Section: Africa&ME
NATO starts anti submarine exercise in North Sea as tensions with Russia rise
NATO launched one of its biggest-ever anti-submarine exercises in the North Sea on Monday, inviting non-member Sweden for the first time, amid increasing tensions between Russia and its northern neighbours. More than a dozen vessels from 11 countries are participating in the “Dynamic Mongoose” exercise. NATO will simulate detecting...
NATO starts anti submarine exercise in North Sea as tension with Russia rise
By Balazs Koranyi NATO launched one of its biggest-ever anti-submarine exercises in the North Sea on Monday, inviting non-member Sweden for the first time, amid increasing tensions between Russia and its northern neighbours. More than a dozen vessels from 11 countries are participating in the Dynamic Mongoose exercise. NATO will simulate...
Ukraine soldiers killed in unrest in the east
Ukraine’s army says two soldiers have died in renewed bouts of fighting in the east, where skirmishes between government and separatist forces are increasing and intensifying despite a February peace deal …read more Source: The Daily...
Czech president criticizes West’s anti-Russia sanctions
Czech President Miloš Zeman says the Western sanctions imposed on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine are counterproductive and provoke tensions. …read more Source: Iran...
The Moroccan Embassy in DC Presents Passport DC: Cultural Tourism
Fez – Morocco is participating in Passport DC: Cultural Tourism throughout the month of May in an opportunity to portray its cultural heritage. The event which is organized by the Moroccan embassy in the USA in collaboration with the Ministry of Handicrafts and Social Economy and the Crafts House aims at presenting different Moroccan handicrafts...
Rain rescues wheat crops in Kansas
Wet weather in April revived crop prospects across Kansas – the biggest wheat producer in the United States. ||| Chicago – David Schemm isn’t complaining that a deluge last month made soils too wet to plant corn because his 4 500 acres of wheat in west-central Kansas will probably be the best crop in four years.“There were...
Eastern Ukraine village comes under army’s intense shelling: Locals
The Ukrainian army has intensely shelled the eastern village of Sakhanka in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) despite a ceasefire in the region, local sources say. …read more Source: Iran...
Eastern Ukraine village comes under army’s intense shelling: Locals
The Ukrainian army intensely shells the eastern village of Sakhanka in Donetsk, sources say. …read more Source:...
OSCE raps E Ukraine truce breaches, urges political solution
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has condemned the violation of the Minsk ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. On Sunday, the OSCE issued a statement on behalf of the organization’s chairperson-in-office and Serbian foreign minister, Ivica Dacic, denouncing “violations of the ceasefire along the line of contact in...
OSCE raps E Ukraine truce breaches, urges political solution
The OSCE condemns the violation of the Minsk ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
