Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine says government forces halt rebel attempt to advance on eastern town
An attempt by pro-Russian separatists to advance on Ukrainian troop positions near the town of Maryinka in eastern Ukraine has been halted for now, Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak said …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine opp. advance on eastern Ukraine town
Opposition forces in Ukraine have advanced west of Donetsk towards government positions. …read more Source: World...
Ukraine opp. advance on east Ukraine town
Opposition forces in Ukraine have advanced west of Donetsk towards government positions. …read more Source: World...
Ukraine honors children affected by civil war on International Children’s day – video
Divided Ukraine marks International Children’s Day with celebrations in the west and memorial services in the east. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine: Conflict casualties surpass to 6,400
The UN Human Rights Office has documented in a report that 6,417 people have been killed, including at least 626 women and girls. …read more Source: World...
Two civilians killed in rebel attack in east Ukraine: governor
Two civilians were killed Wednesday when mortar bombs fired by pro-Russian separatists hit their car in government-controlled territory near Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, the head of the Kiev-controlled regional administration said. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine: Number of conflict casualties rises to 6,417
UN Human Rights Office reports that this is a conservative estimate, including at least 626 women and girls killed …read more Source: Anadolu...
Here’s How to Avoid World War Three
Although wars between even small nations are tragic for the populations involved and can cause wider problems in the international system, the prospect of armed conflict between major powers is the true nightmare scenario—especially in an era of nuclear weapons. The two world wars that so horribly scarred the twentieth century provide important...
Americans Scour Tehran for Cheap Assets as Iranians Open Doors
Sporting a monogrammed tie in tie-less Tehran, he could not have been mistaken for a local. As an American who remembers well the U.S. hostage crisis, he might have been forgiven some skepticism about investing in Iran. But he has been struck, he said, by the “enormous, consistent love and admiration” toward the U.S. he has felt from Iranians and...
Young nurses swap studies for Ukraine frontline
PISKY: Dressed in camouflage shorts and with her short hair dyed bright red, Nika looks more like a rock fan than a nurse at a makeshift Ukrainian hospital. But the 21-year-old medical student has seen many people killed in recent months, despite an internationally-brokered truce declared in February. At the half-destroyed house serving as a...
