Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine reports heaviest fighting since Minsk truce
Kiev on August 13 said two soldiers had been killed in the heaviest clashes since the signing of a February truce deal with pro-Russian insurgents in Ukraine’s separatist east. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Russia expands food imports embargo to non-EU states
Russia has added several non-EU European nations to a list of countries from which it has banned food imports in retaliation for Western sanctions over the crisis in Ukraine. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced the decision during a cabinet meeting on Thursday, arguing that the new countries recently joined the European Union’s...
Ukraine reports heaviest fighting since Minsk truce
Kiev Thursday said two soldiers had been killed in the heaviest clashes since the signing of a February truce deal with pro-Russian insurgents in Ukraine’s separatist east. …read more Source: The Daily...
Kiev forces shell Donetsk, kill one
Kiev forces shelled Donetsk in Eastern Ukraine, and killed one local citizen and injured three others, the mayor’s office said on Thursday. The massive overnight shelling hit the villages of Staromikhaylovka, Gorkogo and Oktyabrsky, the Donetsk news agency said. “One person died and three people were injured”. Two civilians were...
Kiev Forces Shell Donetsk, Kill One
TEHRAN (FNA)- Kiev forces shelled Donetsk in Eastern Ukraine, and killed one local citizen and injured three others, the mayor’s office said on Thursday. …read more Source: Fars News...
Rebels in Ukraine warn of war over ceasefire violation
Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists have blamed each other for violating the peace agreement, with rebel envoy Denis Pushilin warning of war over failure of Minsk agreement. …read more Source: World...
European volunteers fighting in Eastern Ukraine
A deeper look into the motivations of European fighters who came for the experience and the politics of the war. …read more Source: AL...
Russia registers pro-govt Crimean Tatar TV channel
Next step after the registration will be acquirement of a broadcasting license …read more Source: World...
Ukraine bid to shut out Russia with border ‘wall’ falters
After over a year later, only a small fraction of the project that Kiev hopes could help withstand a Russian invasion has been built …read more Source: World...
Nuclear Deal or Not? The ratification must be solely entrusted to the U.S. and Iran–and NOT to Israel and Saudi Arabia
Déjà vu all over again, some misguided Israelites and their agents in the U.S. coopted by Benjamin Netanyahu continue interfering in the very essence of the American government and the U.S. sovereignty through their leveraging and hedging in the election processes, boycotts and silencing of American oppositions and leading the U.S. to wars, all...
