Section: Africa&ME
West and Russia clash at UN over Ukraine crisis
Accusations traded against backdrop of worst fighting between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian rebels in country’s east. …read more Source: AL...
Dutch foreign minister eyes MH17 prosecution
Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders will discuss efforts with Moscow to prosecute suspects in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. ||| Amsterdam – Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders will discuss efforts to prosecute suspects in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 while in Moscow on Friday, his office said in a...
G7 must act to prevent deaths, say charities
Many aid agencies are using the G7 to lobby world leaders for resources in a critical year for development. ||| London – The survival of 17 000 children and 800 mothers is at stake every day unless the world’s top industrialised nations, set to meet in Germany, muster the political will and money to end preventable maternal and infant...
Leak: US knowingly conceals E. Ukrainian ceasefire violations by Kiev
The US and its Western allies are well aware of all the ceasefire violations in Eastern Ukraine but, deliberately turn a blind eye to Kiev’s actions, hackers said after obtaining the emails of top Ukrainian official overseeing the truce. The anti-Kiev hacktivist group, CyberBerkut, claims to have hacked the emails of Major-General Andrey...
Ukraine to allow foreign forces, WMD
The Ukrainian parliament has amended a bill that will allow the admission of foreign forces and nuclear arms inside Ukraine. …read more Source: World...
Leak: US Knowingly Conceals E. Ukrainian Ceasefire Violations by Kiev
TEHRAN (FNA)- The US and its Western allies are well aware of all the ceasefire violations in Eastern Ukraine but, deliberately turn a blind eye to Kiev’s actions, hackers said after obtaining the emails of top Ukrainian official overseeing the truce. …read more Source: Fars News...
Ukraine requests UN emergency meeting over fresh fighting
The U.N. Security Council will Friday discuss an upsurge in fighting in east Ukraine that rattled the official truce. …read more Source: The Daily...
NATO states to start major naval drills in Baltic Sea
Scores of vessels and aircraft from 17 countries are set to take part in major US-led NATO naval drills in the Baltic Sea. The multinational maritime exercise of BALTOPS 2015 will start on June 5 and run until June 20. According to NATO’s website, the exercise will feature anti-submarine warfare, air defense, intercepting suspect vessels...
G7 to discuss extending sanctions on Russia
A senior EU official said that G7 will discuss extending European Union sanctions on Russia, …read more Source: World...
Child killed, several wounded in east Ukraine: rebels
A child was killed and three people wounded in fighting Thursday evening in eastern Ukraine, the country’s pro-Russian rebels said a day after 26 people were reported killed in a surge of violence four months into a ceasefire. …read more Source: The Daily...
