Section: Africa&ME
Turkey to send mission to Crimea over Tatar ‘oppression’
Turkey says it will send and ‘informal mission’ to Crimea to monitor what it termed the ‘oppression’ of Crimean Tatars, an ethnic group that opposed Russia’s 2014 seizure of the Black Sea peninsula. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine’s Naftogaz transfers $30 mln to Gazprom
Transfer is for further gas supplies …read more Source: World...
Iran deal may vindicate Obama
US president has long insisted that diplomacy trumps force and historic Iran nuclear deal appears to bear him out ||| RPT-Iran deal may vindicate Obama’s view that diplomacy trumps force(Repeats to additional subscribers) By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) – Barack Obama ran for president in part on the proposition that...
Obama hails ‘historic’ Iran nuclear deal
Story highlights Iran will reduce number of centrifuges from 19,000 to 6,104 It will cut down its stockpile of enriched uranium from 10 tonnes to 300kg No enrichment will take place at Fordow facility for 15 years Iran to redesign its nearly built reactor at Arak US and EU sanctions will … …read more Source:...
Obama hails ‘historic’ Iran nuclear agreement
Story highlights Iran will reduce number of centrifuges from 19,000 to 6,104 It will cut down its stockpile of enriched uranium from 10 tonnes to 300kg No enrichment will take place at Fordow facility for 15 years Iran to redesign its nearly built reactor at Arak US and EU sanctions will be suspended if Iran sticks to its commitments US sanctions...
News24.com | Kiev fearful of Russian troops after battlefield defeats
Ukraine’s beleaguered forces have faced problems all of their own making as they have failed to retake separatist territories during a year of conflict. …read more Source:...
At least 56 die as Russian trawler sinks in icy seas – Rescuers search for missing crew, survivors
Trawler the same type as The Dalny Vostok trawler MOSCOW: A fishing trawler sank in freezing waters off Russia’s Far East yesterday, killing at least 56 people and setting off a frantic search for survivors that led to dozens being rescued alive. In the worst such accident in recent Russian history, some 132 people were on board the trawler...
Council of Europe worried by closing of Crimean TV channel
Secretary General Jagland urges Russian authorities to let Crimean Tatar TV station resume broadcasting …read more Source: Anadolu...
EU to support re-opening of Tatar TV
The European Union considers the shutdown of the Crimean Tatar media a flagrant violation of the right to freedom of expression. Meanwhile, Turkey’s Foreign Minister has slammed …read more Source: World...
Turkey condemns silencing of Crimean Tatar media outlet
Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has slammed Russia for silencing the Crimean Tatars’ only television media outlet …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
