Section: United Arab Emirates
Ukraine demands that rebels in Donetsk surrender
Fighting rages in the eastern city despite request from pro-Russian rebels for a ceasefire …read more Source: Gulf...
US action hero Steven Seagal plays gig in Crimea
The martial artist has come under fire for supporting Russia’s March annexation of the peninsula from Ukraine …read more Source: Gulf...
Fierce Ukraine border battles as sanctions war heats up
Kiev said seven soldiers and eight border guards were killed over the past 24 hours …read more Source: Gulf...
Fighter jet shot down over rebel-held east Ukraine
A Ukranian fighter jet was shot down on Thursday as it flew low over rebel-held territory in the east of the country, an AFP journalist witnessed …read more Source: Gulf...
Russia threatens to block airspace in response to sanctions
Moscow’s threat follows ban on food imports from the United States and European Union in response to sanctions aimed at changing its policy on Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
UAE tour operators hit as Russian travel market contracts
Collapse of major Russian and Ukrainian tour operators are hitting Dubai’s tour operators where Russia is the fifth largest tourist market. …read more Source: The...
Video: Tensions rise in Ukraine over military offensive
Russia calls for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council over Ukraine, as Kiev keeps its military offensive to claw back territory lost to rebels. …read more Source: The...
Moscow may force European airlines to fly around Russia
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev threatened on Tuesday to retaliate for the grounding of a subsidiary of national airline Aeroflot because of EU sanctions …read more Source: Gulf...
Soldier’s ‘selfie’ raises questions over Moscow’s role in Ukraine
We pounded Ukraine all night, wrote solder Vadim Grigoriyev on July 23 …read more Source: Gulf...
Russia says EU ended ban on arms to Ukraine ‘on the quiet’
Russia’s Foreign Ministry accused the European Union of ‘double standards’ on Saturday by lifting a ban on supplying Ukraine with military technology and equipment ‘on the quiet’. …read more Source: Gulf...
