Section: Africa&ME
Light arms withdrawal starts in Donetsk as truce sticks in east Ukraine
The Ukrainian army and pro-Russia militias have begun withdrawing small weapons from the front line in the eastern Donetsk region. …read more Source:...
Cold War Redux? NATO Flexes Muscle In Largest ‘War Games’ In Decade | Common Dreams
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Monday began its largest military exercise in more than a decade, deploying over 36,000 troops from more than 30 countries to the central Mediterranean in a massive show of force that analysts say revives Cold War posturing towards Russia. According to NATO, the “Trident Juncture” war...
Defiant Mourinho insists Chelsea can still win quadruple this season despite poor start.
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 – Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has sensationally claimed that his side are capable of winning all four trophies this season despite their poor start to the campaign.The reigning Premier League champions have picked up just 11 points from possible 27, leaving them 10 points adrift of leaders Manchester...
Champions League: Late Arsenal strikes stun Bayern
Giroud, Ozil on the scoresheet for Arsenal; Barcelona seal easy win despite Messi’s absence; Chelsea held by D Kiev. …read more Source: AL...
S.Ossetia eyes Crimea-style vote on joining Russia
MOSCOW: Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia has said it plans to hold a referendum on joining Russia but the Kremlin appeared to pour cold water on the idea on Tuesday. Announced by the leader of the breakaway statelet, the plan drew an angry reaction from Georgia, which called it part of “Russia’s creeping annexation.” The...
The Solution to Jewish Status of Ukrainian Olim?
New ‘Maslul’ program launches to have olim start conversion process and clarify Jewish status well before reaching the Holy Land. …read more Source: Arutz...
Trans-Mediterranean Migration: A Pragmatic Perspective
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By Hicham Barakat Rabat – Migration and asylum are among the most widely debated issues in the European Union today. Countries south and east of the Mediterranean Sea have recently seen an unprecedented level of European-bound migration, especially after the 2011 Arab Spring revolutions and the...
Breakaway South Ossetia to conduct referendum on joining Russia
The breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia says it plans a Crimean-style referendum on joining Russia, a move that risks inflaming the Kremlin’s already frayed relations with the West. Leonid Tibilov, president of the self-declared republic of South Ossetia, said he had laid out the plans during a meeting with Vladislav Surkov, one of...
Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels begin Donetsk arms withdrawal
The de-escalation is important stage of process to halt 18-month conflict …read more Source:...
Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels begin Donetsk arms withdrawal
Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian insurgents said Tuesday they had begun withdrawing tanks and smaller weapons from the frontline splitting the devastated Donetsk region in the ex-Soviet state’s eastern war zone …read more Source: The Daily...
