Section: Africa&ME
Major intl. energy companies pull out projects from Ukraine
The ongoing fighting between the Ukrainian army and the pro-Russia militias in eastern Ukraine has sent the national economy into freefall. …read more Source:...
Russia stockpiles nuclear arsenal amid tensions with US, EU over Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said his country would add more than 40 new intercontinental ballistic missiles to its nuclear arsenal this year. Putin’s comment came at the opening of an arms show near Moscow on Tueday, a day after Russian officials denounced a US plan to station tanks and heavy weapons in NATO states …...
Russian pro-opposition journalist held in rebel Ukraine
A reporter with a top Moscow opposition paper, that has won numerous awards in the West, was detained Tuesday in separatist eastern Ukraine and is likely to be expelled to Russia, his colleagues said …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia beefing up nuclear arsenal
President Vladimir Putin said Russia would add more than 40 new intercontinental ballistic missiles to its nuclear arsenal. ||| Kubinka, Russia – President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday Russia would add more than 40 new intercontinental ballistic missiles to its nuclear arsenal this year, a remark that is likely to increase alarm in the...
Putin says Russia is beefing up its nuclear arsenal
Russian army will receive 40 intercontinental ballistic missiles this year alone amid tensions with West over Ukraine. …read more Source: AL...
Putin says Russia is beefing up its nuclear arsenal
President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday Russia would add more than 40 new intercontinental ballistic missiles to its nuclear arsenal this year and a defense official accused NATO of provoking a new arms race. Putin made his announcement a day after Russian officials denounced a US plan to station tanks and heavy weapons in NATO states on...
US senators force Obama’s hands on Ukraine lethal aid
US senators are adopting a new measure that would push President Obama closer to providing lethal aid to Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Putin says Russia is beefing up its nuclear arsenal
By Maria Tsvetkova President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday Russia would add more than 40 new intercontinental ballistic missiles to its nuclear arsenal this year and a defence official accused NATO of provoking a new arms race. Putin made his announcement a day after Russian officials denounced a US plan to station tanks and heavy weapons in...
Two Ukrainian servicemen killed in east Ukraine: Ukraine military
Two Ukrainian serviceman have been killed and five wounded in separatist eastern territories in the past 24 hours as fighting extended along a large stretch of the frontline, the Ukrainian military said …read more Source: The Daily...
Netherlands relaunch investigation into MH17 crash
Initial report on Malaysia Airlines plane which crashed in Ukraine last year said ‘external objects’ were likely cause …read more Source: Anadolu...
