Section: Africa&ME
Turkish PM heads to Poland for EU accession talks
During two-day visit, Davutoglu will discuss Turkey’s EU accession talks, crises in Eastern Ukraine, Iraq and Syria …read more Source: Anadolu...
Ukrainian fans chase referee off pitch
A Ukrainian Premier League football match has been abandoned after angry fans chased the referee off the pitch and stopped him leaving the stadium. …read more Source: The Sunday...
UN: 2014 a devastating year for children
UNICEF declared 2014 a devastating year for children, saying “never in recent memory have so many children been subjected to such unspeakable brutality”. ||| United Nations – The United Nations children’s agency UNICEF declared 2014 a devastating year for children on Monday with as many as 15 million caught in conflicts in Central...
UN Declares 2014 a Devastating Year for Millions of Children
UNITED NATIONS—The United Nations children’s agency UNICEF declared 2014 a devastating year for children on Monday with as many as 15 million caught in conflicts in Central African Republic, Iraq, South Sudan, Syria, Ukraine and the Palestinian territories. UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake said the high number of crises meant many of...
US Sanctions Aimed at Changing Power, Russian Envoy Says
MOSCOW—A senior Russian diplomat accused the United States on Monday of trying to bring down President Vladimir Putin with the sanctions it has imposed on Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told parliamentary … …read more Source:...
Anadolu Agency publishes 2014’s best photos
Photo series includes 200 images depicting a number of momentous developments from Turkey, Egypt, Syria, Gaza, Hong Kong, the USA, Spain, Italy, Ukraine and many other countries …read more Source: Anadolu...
Merkel blasts Moscow as Ukraine clashes rage
Ten Ukrainians were killed in clashes with pro-Russian insurgents as Germany accused the Kremlin of meddling. ||| Kiev – Ukraine said on Sunday that eight more civilians and two soldiers had been killed in fighting with pro-Russian insurgents as Germany accused the Kremlin of meddling in eastern European states’ drive toward the...
5 civilians killed in fresh east Ukraine violence
KIEV: Five civilians have been killed in fresh violence in eastern Ukraine, where more explosions and gunfire rang out on Sunday, two days before the start of a planned truce, officials said. Three civilians were killed and 10 were wounded overnight in the rebel bastion of Donetsk, where further explosions and gunfire were heard Sunday morning,...
Five civilians killed in fresh east Ukraine violence
Five civilians have been killed in fresh violence in eastern Ukraine, where more explosions and gunfire rang out … …read more Source: Gulf...
Ukraine ceasefire deal talks may be held on Dec. 9 – Poroshenko – video
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says he hopes a Ukraine ceasefire will soon take hold, as it’s revealed that fresh talks may be held on December 9th. …read more Source: The...
