Section: Africa&ME
Former FM advisor who disappeared in Ukraine suspected in graft scandal
Israel keeps mum on fate of Lieberman’s close associate as Russian and Ukrainian sources report his death; suspicion arises of money laundering. …read more Source: Yedioth...
Pro-Russian group claims cyber attack on German government websites
German government websites including Chancellor Angela Merkel’s page were hacked on Wednesday in a cyber attack claimed by a group demanding that Berlin sever official ties with the Ukrainian government. The attack, against which counter-measures were taken, had left the sites periodically inaccessible since 10 a.m. (0900 GMT), her...
Three soldiers killed as Ukraine marks Orthodox Christmas
The deaths, which came as both Ukraine and Russia celebrated Eastern Orthodox Christmas, also coincided with fresh diplomatic efforts to organise a summit in Kazakhstan …read more Source: World...
War-torn Ukraine battles highest inflation in 14 years
Rises in domestic price of gas, devaluation of Ukrainian hryvnia push up inflation to almost 25%, figures also reflect reform policies of pro-Western government …read more Source: Business...
Conflicts of the past year connected by corruption
Mary Beth Goodman A retrospective look at the conflicts dominating the headlines in 2014 presents a grim picture of escalating conflict and human suffering. Underneath the headlines is a common thread connecting the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Ukrainian protesters in the Maidan, and the Nigerian families still...
Orthodox Christian World Celebrates Christmas
Worshippers across the Orthodox Christian world have begun Christmas celebrations, with clergy in Bethlehem, Cairo, Moscow, Kyiv and other Eastern Christian communities commemorating the biblical birth of Jesus. In Bethlehem, which braced for a rare snowstorm, Syria’s Orthodox archbishop joined his Greek and Coptic Orthodox counterparts for...
13 Ukraine soldiers killed in road crash
KIEV: Thirteen Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 17 injured when the bus they were travelling in collided with military trucks in bad weather in the war-torn east, officials said on Tuesday. The collision on Monday night was due to bad weather and took place during the rotation of professional soldiers and volunteers deployed in eastern Ukraine...
13 Ukraine soldiers killed in road crash in east
Collision was due to bad weather, authorities say …read more Source: Gulf...
At least 12 Ukrainian servicemen killed in road accident
The accident took placenear an area of conflict with pro-Russian separatists who are fighting Ukrainian government forces …read more Source: World...
Germany, France cast doubt on Ukraine summit
PARIS: Germany cast doubt on Monday on whether a four-way summit on the Ukraine crisis in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana on Jan.15 would take place and France’s president said the meeting would depend on the likelihood of “new progress” being made. More than 4,700 people have been killed in fighting between Kiev’s forces and...
