Section: Africa&ME
Libya asks UN to approve arms contracts
Libya urged the UN Security Council to approve a request for military purchases as it struggles to combat Islamic State extremists and protect its oil fields.The internationally-recognized government, one of two bodies that claims to rule troubled Libya, has asked the council’s sanctions committee to grant an exemption to an arms embargo...
Body of Jewish soldier extricated from Ukraine battlefield
Ultra-Orthodox Israeli team takes body from Donetsk to Kiev for proper Jewish burial …read more Source:...
Rescuers find 32 dead miners in east Ukraine mine: rebel official
Rescuers found 32 bodies of miners in the Zasyadko mine in eastern Ukraine a day after a blast ripped through the shaft, a rebel official said on March 5 …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Thousands of Russian troops in east Ukraine: US envoy
The United States’ senior envoy to Europe alleged that Russia had deployed “thousands and thousands” of troops to neighbouring Ukraine. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Ukraine military says one soldier killed in past 24 hrs in east
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Chances slim for miners
HELPING COLLEAGUES: Miners arrive to help with the rescue effort at Zasyadko mine Dozens of trapped workers in Ukraine feared dead after blast deep underground DOZENS of miners were trapped underground and feared dead yesterday after a blast at a coal mine in the eastern Ukrainian rebel stronghold of Donetsk, with rescuers saying the chance of...
Mine disaster claims 33 lives in Ukraine
Thirty-three miners were confirmed dead last night after a coal mine blast in the rebel-held city of Donetsk near the battle front in eastern Ukraine, indicating no one trapped in the rubble survived. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Dozens feared dead in Ukraine mine blast
Thirty-three miners are dead or unaccounted for after an explosion at a coal mine in the rebel-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. The blast took place at Zasyadko mine, near the city’s war-wrecked airport early on Wednesday. According to Kiev-backed officials of Donetsk who… …read more Source:...
Libya Seeks Permission to Import Arms to Fight IS
UNITED NATIONS—Libya has sought permission from the United Nations to import 150 tanks, two dozen fighter jets, seven attack helicopters, tens of thousands of assault rifles and grenade launchers, and millions of rounds of ammunition from Ukraine, Serbia and the Czech Republic. In a written request to the U.N. Security Council committee...
News24.com | Thirty-three miners killed in Ukraine
Thirty-three miners have died in an explosion at a coal mine in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
