Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine’s foreign minister sees new ‘contact group’ meeting on Ukraine soon
A “contact group” meeting of Ukraine, Russia and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe could be held in the next few days to conside …read more Source: The New...
Russia does not keep its promises over Crimea: Turkey
Turkey accused Russia of not keeping the promises it has given reagarding Crimean Tatars’ rights and announced that it will send a delegation to monitor developments in the region …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukraine bus attack kills 12 as airport battle worsens
A passenger bus came under heavy fire in eastern Ukraine, killing 12 people, Ukrainian authorities said, and fighting intensified around the international airport in the city of Donetsk as separatists tried to oust government forces.The latest violence flared on Tuesday after Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany scrapped plans for a summit in...
News24.com | UN Security Council condemns Ukraine bus attack
The UN Security Council has strongly condemned a rocket attack on a bus in east Ukraine that left 11 civilians dead. …read more Source:...
Ukraine tensions keep Putin from Auschwitz
VLADIMIR PUTIN Russian President Vladimir Putin is unlikely to join world leaders gathering at the site of the Auschwitz death camp this month because distrust caused by the conflict in Ukraine has cast a pall on arrangements to commemorate the Holocaust. The Nazi camp, where about 1.5 million people were killed, most of them Jews, became a...
Rocket hits Ukraine bus, 11 dead
Eleven Ukrainian civilians were killed and nearly 20 injured when a long-range Grad rocket, apparently fired by pro-Russian rebels, hit a bus. …read more Source:...
Ten killed as shell hits bus in Ukraine
Passenger bus destroyed as it passes checkpoint in Donetsk …read more Source: World...
News24.com | Killer bus attack dooms Ukraine’s shaky truce
An attack on a passenger bus in eastern Ukraine which killed 11 people may be the final blow to hopes of a cease-fire. …read more Source:...
10 Ukraine civilians killed when rocket hit bus
DONETSK: A bus driving near an army checkpoint in eastern Ukraine was hit by a rebel shell on Tuesday, killing at least 10 civilians and wounding a further 13, local officials said. The Donetsk regional administration, which answers to the central government in Kiev, said in a statement that the rebels shelled the checkpoint near the town of...
Ukraine bus attack kills 11 as airport battle worsens
The incident occurred near the town of Volnovakha south of the major industrial city of Donetsk, which is the centre of a nine-month conflict …read more Source: World...
