Section: Africa&ME
News24.com | Nato spearhead force ready early 2015
The first troops of a high-speed Nato reaction force designed to meet the sort of crisis highlighted by Russia’s Ukraine intervention should be ready early next year. …read more Source:...
News24.com | Ukraine soldiers killed at Donetsk airport
At least three Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 14 injured in the past 24 hours as fighting has intensified for control of Donetsk airport. …read more Source:...
MH17 wreckage ‘to be reassembled’
Wreckage of flight MH17 recovered from its crash site in eastern Ukraine will reportedly be reassembled for an investigation in the Netherlands. ||| Amsterdam – Wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 recovered from its crash site in eastern Ukraine will be reassembled for an investigation at a military base in the Netherlands, Dutch...
Oil prices strike new lows, weighing on energy stocks
Crude oil prices sunk to fresh low points on Monday, dragging down the share prices of energy companies, while miners were hit by weak Chinese manufacturing data, traders said.”Oil sector stocks have driven the FTSE lower,” said market analyst Alastair McCaig from the IG trading group.Countering the downward trend, shares in German...
Ukraine urges greater military aid from Europe, US – minister
Ukraine’s foreign minister urged Europe and the United States to begin supplying arms to his country, saying it would help deter pro-Russian separa …read more Source: The New...
NATO calls on Turkey to join EU sanctions against Russia as Putin visits Ankara
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg calls on Turkey to join the economic sanctions campaign against Russia over the Ukrainian crisis. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Three dead in fight for Ukraine airport
At least three Ukrainian soldiers have been killed as fighting intensifies for control of an airport in the rebel-held area of Donetsk. …read more Source:...
Russia accuses NATO of destabilising northern Europe
NATO has stepped up joint exercises, and offered additional reinforcements and a temporary rotation of forces in eastern Europe to reassure members in the region worried by the crisis in Ukraine …read more Source: World...
NATO calls Turkey to join EU sanctions against Russia as Putin visits Ankara
The NATO chief has expressed the call on Turkey to join the economic sanctions campaign against Russia over the Ukrainian crisis …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Russian Ruble Falls as Oil Prices Tumble Further
The ruble looked set for its steepest one-day fall since the Russian financial crisis of 1998, plunging about 4 percent on Monday as oil prices slid below $70 a barrel. Battered by low oil prices and the conflict in eastern Ukraine, the ruble has been declining throughout the year, losing about 42 percent of this value since January. The Russian...
