Section: Africa&ME
Poroshenko faces election test
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko faces a major test on Sunday as “brutal and dirty” local elections get underway. …read more Source:...
Mutual ban on flight between Russia, Ukraine takes effect
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
EU sanctions on Russia achieved no goal: Commentator
A commentator says EU sanctions on Russia have failed to force Moscow to cave in. …read more Source:...
Direct Flights Between Russia And Ukraine Banned
Direct flights between Ukraine and Russia will come to a halt on Sunday, as new sanctions initiated by Kiev comes into effect.While Moscow initially called Kiev’s ban on Russian airlines “madness”, it soon announced it would mirror the move.Ukraine, however, said that flights would end at midnight on Saturday, after last-minute crisis talks...
Flights between Russia and Ukraine to stop due to sanctions
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Opinion: The Ayatollah dreamed it, Obama delivers it
The late Ayatollah Khomeini dreamed it; President Barack Obama is trying to deliver it: the end of Pax Americana. The topic was at the center of a daylong seminar in Tehran last week attended by ambassadors from Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Venezuela, plus a number of Islamic Iranian officials and scholars. The five Latin American...
Ukraine’s Donetsk region bans MSF, UN agencies
Donetsk bans MSF and some UN agencies from continuing their activities in the eastern Ukranian region. …read more Source:...
Russia, US, Turkey and Saudi Arabia start Syria talks
Senior diplomats from Russia, the US, Saudi Arabia and Turkey are meeting in Vienna on Friday for key talks on the war in Syria that excludes Iran, a key player The top diplomats of Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United States started key talks on Friday in Vienna to try to find a way to end the Syrian conflict. Russian Foreign Minister...
Merkel: EU sanctions against Russia tied to implementation of Minsk agreement
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says EU sanctions against Russia will remain in place if the implementation of the Minsk agreement is delayed. …read more Source:...
Saudi Arabia, US, Russia and Turkey hold frosty Syria talks
VIENNA // Top diplomats from Russia, the United States, Saudi Arabia and Turkey held talks in a frosty atmosphere on Friday on how to end the Syrian conflict, with the sides sharply at odds on the future of Bashar Al Assad.The Vienna meeting took place three weeks after Moscow thrust itself into the heart of the crisis by launching a bombing...
