Section: Africa&ME
US identifies insider trading ring
US authorities break up an alleged insider trading ring that relied on computer hackers to pilfer corporate press announcements. ||| Pennsylvania – Exposing a new front in cybercrime, US authorities broke up an alleged insider trading ring that relied on computer hackers to pilfer corporate press announcements and then profited by trading...
Ukraine vows to use ‘entire arsenal’ against pro-Russia rebels
Ukraine vowed to use all weapons at its disposal to withstand an alleged new pro-Russian rebel advance that added urgency to a goodwill visit by Britain’s defence secretary. …read more Source: The Sunday...
News24.com | Russia buries tons of banned food imports in Crimea
Russia has stepped up the destruction of banned food imports, burying tons of vegetables seized in the disputed region of Crimea, amid growing calls to give the contraband to the poor. …read more Source:...
Iranian delegation to visit Crimea for oil talks
Crimean Fuel and Energy Minister said that an Iranian delegation intends visiting Crimea, Russia to discuss cooperation in the supply of oil products. …read more Source: World...
Battlefield life: sisters cling on in Ukraine war’s epicentre
Two elderly sisters in Donetsk, refuse to leave the war torn area that they call home. …read more Source: World...
Russian troops desert army over Ukraine conflict
Stories of deserters contradict Kremlin’s assertion that no government soldiers have been sent to the conflict zone. …read more Source: AL...
Time running out for Kiev to prepare for local elections
Time running out for Kiev to prepare for local elections …read more Source:...
War in Space May Be Closer Than Ever
The world’s most worrisome military flashpoint is arguably not in the Strait of Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula, Iran, Israel, Kashmir or Ukraine. In fact, it cannot be located on any map of Earth, even though it is very easy to find. To see it, just look up into a clear sky, to the no-man’s-land of Earth orbit, where a conflict is...
Ukraine claims repelled tank assault by pro-Russians
The Ukrainian government says its forces have repelled a recent tank assault by pro-Russia fighters in troubled eastern Ukraine. According to the reports, Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday that about “200 insurgents used tanks to storm” Novolaspa village in Donetsk region in a pre-dawn raid. The village is...
Ukraine reports heaviest shelling by rebels
KIEV: Ukraine accused pro-Russian rebels on Monday of carrying out the heaviest artillery attacks on government positions in six months and warned of signs the conflict was escalating despite a ceasefire deal. The military said 400 rebel fighters supported by tanks had attacked government forces around the village of Starohnativka, 50 kilometres...
