Section: Africa&ME
Time Not Right to Ease Russia Sanctions, EU says
BRUSSELS—European Union foreign ministers said on Monday there were no grounds to lift economic sanctions against Russia despite conciliatory proposals from the EU’s foreign policy chief as violence intensified in eastern Ukraine. Federica Mogherini had suggested in a confidential memo… …read more Source:...
News24.com | UN chief alarmed by flare-up in Ukraine fighting
The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced alarm over fierce fighting around the Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine and called for an immediate end to the violence. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian troops retake most of Donetsk airport from rebels
Ukrainian troops have recaptured almost all the territory of Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine they had lost to separatists in recent weeks and thousands gathered in Kiev for a state-sponsored peace march. …read more Source: The Sunday...
UN chief ‘alarmed’ by fresh Ukraine fighting
Fighting in and around Donetsk airport threatens to unravel the hard-won September 2014 cease-fire, says Ban Ki-moon. …read more Source: Anadolu...
Ukrainian troops retake most of Donetsk airport from rebels
By Natalia Zinets and Lina Kushch Ukrainian troops have recaptured almost all the territory of Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine they had lost to separatists in recent weeks and thousands gathered in Kiev for a state-sponsored peace march. Sunday’s offensive brought fighting close to the industrial city of Donetsk, centre of a pro-Russian...
Kiev and Moscow trade barbs amid recent violence
Foreign ministries of Russia and Ukraine accuse one another’s governments of failing to implement peace accords. …read more Source: Anadolu...
Terrorism threat to dominate Davos talks
The deadly Islamist attacks in France and conflicts in Iraq and Ukraine are set to dominate discussions at the WEF’s annual meeting. ||| Europe – The deadly Islamist attacks in France and conflicts in Iraq and Ukraine are set to dominate discussions at this week’s gathering of the world’s political and economic elite in...
Diaspora Ministry official calls for expanded aid to Ukraine Jews
Israeli government funds have been used for the rehabilitation of refugees through a partnership with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
News24.com | Russia: Poroshenko rejected peace proposal
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has rejected a peace plan proposed to him last week by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Putin’s spokesperson says. …read more Source:...
Ukraine leader vows to retake separatist-held east
Separatist stronghold, Donetsk, was shaken by intense outgoing and incoming artillery fire as a bitter battle raged for control over the city’s airport. …read more Source: Khaleej...
