Section: Africa&ME
Lithuania removes remaining Soviet-era statues in capital
Workers in Lithuania have begun dismantling the last Soviet statues in the capital, following calls prompted by the Ukraine crisis that symbols of Sov …read more Source: The New...
Eyeing Russia, U.S. leads fresh military drills in Ukraine
NNA – Ukrainian and U.S. troops launched fresh drills Monday near the war-torn country39;s Polish border in a bid to show unity and resolve in the face of an increasingly resurgent Kremlin. The ann …read more Source: National News...
Eyeing Russia, US leads fresh military drills in Ukraine
Ukrainian and U.S. troops launched fresh drills July 20 near the war-torn country’s Polish border in a bid to show unity and resolve in the face of an increasingly resurgent Kremlin …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
E. Ukraine Rebels Withdraw Lighter Weapons from Front Line
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Rebel forces in eastern Ukraine announced a unilateral withdrawal of weapons of caliber less than 100mm from the line of engagement. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Last major Soviet statues come down
Workers started dismantling the last major Soviet artworks in a city now on the eastern frontier of the European Union and NATO. ||| Vilnius – Workers started dismantling monumental statues of soldiers, students, labourers and farmers in Lithuania’s capital early on Monday, the last major Soviet artworks in a city now on the eastern...
UN: 8,000 HIV sufferers in eastern Ukraine face medicine shortage
Nearly 8,000 HIV patients in eastern Ukraine are struggling with a serious lack of medicine as their medical supplies are estimated to run out within a month, a UN envoy warns. …read more Source: Iran...
Footage of Ukrainian rebels at jet crash site
FOOTAGE has emerged of the immediate aftermath of the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 as Russian-backed rebels at the crash site realised it was a passenger jet. The plane was shot down on July 17 a year ago. The armed Ukrainian separatists had reportedly been sent to the area to look for the wreckage of a fighter plane which had...
New MH17 Crash Site Footage Minutes after Boeing Downing
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A German reporter investigating the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine has published a new video allegedly shot by local residents in the aftermath of the Boeing’s downing last year. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
8,000 HIV sufferers in eastern Ukraine face medicine shortage: UN
Some 8,000 HIV sufferers in eastern Ukraine face a critical shortage of medicine, a UN envoy warns. …read more Source:...
News24.com | 8 000 HIV patients at risk in Eastern Ukraine
Some 8 000 people with HIV in war-torn eastern Ukraine face a critical shortage of medicine and their supply will run out in mid-August unless a blockade is lifted, a UN Aids envoy has warned. …read more Source:...
