Section: Africa&ME
War ruining Ukraine’s development hopes: president
Sustainable development not achievable while conflict in east rages, Petro Poroshenko tells UN …read more Source: World...
Kerry says fighting ISIL needs to be coordinated
US Secretary of State John Kerry has stressed the need for a coordinated effort to uproot the Daesh (ISIL) Takfiri group in the Middle East. “I think the critical thing is that all of the efforts need to be coordinated. This is not yet coordinated. I think we have concerns about how we are going to go forward,” he told reporters on...
AP Interview: Ukrainian president pins hopes on UN talks
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he wants Monday’s planned meeting between President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin to lead to better implementation of an accord aimed at halting war in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Daily...
Syrian crisis won’t change German position on Russia: Merkel ally
The EU and Germany have so far insisted that sanctions against Russia can only be lifted after an agreed peace plan for Ukraine …read more Source: Al...
Lavrov: Russia and U.S. have desire to work together to confront ISIS
New York, SANA – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Russia and the United States have a desire to work together in diplomatic and military fields, particularly regarding the fight against ISIS. This statement was made following a meeting between Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday at New York on the sideline of...
Russian protesters decry war in Ukraine, several detained
About 200 people have held an anti-war demonstration in St. Petersburg, while about 30 people joined a similar march in Moscow to call for Russia to withdraw its troops from Ukraine and stay out of the fighting in Syria. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine and Russia strike deal on winter gas supplies
Ukraine and Russia have finalized an agreement providing Kyiv with gas supplies for the upcoming winter. A full agreement involving the European Commission is due to be signed shortly. The deal between Russia and Ukraine provides Kyiv with gas supplies for the winter according to European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic, who brokered the...
Ukrainian soldier killed in mine blast in rebel east
A Ukrainian soldier was killed and another was wounded in a landmine blast in the rebel-held east, where a ceasefire has been holding for almost a mon …read more Source: The New...
UK Labour leader strikes moderate pose before first conference
By Kylie MacLellan Veteran far-left politician Jeremy Corbyn sought on Sunday to portray himself as more moderate than depicted by his opponents, before his first conference as leader of Britain’s main opposition Labour Party. Corbyn told BBC television that his main goal was to make the Labour party more democratic by encouraging debate...
U.S. support for Syria rebels illegal, Putin says ahead of Obama meeting
By Jack Stubbs and Denis Dyomkin Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday branded U.S. support for rebel forces in Syria as illegal and ineffective, saying U.S.-trained rebels were leaving to join Islamic State with weapons supplied by Washington. In an interview with U.S. networks recorded ahead of a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama,...
