Section: Africa&ME
Concern as ‘Red Cross’ appears in #PanamaPapers
Aid groups voiced concern about the revelation that the name of the Red Cross had been usurped in shady financial dealings. ||| London – Some of the world’s biggest aid agencies voiced concern on Monday that they may be further exposed to risk from the murky world of offshore finance after the latest release of the Panama Papers...
US urges Ukraine to quickly approve reform-minded cabinet
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
News24.com | Threats to force-feed Ukraine pilot
Medical tests on a jailed Ukrainian pilot on hunger strike show her blood is thickening, putting her at risk of developing a blood clot which could kill her, her lawyers say. …read more Source:...
NATO-Russia: A step towards rapprochement?
Europe’s security priorities have changed considerably since Russia’s annexation of Crimea. But do new threats trump old alliances? DW asks whether the upcoming NATO-Russia Council meeting signals a thaw in relations. …read more Source:...
Hunger-striking Ukraine pilot risks developing fatal bloodclot: lawyer
Medical tests on a jailed Ukrainian pilot on hunger strike show her blood is thickening, putting her at risk of developing a blood clot which could kill her, her lawyers said Monday …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine looks to new pro-EU govt after PM quits
President Poroshenko threatens to dissolve the parliament if new cabinet is not formed soon …read more Source: World...
Ukraine looks to new pro-EU government after PM quits
Ukraine prepared Monday to usher in a stable new pro-Western government following the resignation of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk over public anger with his seeming inability to fight government graft …read more Source: The Daily...
Kerry joins other G7 foreign ministers at Hiroshima A-bomb museum
By Arshad Mohammed and Kiyoshi Takenaka John Kerry on Monday became the first US secretary of state to pay his respects at Hiroshima’s memorial to victims of the 1945 US nuclear attack, raising speculation that US President Barack Obama might make his own visit in May. Following the visit by Kerry and his counterparts from the Group of...
RJ suspends service to Kiev for commercial reasons
Amman, 11 April (Petra) – Royal Jordanian suspended its regular route between Amman and Ukraine’s capital, Kiev, effective March 27, 2016, after eight years of operations which started back in August 2008. …read more Source: Jordan News Agency...
RJ suspends service to Kiev for commercial reasons
Amman, April 11, 2016- Royal Jordanian suspended its regular route between Amman and Ukraine’s capital, Kiev, effective March 27, 2016, after eight years of operations which started back in August 2008. …read more Source:...



