Section: Africa&ME
US Aid To El Salvador Came With Strings Attached: Monsanto Seeds Required
El Salvador previously took steps toward banning glyphosate, the potential carcinogen found in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide. A protestor demonstrates against Monsanto in the annual world March Against Monsanto. SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Farmers and activists for natural agriculture in El Salvador successfully resisted efforts by the U.S....
Poroshenko faces new crisis in western Ukraine
KIEV: President Petro Poroshenko confronted a fresh crisis on Monday as a deadly stand-off continued between interior ministry units and armed Ukrainian ultra nationalists in a western enclave near Hungary. The EU-backed leader planned to convene his “military cabinet” of top generals Monday to try and diffuse tensions between two forces vital to...
‘Sticking Points’ Remain As Iran Talks Look Set To Be Extended
Nuclear negotiations between Iran and six major world powers are likely to continue for at least another day, the United States and Iran indicated late on July 13. Talks in Vienna have made real progress but “significant issues” remain, the White House said, while adding that Iran faced some tough decisions. “They have made genuine...
Poroshenko faces new security crisis in western Ukraine
President Petro Poroshenko confronts a fresh crisis as a deadly standoff continued between interior ministry units and armed Ukrainian ultranationalists in a western enclave near Hungary …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine Right Sector ready to deploy battalions
The Right Sector has said that they are prepared to deploy their entire armed battalion to convince the Kiev government to submit to their demands. …read more Source: World...
Russia Discloses Evidence of Ukraine Crimes against Humanity in Donbas
TEHRAN (FNA)- Moscow has evidence of crimes against humanity committed by the Ukrainian military against residents of the Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. …read more Source: Fars News...
Record number of Russian troops along Ukraine border
Ukraine’s president Poroshenko says he has received intelligence regarding the deployment of ‘record number’ of Russian troops along border …read more Source: World...
‘Record’ number of Russian troops along Ukraine border
Ukraine’s president Poroshenko says he has received intelligence regarding the deployment of ‘record number’ of Russian troops along border …read more Source: Anadolu...
Tensions between Ukraine authorities, nationalist group
Ukrainian Security Service demands that armed members of Right Sector surrender …read more Source: World...
Eastern Ukraine Clashes Claim Four People
Two soldiers, a pro-Russian rebel and a civilian were killed in 24 hours of fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Al-Manar...
