Section: Africa&ME
Putin: Russia Prepared Raising Nuclear Readiness Over Crimea
MOSCOW—Russia was ready to bring its nuclear weapons into a state of alert… …read more Source:...
German Paper: Ukraine President to Urge More Russia Sanctions
FRANKFURT—Ukraine’s president accused Russian-backed separatists in the east of failing to respect a cease-fire with Ukrainian troops and called for further sanctions on Russia in comments to a German newspaper to be published on Monday. Attacks have become less frequent since the latest cease-fire came into force in mid-February, but both...
Ukraine rebels turn machine plant into tank factory
Separatists say Soviet T-62 and T-64 tanks and self-propelled artillery are all “trophies” taken from Kiev government forces on the battlefield …read more Source: Gulf...
Ukraine activists unveil Putin ‘tombstone’ by Russian embassy
Ukrainian activists, playing on speculation about President Vladimir Putin’s health, erect a mock tombstone to the Russian leader depicting him as the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler outside the Russian embassy in Kiev …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine’s old guard plagued by mystery deaths
Three former lawmakers close to the ousted leader have been found dead in Ukraine in the past two weeks …read more Source: Gulf...
South Cyprus FM meets UK Minister for Europe
South Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides met with the UK Minister for Europe David Lidington at the Foreign Office in London on Thursday afternoon. The Foreign Minister said that they had held an “interesting” discussion, which covered bilateral relations on issues such as the cooperation of security services on the issue of...
Israel’s Elections: Who Cares?
Toronto- Should we care about the Israeli elections? The answer is that we all should. In fact, the coming week, Israeli voters will go to the polls to elect a new parliament-Knesset from which a new government should emerge. The latest polls indicate a slight lead of the Center left Zionist Union led by the less-known Isaac Herzog ahead of...
Residents return to ruins in Ukraine town
Not a single building in Nikishyne escaped undamaged after months of intense bombardment, which helped shrink the village of 700 to a handful of residents as fighting raged in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine conflict leaves kids in lurch
KHARTSYZK: Seryozha colours in his drawing of a tank, lost in thought. Like many 7-year-olds in eastern Ukraine, he has trouble recalling a time before the war. “They’ve always been shooting,” he says, vigorously scratching with the brightest of pencils. Yelena Nikulenko, the director of the children’s home in the rebel-held town of...
Putin health rumours persist
The Kremlin published new footage of Vladimir Putin, as rumours swirled that the Russian president had not appeared in public for a week. ||| Moscow – The Kremlin on Friday published new footage of Vladimir Putin, as rumours swirled that the Russian president had not appeared in public for a week.Pictures broadcast on state television...
