Section: Africa&ME
Ban on foreign aid agencies by Ukraine’s rebels
UN gives warning that the lives of millions of people may be at risk. …read more Source: AL...
Putin Opens New Mosque in Moscow Amid Lingering Intolerance
the main story Video Putin Speaks At New Moscow Mosque President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia spoke on Wednesday about Islam and the war in Syria at the opening of Moscow’s largest mosque. By REUTERS on Publish Date September 23, 2015. Photo by RIA Novosti/Reuters. Watch in Times Video » MOSCOW — Against rather long odds, including a hostile...
US preparing for potential war with Russia in Baltic: Report
Washington is preparing for a possible war involving Russia in eastern European countries near the Russian border through persisting US-led NATO war games in the Baltic region, a German daily claims. The US Defense Department has shifted its military strategy with respect to Moscow, choosing the Baltic states bordering Russia as the battleground...
Ukraine To Ban Russian Airlines
Ukraine Prime Minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, has vowed to ban Russian airlines from flying into the country, as part of sanctions over Moscow’s support for rebels in the East.Kiev said that the measures would take effect on October 25 and would include major Russian airlines.Russian transit flights will also be banned if the planes carry...
Ukraine and West condemn rebel ban on foreign aid groups
Ukraine and some of its Western allies condemned on Friday a decision by pro-Russian separatists to ban most foreign aid organizations from parts of rebel-held territory, saying the move violated the Minsk peace agreement. On Thursday, rebel officials of the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic (LNR) said they had refused accreditation to 10...
Russia, Ukraine reach deal on gas supplies in EU brokered talks
NNA – Ukraine reached a deal with Russia to ensure it will get natural gas supplies in the winter season through March and avoid the risk of disruptions in transit to the European Union. The agreement …read more Source: National News...
EU official: Russia agrees to resume natural gas flow to Ukraine
Russia has agreed to resume natural gas flow to Ukraine for the coming winter under a deal reached following months of tough negotiations brokered by the European Union, a top EU official said. …read more Source: Iran...
EU, Russia, Ukraine agree winter gas supply deal
Trialateral agreement was reached after nearly six hours of intense talks …read more Source: World...
In US: Bush to call for lifting of ban on crude oil exports
As rival Donald Trump steals the headlines and leads the polls, Bush has been building a detailed policy agenda with the aim of convincing Republican voters he has the can-do spirit and intellectual heft to pursue a conservative agenda. Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush will call for a decades-old ban on exporting U.S. crude oil to be...
Russia offers Ukraine gas price discount ahead of talks
Ukraine bans Russian airlines including airlines Transaero and Aeroflot as part of war sanction… …read more Source:...
