparts, American Secretary of State, John Kerry, Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Pavlo Klimkin, and Nepalese Foreign Affairs Minister, Mahendra Bahadur Pandey, during the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly, which...