Section: Africa&ME
‘Fighting might resume in Ukraine’
A Ukrainian pro-Russian separatist leader has accused Kiev of “totally ignoring” the terms of a peace deal and warned that fighting might resume. ||| Ukrainian pro-Russian separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko accused the Kiev government of “totally ignoring” the terms of a peace deal and warned in an interview with AFP that fighting might...
Iran will only sign nuclear deal if sanctions lifted “same day’: Rouhani
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a news briefing at the Saadabad palace in Tehran, Iran, on April 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) Ankara, Reuters—Iran will only sign a final nuclear accord with six world powers if all sanctions imposed over its disputed atomic work are lifted on the same day, President Hassan Rouhani said in a...
EU re-imposes sanctions on Iran
The European Union yesterday re-imposed sanctions on an Iranian bank and 32 Iranian shipping companies using new legal justifications after a European court overturned the sanctions. The decision comes days after Iran and six world powers reached a framework agreement to end a dispute over Iran’s nuclear activities, which caused the...
Putin’s Roulette
Events this past week are changing the world in a way it never did since the end of World War II. It even made the Cold War look like a drill in preparation for what to come: a war to end all wars. Indeed, the next war – World War III – would end in the annihilation of life on Earth. Yet, there are those who believe that if they struck first at...
Ukraine separatist leader warns of possible return to war
Ukrainian pro-Russian separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko accuses the Kiev government of ‘totally ignoring’ the terms of a peace deal and warned in an interview with AFP that fighting might resume …read more Source: The Daily...
Amnesty says Ukraine rebels killed captive soldiers
Amnesty International said Thursday that it has evidence that Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine have killed several captured government soldi …read more Source: The New...
Amnesty says Ukraine rebels executed government soldiers
Amnesty International says that it has evidence that Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine have executed several captured government soldiers in gross violation of international humanitarian law …read more Source: The Daily...
Ambassador:Ukraine has no plans for occupied provinces
Government prioritizes boosting economy and attracting investment, says Ukraine Ambassador. …read more Source: World...
Athens due to service IMF debt
Greece is due to make its 459-million-euro April loan payment to the International Monetary Fund. ||| Athens – Greece is due to make its 459-million-euro ($495-million) April loan payment to the IMF on Thursday following days of uncertainty, but the European nation’s ability to honour its debts remains a source of acute anxiety to...
Ukraine has no plans for occupied provinces: Ambassador
Government prioritizes boosting economy and attracting investment, says Ukraine Ambassador …read more Source: Anadolu...
