Section: Africa&ME
U.S. to send more non-lethal aid to Ukraine -U.S. defense official
The US is preparing to send more non-lethal aid to Ukraine. …read more Source: World...
U.S. slaps sanctions on Ukrainian rebels, Russian bank
The sanctions signal Washington is ratcheting up pressure on Moscow a day after accusing Russia of sending tanks and heavy military equipment into Ukraine …read more Source: World...
News24.com | Nato: Ukraine cease-fire monitors must get full access
Nato’s secretary general has insisted international observers be given the freedom of movement and the protection that need to nominate the cease-fire in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
NATO chief: Russia still equipping separatists in Ukraine
Jens Stoltenberg voices claims as NATO warships conduct military exercises in Black Sea …read more Source: Anadolu...
Merkel snubs Putin WWII ceremony invite
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend an official ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII, an officials said. ||| Berlin – German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend an official ceremony in Moscow on May 9 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two due to tensions of the Ukraine crisis,...
Russia considers softening food import ban – Interfax cites minister
Russian Agriculture Minister Nikolai Fyodorov said his ministry was considering softening its ban on food imports from a series of European Union countries, including Cyprus, Interfax news agency reported on Wednesday. The embargo, introduced last year in response to Western sanctions imposed on Moscow for its role in theUkraine crisis,...
Saudi Arabia recalls ambassador to Sweden after human rights spat
By Daniel Dickson Saudi Arabia has recalled its ambassador from Stockholm, the Swedish foreign ministry said on Wednesday, deepening a diplomatic row between the two countries over Riyadh’s record on human rights and democracy. Sweden said on Tuesday it would cancel a long-standing defence cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia. That...
NATO chief says Russia still equipping Ukraine rebels
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday that Russia was continuing to arm and train rebel forces in eastern Ukraine and he called on …read more Source: The New...
NATO demands full OSCE access in eastern Ukraine
NATO demanded March 11 that the OSCE be given full access to verify the withdrawal of heavy weapons in eastern Ukraine and called again on Russia to end support for the separatists. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukraine PM hopes for gas talks with EU, Russia on March 20
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Wednesday he hoped talks on natural gas supplies would take place with European partners and Russia …read more Source: The New...
