Section: Africa&ME
Setbacks and progress as Iran, six powers meet to end nuclear impasse (Updated)
By Parisa Hafezi, John Irish and Louis Charbonneau The foreign ministers of Iran and six world powers met on Monday in a final push for a preliminary nuclear accord less than two days before their deadline as Tehran showed signs of backing away from previous compromise offers. For days Iran, the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and...
Obama ‘poses an imminent threat to US’
A third of Republicans believe President Obama poses an imminent threat, outranking concerns about Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad. ||| Washington – A third of Republicans believe President Barack Obama poses an imminent threat to the United States, outranking concerns about Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar...
290 US paratroopers to train Ukraine forces
Hundreds of US paratroopers will train Ukrainian soldiers from April 20 as Kiev battles to contain pro-Russian separatists in the country’s east, Ukrainian interior minister Arsen Avakov says …read more Source: The Daily...
Soros ready to invest $1bn in Ukraine
Financier George Soros is prepared to invest $1-billion in Ukraine – if Western countries help private investment there. ||| Vienna – Billionaire financier George Soros is ready to invest $1-billion in Ukraine – if Western countries help private investment there.He also put the odds of Greece leaving the euro at a third, in an...
Republicans see Obama as more imminent threat than Putin – Reuters/Ipsos poll
A third of Republicans believe President Barack Obama poses an imminent threat to the United States, outranking concerns about Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.A Reuters/Ipsos online poll this month asked 2,809 Americans to rate how much of a threat a list of countries, organizations and individuals posed to...
Soros: ready to invest $1 bln in Ukraine if West helps
Soros has previously urged the West to step up aid to Ukraine, outlining steps towards a $50 billion financing package that he said should be viewed as a bulwark against an increasingly aggressive Russia. …read more Source: World...
Jewish Agency, IFCJ spar over Ukrainian immigration
JAFI accuses charity of unfairly luring olim with cash; group counters with accusation of sabotage. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Ukrainian Woman Becomes First Muslim in Ukraine to Memorize Quran
Rabat – Despite language barriers, Vera Verinak, a Ukrainian woman who accepted Islam 17 years ago, has become the first Muslim woman in Ukraine to completely memorize the holy Quran. After several years of learning, Vera, 35 years old, whose Muslim name is Iman, meaning faith, accomplished her dream and became the first Ukrainian woman to learn...
The Miracle on the Plane to Kiev
Black Box Over Kiev reveals the miracle men that saved a plane by davening and learning the Torah of Rebbe Nachman on his birthday. …read more Source: Arutz...
Turkey’s EU accession and Cyprob are ‘twins’
Turkish EU Minister and Chief Negotiator Volkan Bozkir stated that the Cyprus problem and Turkish EU membership are “twin brothers”. Bozkir who was on an official visit to Rome, was addressing a seminar organised by the International Relations Institute entitled ‘Turkey in Europe: Difficulties and opportunities’. In his speech he said that...
