Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine ceasefire under pressure ahead of key four-way talks
Surging fighting around hotspots in separatist-held east Ukraine put fresh pressure on a shaky ceasefire under review at talks on Monday between the French, German, Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Poland, Lithuania increase defence budget
As Poland focuses on their election and puts reforms on hold, both Poland and Lithuania top EU defence budget hikes in 2015, as conflict in Ukraine continues to foment instability. …read more Source: World...
Fighting picks up in war-torn eastern Ukraine
Fighting has picked up in eastern Ukraine, after more than a month of relative calm, as diplomats gathered in Berlin Monday to discuss the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine military says one servicemen killed, six wounded
Fighting has picked up in eastern Ukraine, after more than a month of relative calm, as diplomats gathered in Berlin Monday to discuss the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: World...
Cuba, US face bumpy road ahead
Cuba and the United States just made history. Now comes the hard part. ||| Panama City – Cuba and the United States just made history. Now comes the hard part. In the first meeting of its kind in nearly 60 years, President Barack Obama and Cuban leader Raul Castro sat down together for over an hour on Saturday at a regional summit in...
Rubio to launch Republican presidential bid
Marco Rubio will portray himself as the Republican most ready to handle threat to America in a chaotic world when he announces his presidential candidacy. ||| Miami/ Washington – US Senator Marco Rubio will make a muscular foreign policy a focal point when he announces his presidential candidacy on Monday, portraying himself as the...
Easter in the trenches for Ukrainian troops – video
Ukrainian troops in Eastern Ukraine slice into traditional Easter cake to celebrate the Eastern Orthodox holiday on the battlefield, despite a shaky ceasefire. …read more Source: The...
Germany calls on Russia, Ukraine to move to next phase of peace deal
German minister will host his counterparts from Ukraine, Russia and France in Berlin on Monday …read more Source:...
Chabad Rabbi: Thousands of Russian Jews Awaken to Their Roots
Rabbi Shmuel Kaminsky of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, discussed the mass Seder he presided over in a city where some fifty thousand Jews live. …read more Source: Arutz...
China, Russia and eastern Europe boost defence spending: study
Military spending increased sharply in 2014 in China and Russia and the Ukraine conflict prompted eastern European countries to boost their defence pr …read more Source: The New...
