Section: Africa&ME
Winger Reus left out of Germany’s Euro 2016 squad
The coach also cut 20-year-old midfielder Julian Brandt along with his Bayer Leverkusen team mate Karim Bellarabi and Sebastian Rudy. Winger Marco Reus was left out of World Cup winners Germany’s final Euro 2016 squad on Tuesday over injury concerns, coach Joachim Loew said.Borussia Dortmund’s Reus, who also missed the 2014 World Cup...
Freed pilot Savchenko sworn in as Ukrainian MP
‘I want to tell you that nothing is forgotten, no one is forgotten, and no one is forgiven,’ Nadiya Savchenko asserts …read more Source: World...
Ukraine says it cannot repay Russia $3 billion debt
Ukraine and Russia are in a deadlock over the repayment of Kiev’s three billion dollar debt to Moscow. …read more Source:...
New clashes kill three army soldiers in east Ukraine: Military
The Ukrainian military has announced the death of three of its soldiers in a fresh wave of clashes between government troops and pro-Russia forces in the country’s troubled east. …read more Source: Iran...
Crimean Tatar journalist warned of ‘extremism’ over Facebook post
A prominent Crimean Tatar journalist on the Moscow-annexed peninsula on Monday said she had received a warning from prosecutors over extremist views for highlighting the plight of Tatar children whose parents have been detained. …read more Source: The Daily...
New clashes kill three army soldiers in east Ukraine: Military
Three Ukrainian soldiers are killed in a new round of clashes in the country’s east. …read more Source:...
EU’s Juncker plans to visit Russia in June
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has agreed to attend an event in Russia next month, a Commission spokeswoman said on Monday, in a move that may stir debate on the EU’s fraught relations with Moscow. “President Juncker has been invited and plans to participate in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on June 16,”...
Ukraine cannot expect help from unreliable US
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17 die in blaze at home for elderly
SEVENTEEN people died when a makeshift home for the elderly near the Ukrainian capital Kiev caught fire in the early hours of yesterday. The fire tore through the two-storey shelter in the village of Litochky, located about 50km north of Kiev. Ukraine’s state emergencies service said 35 people were at the home when the fire broke out....
5 Ukrainian soldiers, 2 rebels killed in fresh clashes
Kiev: Five Ukrainian soldiers and two rebel fighters have been killed in fresh clashes between government forces and pro-Russian separatists in the country’s east, the military said on Sunday. “Unfortunately, over the past 24 hours, five Ukrainian soldiers have died and four more have been wounded,” military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk...
