Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine jumps on ‘Je suis Charlie’ bandwagon
Kiev promotes its war against Russian backed separatists, creating its own variant of the Twitter hashtag that took social media by storm last week after Paris terror attacks. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Gazprom warns EU to link to Turkey pipeline or lose Russian gas
‘The Turkish Stream is the only route along which 63 billion cubic meters of Russian gas can be supplied, which at present transit Ukraine. There are no other options,’ Gazprom chief Alexei Miller says …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukraine steps up mobilisation, warns of renewed Russian ‘aggression’
By Richard Balmforth Ukraine’s parliament voted on Thursday to refresh its front-line forces and resume partial conscription after a top security official warned that Russian forces backing separatist rebels had sharply increased military activity in the east. “Russian aggression is continuing. There has been a significant surge in the...
Ukraine Steps Up Mobilization, Warns of Russian Aggression
KYIV—Ukraine’s parliament voted on Thursday to refresh its front-line forces and resume partial conscription after a top security official warned that Russian forces backing separatist rebels had sharply increased military activity in the east. “Russian aggression is continuing. There has been a significant surge in the intensity of...
Ukraine to deploy veterans from army reserve amid fighting
The warning of increased military activity by Russian forces also followed the shelling of a passenger bus on Tuesday at an army checkpoint in which 12 civilians were killed …read more Source: World...
Ukraine to deploy veterans from army reserve
The warning of increased military activity by Russian forces also followed the shelling of a passenger bus on Tuesday at an army checkpoint in which 12 civilians were killed …read more Source: World...
EBRD faces rare loss due to Russia, Ukraine crisis
By Marc Jones The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will probably report its first loss since the global financial crisis due to turmoil in Russia and Ukraine, the development bank’s Vice President Andras Simor said on Wednesday. Simor told Reuters that a fall in the value of its Russian equity investments due to the...
Obama, Cameron vow to stand firm against Islamist extremists
U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron vowed a united front on Wednesday against the threat posed by Islamist extremists and their “distorted ideology.”In a joint opinion article that appeared in Thursday’s Times of London newspaper and released on Wednesday night in Washington, Obama and Cameron...
Global leaders to descend on Davos
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US Secretary of State John Kerry will be among the political heavyweights attending next week’s annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. ||| Simeon Bennett and Simon Kennedy Geneva and LondonCHINESE Premier Li Keqiang, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US Secretary of...
NATO claims Russia continuing to intervene in Ukraine
NATO chief claims in Berlin that Russia is supporting separatists in eastern Ukraine with arms and soldiers …read more Source: Anadolu...
