Section: Africa&ME
Crimean Tatar leader meets with EP delegation
Delegation will prepare report over status of Crimea and Crimean Tatar people under temporary occupation …read more Source: World...
Palestinian prisoner held in solitary confinement for over four years
Palestinian prisoner Dirar Abu Sisi is still being held by Israeli authorities in solitary confinement since his detention began over four years ago, a prisoners’ rights groups reported.The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society said Wednesday that Abu Sisi told his lawyer that Israeli authorities are imposing several sanctions on him,...
Moldova edges towards new pro-Europe government
CHISINAU: Three pro-Europe Moldovan parties announced on Wednesday they had agreed to form a new ruling coalition to produce a government to pilot the country towards integration with the European Union and unlock fresh foreign funding. The small ex-Soviet state, sandwiched between Ukraine and EU member Romania, has been in turmoil after a...
Interpol takes deposed Ukraine leader off wanted list
Ukraine vowed Wednesday to fight to ensure the return and trial of its exiled Russian-backed president after his name was unexpectedly removed from Interpol’s international most wanted list. …read more Source: The Daily...
U.S. could send tanks to Hungary for military exercises: report
The United States could send Bradley fighting vehicles and M1 tanks to Hungary next year for military exercises as part of NATO’s response to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the Napi Gazdasag newspaper reported on Wednesday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Thousands of Ukraine Ultranationalists Gather on Maidan, Announce ‘New Revolution’
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Up to 6,000 supporters of Ukraine’s ultranationalist Right Sector movement gathered in central Kiev on Tuesday, calling on authorities to resign. The rally marks a “new stage of Ukrainian revolution,” the extremists’ leader Dmitry Yarosh announced. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Volunteer named governor in eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Wednesday appointed a well-known volunteer as governor in one of the two war-torn regions in the east in a possible sign of a policy change. …read more Source: The Daily...
Venus comes crashing to earth against Bondarenko
Top seed Venus Williams’ bid to win the WTA Istanbul Cup ended at the first hurdle on July 21, as the American icon lost 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) to Ukrainian qualifier Kateryna Bondarenko …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukraine’s ex-leader off most-wanted list
Ukraine’s former president Viktor Yanukovych’s name was unexpectedly removed from Interpol’s international most wanted list. …read more Source:...
Sarkozy’s party MPs to visit occupied Crimea
Ten delegates from French parliament will visit Russia and Crimea …read more Source: World...
