Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine bans Russian airlines: PM
Ukraine announced on Friday it was banning Russian airlines, including Aeroflot, from flying into Ukraine, as part of a wave of sanctions against Russia. …read more Source: Iran...
Kiev bars Russian flights carrying military cargo, troops
Ukraine bans all transit flights of the Russian airlines carrying military equipment, soldiers or so-called dual-purpose cargo over its territory. …read more Source:...
Ukraine bans Russian airlines
Sanctioned Russian airlines will be banned from flying to Ukraine from Oct. 25, Ukraine’s aviation authorities said in a statement on Friday, after the government announced details of restrictions to be imposed on Russian companies on its santions blacklist. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Putin and Obama to discuss Syria
Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin will meet to discuss the Syrian crisis amid suspicions over Russia’s increasing presence in Syria. ||| Amid suspicions in some Western nations that Vladimir Putin is using the Syrian conflict to flex Moscow’s military might as he builds up the Russian presence in the country, Barack Obama and Mr Putin...
Putin, Obama to meet as Syria diplomatic drive quickens
US President Barack Obama accepted an invitation to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, as a drive to revive efforts to resolve the Syrian conflict kicked into higher gear. The announcement that Putin and Obama will hold talks at the United Nations in New York on Monday came as the Russian leader insisted supporting Syrian President Bashar...
Obama and Putin to meet; Syria and Ukraine vie for attention
By Roberta Rampton and Denis Dyomkin U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in New York next week at a time of high tension in Europe and the Middle East, but the Kremlin and the White House disagreed on Thursday over the top priority for the talks. The White House insisted the meeting would focus on eastern...
Obama, Putin to meet at UN, Ukraine on agenda
American President’s top agenda item will be Ukraine and the Syrian conflict …read more Source: World...
Obama and Putin to meet; Syria and Ukraine vie for attention
U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in New York next week at a time of high tension in Europe and the Middle East. …read more Source:...
Pro-Russia rebels order humanitarian agencies out of east Ukraine stronghold
US Defense Secretary says American troops will start training Ukrainian military units …read more Source:...
UN alarmed as agencies ordered out of Ukraine’s Luhansk
UN humanitarian chief voices concern that UN agencies and NGOs have been ordered out of separatist-controlled region. …read more Source: AL...
