Section: Africa&ME
Two Ukraine soldiers, one rebel killed
KIEV: Two Ukrainian soldiers and one rebel have been killed in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, officials said on Monday, as both sides traded blame over increasing ceasefire violations. Two Ukrainian troops died and three more were wounded after their armoured vehicle hit a mine in the Lugansk region, military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk...
Lithuania detains suspected Russian spy
Lithuania has detained a Russian citizen suspected of spying, a move that will further strain already poor relations between the ex-Soviet Baltic republic and Moscow. ||| Vilnius – Lithuania has detained a Russian citizen suspected of spying, the prosecutor-general’s office said on Monday, a move that will further strain already poor...
Norway keeps door open for Russia
NATO-member Norway is keeping some military channels open to Russia even as it braces for more bad surprises after Moscow annexed part of Ukraine last year. ||| Oslo – NATO-member Norway is keeping some military channels open to its neighbour Russia even as it braces for more bad surprises after Moscow annexed part of Ukraine last year,...
Morocco Ranks 8th in Applications for Schengen visas in 2014
Rabat- Moroccan nationals submitted 434,652 applications for Schengen visas in 2014, which represents 8.3 per cent increase compared to the previous year. According to recent statistics from the European commission, Morocco is ranked 8th among countries that submitted the highest number of applications for Schengen visas. The kingdom was preceded...
US, allies escalating crisis in Ukraine: Analyst
The United States and its allies have escalated the crisis in Ukraine, a geopolitical analyst in New York says. …read more Source:...
Middle East Imperial Meltdown | Solidarity
FROM STATE MELTDOWNS in Libya and Yemen to the overwhelming nightmares in Syria and Iraq, the spreading chaos in the Middle East today presents the most extreme examples of a core reality: Imperial overreach creates problems for which it has no solutions, and the horrific human costs are paid by people who bear no responsibility for creating the...
Contact group on Ukrainian crisis to meet on May 6 in Minsk
The so-called Contact Group on the resolution of the Ukrainian crisis is to meet on Wednesday. According to RT, this was confirmed by the Ukraine Envoy Leonid Kuchma’s spokeswoman Daria Olifer on her Facebook. Earlier, envoys of the Donetsk and Lugansk, Denis Pushilin and Vladislav Deinego, said they had received invitations to the meeting....
Candidate Sanders Calls for ‘Political Revolution’ Against Billionaire Class | Common Dreams
JonnyJames 21 hours ago The superficial rhetoric sounds good, now to the brass tacks;Questions to Mr. Sanders: Do you support the nationalization of the Federal Reserve System and public banking? (Ellen Brown for Treas. Sec.) Do you support a Wall St. transaction tax? Are you willing to withdraw your support for the illegal, neo-fascist coup...
New clashes in Ukraine leave two people dead, five wounded
Two people are killed in a new wave of clashes in the volatile east Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Two Killed, Five Wounded in Ukraine Clashes: Kiev
Two soldiers were killed and another five were wounded in the past 24 hours in Ukraine’s rebel-held east, Kiev said Monday, as both sides traded blame over the increasing number of ceasefire violations. …read more Source: Al-Manar...
