Section: Africa&ME
Exclusive: Russia masses heavy firepower on border with Ukraine
KHUTOR CHKALOVA, Russia Russia’s army is massing troops and hundreds of pieces of weaponry including mobile rocket launchers, tanks and artillery at a makeshift base near the border with Ukraine, a Reuters reporter saw this week. Many of the vehicles have number plates and identifying marks removed while many of the servicemen had taken...
Russian divers report ancient ship find near Crimea
MOSCOW: A group of Russian divers said on Wednesday they had found Byzantine-era ship wreckage in the Black Sea off Crimea that included a trove of 10th century pottery. The wreck was discovered off the coast of Sevastopol in Crimea, the peninsula with a rich history that Russia annexed last year from Ukraine, and could have come from a collision...
Biden says debate on Ukraine lethal aid ‘worth having’
‘Helping Ukraine against Russian aggression is critical to checking further aggression down the road,’ says Biden …read more Source: Anadolu...
Report: Russia using mobile crematoria to burn its casualties in Ukraine conflict
“They are trying to hide not only from the world but from the Russian people their involvement,” US lawmaker tells Bloomberg. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Fear as Ukraine faces HIV drug shortage
A group of Ukrainians infected with HIV warned that thousands could soon perish because the war-torn country was running out of treatment for the deadly virus. ||| Belarus – A group of Ukrainians infected with HIV warned on Wednesday that thousands could soon perish because the war-torn country was running out of treatment for the deadly...
Another day of deadly clashes in eastern Ukraine
At least seven people, including civilians, have been killed in fresh clashes between the Ukrainian army and pro-Russia forces in the country’s volatile east over the past 24 hours. According to the reports, the regional government of Ukraine’s eastern province of Lugansk, which is loyal to the government in Kiev, said on Wednesday...
Another day of deadly clashes in eastern Ukraine
At least seven people, including civilians, have been killed in fresh clashes between the Ukrainian army and pro-Russia forces in the country’s volatile east over the past 24 hours. …read more Source: Iran...
Another day of deadly clashes in eastern Ukraine
At least seven people are killed in fresh clashes in Ukraine’s east in a time span of 24 hours. …read more Source:...
Quadruplets born to woman, 65, ‘at risk’
Doctors said that quadruplets whose very premature births to a 65-year-old mother of 13 have captured headlines face big health risks. ||| Doctors at a Berlin clinic on Wednesday said quadruplets, whose very premature births to a 65-year-old German mother have captured headlines and stirred debate, face big health risks.Eight days after their...
Ukraine design festival displays works by Iran’s Nourayi
Ukraine’s COW International Design Festival exhibits works by Iranian illustrator Leila Nourayi. …read more Source:...
