Section: Africa&ME
Russian defense ministry says US troops in east Ukraine: Interfax
US troops are in the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine and are training Ukrainian forces, Interfax news agency quoted a spokesman for Russia’s Defense Ministry as saying. …read more Source: The Daily...
FBI chief tells Poland’s US envoy he regrets Holocaust remarks
The head of the US intelligence service told the Polish ambassador to the United States that he regretted his remarks on what Poland has said was an accusation of complicity in the Holocaust, the Polish foreign ministry said on Thursday. Poland now considers the matter settled, a spokesman for the foreign ministry said. Poland is one of the...
Poland Says Still Waiting for US to Apologize for Holocaust Remarks
WARSAW—Poland was still waiting for the United States to apologize for remarks by an FBI official that it says implied complicity in the Holocaust during World War Two, a government spokeswoman said on Thursday. FBI Director James Comey’s remarks, published in the Washington Post last week, prompted an outcry in Poland and drew condemnation...
EU charges Russia’s Gazprom, alleging price gouging
The European Union launched a legal attack on Gazprom on Wednesday, stoking tensions with Moscow as it accused the Russian gas giant of overcharging buyers in Eastern Europe and hindering competition. European Commission antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said Gazprom was barring EU clients from selling its gas to other states — a...
Poland to support Ukraine’s defences
Poland’s foreign minister said that Poland may support Ukraine’s defence capacities …read more Source: World...
Poland slams US over holocaust remarks
Poland was still waiting for the US to apologise for remarks by an FBI official that “implied complicity in the Holocaust during WWII.” ||| Warsaw – Poland was still waiting for the United States to apologise for remarks by an FBI official that it says implied complicity in the Holocaust during World War Two, a government spokeswoman said...
Zimbabwe sanctions call rejected
Top EU court dismisses appeal by Zimbabwe’s attorney-general to have EU sanctions removed …read more Source: Business...
More body parts found as MH17 search resumes
DUTCH investigators have recovered many more body parts and pieces of wreckage after resuming their search at the MH17 plane crash site in Ukraine, the Netherlands said yesterday. All 298 passengers and crew onboard the Malaysia Airlines jetliner – most of them Dutch – died when it was shot down over rebelheld eastern Ukraine last year. “Many...
EU turns up heat on Russian gas giant
The EU launched a legal attack on Gazprom yesterday, stoking tensions with Moscow as it accused the Russian gas giant of overcharging buyers in eastern Europe and hindering competition. ||| Foo Yun Chee and Philip Blenkinsop BrusselsTHE EU launched a legal attack on Gazprom yesterday, stoking tensions with Moscow as it accused the Russian gas...
US Says Russia Adds Air Defense Systems Inside Ukraine
WASHINGTON—The United States on Wednesday accused Russia of building up air defense systems inside eastern Ukraine and of involvement in training exercises of pro-Russian separatists in the area in breach of a European-brokered cease-fire agreement. “This is the highest amount of Russian air defense equipment in eastern Ukraine since August,”...
