Section: Africa&ME
News24.com | Ukrainian soldiers admit killing mom, daughter
Two Ukrainian servicemen have confessed to murdering a mother and daughter in east Ukraine after suspecting them of separatist sympathies, the prosecutor’s office for the Kiev-controlled part of Donetsk region says. …read more Source:...
2 Ukraine soldiers charged with killing pro-Russia civilians
Ukraine charges two government forces with killing two civilians in the eastern Ukrainian province of Luhansk. …read more Source:...
Russia cites ‘threats’ as nuclear arsenal boosted – US warns against return to ‘Cold War status’
NATO troops make a massive amphibious landing off the coast of Ustka, northern Poland, during NATO military sea exercises BALTOPS (Baltic Operations) 2015 in the Baltic Sea. The multinational exercise of NATO allied and partner nations aims to demonstrate their collective capability to defend the Baltic region. — AFP MOSCOW: President Vladimir...
Talks on Ukraine conflict due in France
The Foreign ministers of France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia are scheduled to hold more talks over the crisis in eastern Ukraine next week. …read more Source: Iran...
Talks on Ukraine conflict due in France
The foreign ministers of France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia will hold talks on Ukraine next week. …read more Source:...
Russian, German FMs Urge Immediate End to E. Ukraine Fighting
The foreign ministers of Russia and Germany, Sergey Lavrov and Frank-Walter Steinmeier, on Wednesday discussed cooperation in the Normandy format to resolve the Ukrainian crisis, Tass said. …read more Source: Al-Manar...
Russia bans to stay in place until 2016
Ambassadors from the European Union member states have agreed to prolong until 2016 the bloc’s punitive measures against what they called Russia involvement in Ukraine’s crisis. On Wednesday, the EU Committee of Permanent Representatives reached an agreement on extending bloc’s economic sanctions against Moscow by six more...
Russia says ‘reluctant’ to enter arms race with US
A top aide to Russian president Vladimir Putin says Moscow refuses to engage in a costly new arms race with the US, adding, however, that Russia will not back down in the face of possible threats. The comments by Yury Ushakov on Wednesday came one day after Putin announced that Russia’s nuclear arsenal would be beefed up by 40 new...
EU agrees to extend Russia economic sanctions by six months
European Union governments agreed June 17 to extend economic sanctions on Russia over its actions in Ukraine by six months until Jan. 31, diplomats said, maintaining unity in the West’s tough stance toward Moscow …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Russian, German FMs Urge Immediate End to E. Ukraine Fighting
TEHRAN (FNA)- Foreign Ministers of Russia and Germany Sergey Lavrov and Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Wednesday discussed cooperation in the Normandy format to resolve the Ukrainian crisis. …read more Source: Fars News...
