Section: Africa&ME
Atletico edges PSV in shootout
MADRID — Atletico Madrid celebrated like it had won the trophy after reaching the Champions League quarterfinals by edging past PSV Eindhoven 8-7 on penalties Tuesday following 210 goalless minutes in their last-16 tie. Juanfran converted the winning spotkick at the Vicente Calderon Stadium, before ripping off his shirt and charging to celebrate...
Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels issue their own passports
MOSCOW: Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine’s separatist Donetsk province on Wednesday began issuing their own passports in a bid to reassert their independence from the Western-backed leaders in Kiev. The red documents are similar in appearance to their Russian counterparts and are issued by the authorities of the self-proclaimed Donetsk...
EU boosts humanitarian aid to Ukraine
Brussels has announced a significant increase in humanitarian assistance to Ukraine since conflict erupted in 2014. EU’s crisis management chief said the aid will target “all vulnerable people affected by the conflict.” …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels issue their own passports
Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine’s separatist Donetsk province on Wednesday began issuing their own passports in a bid to reassert their independence from the Western-backed leaders in Kiev. …read more Source: The Daily...
Turkey reiterates stance on not recognizing referendum in Crimea
Turkey has reiterated that it does not recognize the result of a 2014 referendum in Crimea in which voters elected to join Russia, the Foreign Ministry has said in a statement on the second anniversary of the event …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Judges excuse Serb from war crimes verdict, averting EU sanctions threat
Serbian war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj will not need to attend his sentencing hearing in The Hague later this month, the court trying him said, removing the threat of Serbia being sanctioned for failing to carry out his court summons …read more Source: The Daily...
Putin ‘now prepared to sacrifice Assad’
Vladimir Putin is willing to jettison President Bashar al-Assad as part of a deal to end the five-year conflict in Syria, Western powers believe. ||| Geneva – Vladimir Putin is willing to jettison President Bashar al-Assad as part of a deal to end the five-year conflict in Syria, Western powers believe.Following the surprise declaration by...
Turkey slams Russia’s Crimea invasion
Two years after illegal 2014 ‘referendum’, Ankara decries mistreatment of Tatars, condemns annexation …read more Source: Anadolu...
Cats and dogs: fighters’ best friends in east Ukraine
‘Where there is a cat, everything is alright’ …read more Source: Gulf...
City in Champions League quarters
Manchester City reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time despite a lethargic second leg goalless draw against Dynamo Kiev. The draw, however came at a prize for the former English champions who lost two defenders, Vincent Kompany and Nicolas Otemedi. The Citizens kept their first clean sheet in 10 Champions League […]...
