Section: Africa&ME
Russia has gained upper hand in Syria, Merkel ally says
Russia has gained the upper hand in Syria and the surrounding region through armed force, a senior conservative ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday, and he voiced doubts that Moscow would respect a truce plan for the war-torn country. “I think Russia has gained the upper hand in the region and this is by historical...
Ukraine bans Russian cargo trucks in tit-for-tat move: PM
Ukraine has temporarily banned Russian cargo trucks from crossing Ukrainian territory in response to a similar move from Russia, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said Monday …read more Source: The Daily...
Iran bags 3 gold, 1 bronze at Ukraine wrestling tournament
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Book review: The official incompetence, laziness and cronyism – behind the nightmare of Chernobyl
Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich’s devastating “Voices from Chernobyl – The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster”, is a towering work not only about the devastating effects on the lives of ordinary people who survived the 1986 nuclear accident in the Ukraine, but also of government incompetence, cruelty, lies and official cover-up. While...
In Germany: Germany struggles as Syria, refugee crises rage
On Saturday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his German counterpart Steinmeier did their best to sound optimistic. Germany, Europe’s reluctant hegemon, is trying its best to lead in the face of multiple overlapping crises, but no one is following.That was a central message from this year’s Munich Security Conference, an annual...
Ukrainian Greek Catholics ‘betrayed’ by pope-patriarch meeting
Pope Francis is under fire in Ukraine after his historic meeting with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, with the head of the country’s Greek Catholic Church saying believers felt “betrayed” …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukrainian Greek Catholics ‘betrayed’ by pope-patriarch meeting
Pope Francis is under fire in Ukraine after his historic meeting with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, with the head of the country’s Greek Catholic Church saying believers felt “betrayed” …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukrainian Greek Catholics ‘betrayed’ by pope-patriarch meeting
Pope Francis is under fire in Ukraine after his historic meeting with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, with the head of the country’s Greek Catholic Church saying believers felt “betrayed” …read more Source: The Daily...
Syria peace deal is ‘Ukraine 2.0’
McCain slams ceasefire agreement for letting Russia keep bombing at will, Ya’alon skeptical: ‘we can’t make an egg from an omelette.’ …read more Source: Arutz...
Russian PM: World has slipped into ‘new Cold War’
AMMONNEWS – Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday that strains between Russia and the West have plunged the world into a “new Cold War”.With tensions high over the Ukraine conflict and Russia’s backing of the Syrian regime, Medvedev said: “All that’s left is an unfriendly policy o …read...
