Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine Wants 1,000 Javelin Systems in Exchange for Nuclear Warheads
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Ukraine should have the right to receive at least a thousand US-made anti-tank Javelin missiles in return for nuclear warheads, the country’s newly-appointed Ambassador to the United States Valeriy Chaly said. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Ukraine leader warns of ‘terror’ as rebels attack
KIEV: President Petro Poroshenko warned on Friday that the threat of terror was “significantly” rising across Ukraine as pro-Russian militias resumed attacks that killed two more federal servicemen. The Western-backed leader said Ukraine’s efforts to stamp out the 15-month eastern revolt had drained security resources and left peaceful...
Ukraine leader warns of ‘terror’ threat to peaceful cities
President Petro Poroshenko warned that the threat of terror was ‘significantly’ rising across Ukraine as pro-Russian militias resumed attacks, killing two more government troops …read more Source: The Daily...
‘Greece hasn’t asked Russia for aid’
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Greece had not asked Russia for aid to overcome its debt problems. ||| Russia – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Greece had not asked Russia for aid to overcome its debt problems and questioned the European Union’s handling of the crisis. “Mr (Prime Minister Alexis) Tsipras has not...
Opinion: Greece and the Return of Ideology
Ever since the Soviet Empire collapsed, a mantra of Western political analysis has been “the death of ideology.” The argument is that, having experimented with a variety of ideologies, from nationalism to Fascism and Nazism and, more recently, Khomeinism, mankind has concluded that trying to organize and regulate its life based on ideological...
UN: One in nine Ukrainians need aid
Due to conflict, 5 million Ukrainians need h umanitarian assistance, UN says …read more Source: Anadolu...
Gunman kills 3 postal workers in Ukraine, steals $115,000
An unidentified gunman shot and killed three postal workers as they were transporting money in eastern Ukraine, escaping with the equivalent of $115,000, police said …read more Source: The Daily...
5 million Ukrainians need humanitarian aid
Due to the ongoing in Ukraine, more than 5 million Ukrainians need humanitarian assistance, according to report in the UN. …read more Source: World...
Ukraine Shells Solntsevo Village in Donetsk from Grad MLRS
TEHRAN (FNA)- Ukraine’s army shelled the village of Solntsevo in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) some 70 kilometers South of Donetsk from Grad multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), DPR Defense Ministry spokesman Eduard Basurin said. …read more Source: Fars News...
Poroshenko says terrorist threat in Ukraine has ‘significantly risen’
President Petro Poroshenko said on Friday the threat of terrorism had “significantly risen” in Ukraine, describing the country as awash with weapons trafficked from the east where a shaky ceasefire has eased fighting against pro-Russian rebels. At a meeting with Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk and Interior Minister Arsen Avakov,...
