Section: Africa&ME
Crimea Tatars block peninsula to protest Russian annexation
Protesters from the Muslim Tatar community used concrete blocks to partially seal off the three roads linking mainland Ukraine to Crimea …read more Source: Al...
Ukrainian Army Opens Fire on Luhansk Six Times in One Day
TEHRAN (FNA)- Ukraine’s military violated the ceasefire regime for six times in the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) in the last 24 hours, the people’s militia said on Sunday. …read more Source: Fars News...
Crimean Tatars start Crimea blockade
People participating in blockade are set to stop smugglers from supplying goods to Russia-annexed peninsula …read more Source: World...
Putin wants air base in Belarus
Russian President Vladimir Putin orders his ministers to agree a deal with Belarus so that Moscow can establish an air base in the ex-Soviet country, as Kremlin’s ties with the West remain at a post-Cold War low over the Ukraine crisis …read more Source: The Daily...
Wheat reserves sufficient until March 2016
By Waleed Samir The strategic reserves of domestic and imported wheat, for the production of subsidised bread, are sufficient until next March, Minister of Supply Khaled Hanafy said Saturday. Hanafy added that the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) contracted to purchase 230,000 tonnes of wheat from Russia, France and Ukraine. The...
Assad must step down, but not necessarily now, says Kerry
LONDON // US secretary of state John Kerry said on Saturday that Syrian President Bashar Al Assad must step down, but not necessarily immediately upon reaching a settlement to end the country’s civil war.Speaking after talks in London with British foreign secretary Philip Hammond, Kerry said he was prepared to negotiate to achieve a...
Putin, Berlusconi probed for wine tasting in Crimea
KIEV: Ukraine has launched a criminal probe into wine-tasting by Russian President Vladimir Putin and ex-Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi after they allegedly quaffed a $100,000 bottle of centuries-old wine in Crimea, prosecutors said on Saturday. The Kremlin strongman and the disgraced billionaire reportedly cracked open a bottle of 1775...
Missing Israel found dead in Ukraine
Amir Ohana, missing in Uman since Rosh Hashanah, found dead by ZAKA; Israeli authorities working to bring remains back to Israel for burial. …read more Source: Yedioth...
Ukraine soldier killed by landmine in separatist east
New ceasefire deal remains in place …read more Source:...
Body of missing Israeli Amir Ohana found in Ukraine
His body was found in a river in Uman, Ukraine after he was reported as missing last week. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
