Section: Africa&ME
NATO Scrambles Jets 400 Times in 2014 Over Russian Activity
AMARI, ESTONIA/LONDON—NATO warplanes have had to scramble 400 times this year in response to an increase in Russian air activity around Europe not seen since the Cold War, the alliance’s chief said on Thursday. North Atlantic Treaty Organization members have sought to fill gaps in the alliance’s land, air and sea defenses since Russia...
Nearly 1,000 killed during Ukraine ceasefire: UN
KIEV: Almost 1,000 people have been killed in Ukraine since a ceasefire came into effect in September, an average of 13 people a day, the United Nations said on Thursday, as the conflict in the east drags on. As the report was published, international monitors from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) mission in the...
Almost 1 000 killed in Ukraine since September
Nearly 1 000 people have been killed in conflict-torn Ukraine since a tattered truce was signed in September while the number of people displaced has nearly doubled, the UN says. …read more Source:...
UN: Deaths keep rising in Ukraine, now over 4,300
Firefighters tackle a blaze after shelling destroyed several houses in Donetsk on November 20, 2014. (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana) Geneva, AP—The fighting in eastern Ukraine has killed nearly 300 people in the last month despite a ceasefire and has violated people’s rights so much it could amount to war crimes, UN rights investigators said...
UN: Nearly 1,000 deaths since Ukraine truce
Report says deaths continue at rate of nearly 13 per day, despite supposed ceasefire being in effect since September. …read more Source: AL...
UN: Rights Abuses on Rise in War-torn E. Ukraine
GENEVA—A new United Nations report found the presence of large numbers of sophisticated weapons as well as foreign fighters, including Russian soldiers, have led to a worsening of the human rights situation in eastern Ukraine. The report issued by the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said serious human rights violations...
International monitors shot at in east Ukraine
A convoy of international monitors from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has been shot at by “uniformed personnel” in east Ukraine, the organisation says. …read more Source:...
Russian firms face huge insurance costs
Russian companies face billions of dollars in extra insurance costs as Western sanctions prompt foreign insurance firms to start pulling out. ||| London/Moscow – Russian companies face billions of dollars in extra insurance costs as Western sanctions prompt foreign insurance firms to start pulling out, worried that any business they...
Russia has little to offer in oil price war
Russia can do little to shore up slumping global prices even if OPEC wants it to. ||| Moscow – Russia can do little to shore up slumping global prices even if OPEC wants it to.Russian wells will freeze if they stop pumping oil, and the country has no capacity to store the output it would otherwise export. Before next week’s meeting of...
Russia: US Arms Supplies to Ukraine Would Destabilize Situation
Russia said on Thursday that the United States providing weapons to Ukraine’s government to … …read more Source:...
