Section: Africa&ME
NATO approves rapid reaction force for Ukraine
NATO member countries have approved an interim rapid reaction force to respond to Russian threats in and around Ukraine. …read more Source: Anadolu...
Ukraine and rebels agree to new truce, says OSCE
The new cease-fire is set to begin on Friday …read more Source: Anadolu...
News24.com | US to discuss new Russia sanctions with Europe
US Secretary of State John Kerry will talk to European allies this week about imposing further sanctions on Russia if pro-Moscow separatists in Ukraine do not halt violence. …read more Source:...
NATO FMs condemn Russia over Crimea military build up
Foreign ministers of NATO member states and Ukraine have condemned Russia’s military build-up in Crimea and its alleged destabilization in Ukraine …read more Source: Anadolu...
Ukraine president stands by foreign and defence chiefs
Parliament was expected to endorse Pavlo Klimkin as foreign minister and Stepan Poltorak as defence chief in the government of Arseny Yatseniuk …read more Source: World...
NATO and Ukraine condemn Russia’s activities
NATO foreign ministers are expected to announce on Dec. 2 the launch of a new advisory mission for Afghanistan and continuous NATO presence in Eastern Europe …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels agree new truce
Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels “agreed in principle” on a ceasefire in one separatist province and were working to conclude a broader truce on Tuesday that would end nearly eight months of bloodshed. The latest push for peace in the former Soviet country was being spearheaded by European negotiators alarmed at the unravelling of a...
News24.com | Ukraine government, rebels agree on new cease-fire
Ukrainian government troops and Russian-backed separatist forces in the Luhansk region have agreed on a new cease-fire, international monitors say. …read more Source:...
US says to discuss possible new Russia sanctions with Europe
By Lesley Wroughton US Secretary of State John Kerry will talk to European allies this week about imposing further sanctions on Russia if pro-Moscow separatists in Ukraine do not halt violence, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday. The United States and the 28-nation European Union have both imposed sanctions on Russia’s...
Russia boasts a dynamic press despite risks to journalists
A couple passes coin-operated newspaper vending machines in the metro in Moscow. (John Macdougall/AFP/Getty Images) Moscow, Asharq Al-Awsat—The way some circles in the West put it, Russia has all but returned to the Soviet era with an omnipresent Vladimir Putin in tight control of the media. Putin, we are told, has built a cult of personality...
