Section: Africa&ME
Paris siege: woman blows self up
Two suspected were killed, including a woman who blew herself up, in a shootout with police hunting Paris attacks mastermind. ||| Two suspected jihadists were killed, including a woman who blew herself up, in a shootout on Wednesday in north Paris with police hunting the mastermind of last week’s attacks on the French capital, sources...
UN chief ‘will not visit North Korea’
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will not visit North Korea, a UN spokesman said denying reports by China’s news agency. ||| United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will not visit North Korea next week, a UN spokesman said in a statement on Wednesday after China’s Xinhua news agency reported that he will visit the North on Monday...
Shootout in northern Paris as police hunt attackers
PARIS — Shooting broke out in northern Paris on Wednesday during a dawn raid by police hunting those behind the attacks that claimed 129 lives in the French capital five days ago, sources said. Several police were wounded in the anti-terrorism raid, said a source close to the operation, which began before dawn in the suburb of Saint Denis. Police...
Ukraine reach Euro 2016 with 3-1 aggregate win over Slovenia
Ukraine and Slovenia settled for a 1-all draw but it was the Ukrainians who sealed the tie with a 3-1 aggregate win to book their place in the European Championship next year. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian security services report on probes into Euromaidan crimes
Weeks ahead of the second anniversary of Euromaidan protests in Kiev. …read more Source:...
Beware the bear
When the G20 states met last year in Australia, Russian President Vladimir Putin walked out early because of the unrelenting criticism of his seizure of the Ukraine, the first military annexation of territory in Europe since Hitler’s Nazi German expansion. This year in Turkey it has been so very different. Putin has been the center of...
News24.com | Ukraine soldier warns against teddy bear bombs
“A bomb can be planted inside”, a Ukrainian soldier warned students as he pointed to a stuffed animal at a high school in Mariupol, a strategic port city in Ukraine’s war-scarred east. …read more Source:...
Moscow proposes Kiev restructuring deal for its 3 billion dollar loan
Moscow proposes Kiev restructuring deal for its 3 billion dollar loan …read more Source:...
Kiev warns of return to war if fighting escalates
KIEV: Ukraine could return artillery to its eastern frontline if fighting with pro-Russian separatists escalates further, Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said on Monday after a weekend of the deadliest attacks in two months. “If the situation escalates further our military commanders will be forced to return artillery and mortars to...
News24.com | Putin proposes Ukraine debt restructuring
Russian President Vladimir Putin is proposing restructuring the $3bn debt owed by Ukraine to his country. …read more Source:...
