Section: Africa&ME
US urges Vatican to get tough with Putin on Ukraine
The United States urged the Vatican on June 10 to criticise Russia’s involvement in the Ukraine conflict more forcefully, hours before Pope Francis was due to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Putin visits Italy, pope as US seeks more Vatican criticism
Russian President Vladimir Putin was meeting with Italian officials and Pope Francis as the US sought to encourage the Vatican to join the West in condemning Moscow’s actions in Ukraine …read more Source: The Daily...
UN: 878k people flee Ukraine, 1.3m internally displaced
The armed conflict in eastern Ukraine has forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee the country and made well over a million others internally displaced, according to the UN released data. …read more Source: Iran...
Poll: Americans and Europeans differ on aid to Ukraine
A new survey shows that Americans are less willing than Europeans to send economic aid to Ukraine, where the government is struggling to keep the economy afloat while battling Russian-backed separatists. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
US Treasury head encourages Ukraine on debt restructure
US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew encouraged Ukraine to make ‘shared sacrifices’ to restructure its debt at a meeting in Washington with the country’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk …read more Source: The Daily...
878k people flee Ukraine, 1.3m internally displaced: UN
The UN releases data showing around 878,000 people have fled Ukraine, with 1.3 million internally displaced. …read more Source:...
Poll: Americans and Europeans differ on aid to Ukraine
A new survey shows that Americans are less willing than Europeans to send economic aid to Ukraine, where the government is struggling to keep the economy afloat while battling Russian-backed separatists …read more Source: The Daily...
Obama says Putin wants to recreate Soviet empire
US President Barack Obama has lashed out at his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...
Putin visits Italy with one eye on EU sanctions
President Vladimir Putin will be on the lookout for signs of dissent over European Union sanctions on Russia when he visits Italy on June 10, but he is likely to be disappointed …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Kiev fuel depot up in flames
– RAGING INFERNO: Emergency services in Ukraine tackle the enormous blaze at a fuel storage depot 30km outside Massive explosions may be sabotage UKRAINE evacuated hundreds of residents yesterday after a series of blasts at a fuel depot near Kiev set off a ferocious fire, with several people missing and at least one confirmed dead. The defence...
