Section: Africa&ME
EU-Ukraine deal triggers new clashes
The European Union (EU) and Ukraine have started applying the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) from Friday which formed part of the Association Agreement signed in June 2014. …read more Source: The...
Putin names U.S. among threats in new Russian security strategy
Relations between Russia and the West reached a low after Russian forces annexed the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine in March 2014 …read more Source: Al...
Ukraine bans import of Russian food
Ukraine announced it would introduce a number of bans on food imports from Russia. The move is seen as a response to Russia’s ban on food products from Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Putin names United States among threats in new Russian security strategy| Reuters
MOSCOW A new appraisal names the United States as one of the threats to Russia’s national security for the first time, a sign of how relations with the west have deteriorated in recent years. The document, “About the Strategy of National Security of Russian Federation”, was signed by President Vladimir Putin on New Year’s...
Europe’s year from hell may presage worse to come
By Paul Taylor By any measure, it has been a year from hell for the European Union. And if Britons vote to leave the bloc, this year could be worse. Not since 1989, the year the Berlin Wall fell and communism crumbled across eastern Europe, has the continent’s geopolitical kaleidescope been shaken up so vigorously. But unlike that year of...
Putin names United States among threats in new Russian security strategy
A new appraisal names the United States as one of the threats to Russia’s national security for the first time, a sign of how relations with the west have deteriorated in recent years.The document, “About the Strategy of National Security of Russian Federation”, was signed by President Vladimir Putin on New Year’s Eve. It...
Putin names United States among threats in new Russian security strategy
By Vladimir Soldatkin A new appraisal names the United States as one of the threats to Russia’s national security for the first time, a sign of how relations with the west have deteriorated in recent years. The document, “About the Strategy of National Security of Russian Federation”, was signed by President Vladimir Putin on New...
Ukrainian woman detained with 2.1kg of cocaine at Penang International Airport
GEORGE TOWN: A Ukrainian woman has been detained with 2.1kg of cocaine worth RM500,000 at the domestic arrival terminal of Penang International Airport here, Thursday. Penang Narcotics CID chief Supt Guan Beng Kang said the 22-year-old woman, a first-time visitor to Malaysia, was arrested at 11am upon arrival after she was seen behaving...
The historic Crimean wine auction
The wines are ‘pearls that have endured heavy ordeals, including during the war’. ||| Moscow – Legendary Crimean winemaker Massandra, once a supplier to Russia’s Tsar Nicolas II, has provoked the ire of Kiev by putting 13 000 vintage bottles up for auction on December 29. Massandra described the wines, some dating back to...
Morocco: Man Sentenced to 2 Years for Attempted Murder of 2 Tourists
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Rabat – A young man from the town of Taounate, in northern Morocco, was sentenced to two years in prison in Fez for attacking two Eastern European tourists. The suspect was charged with “attempted murder with premeditation,” of two tourists from Ukraine and Lithuania, according Moroccan daily...
