Section: Africa&ME
Putin cites ‘need to sleep’ on leaving tense G20 summit
Vladimir Putin jetted out of Australia Sunday after a testy G20 summit where he faced concerted Western fire over the Ukraine crisis, saying he left slightly early because he needed to get some sleep. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Putin extends olive branch to Ukraine
Russia does not intend to demand early repayment of $3bn that it lent to Ukraine last year, says President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source:...
Georgians protest against Russia, own government
Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who has been charged with exceeding his authority during his years in office, addressed the crowd from Ukraine’s capital Kiev …read more Source: World...
Canadian prime minister tells Putin to ‘get out of Ukraine’
G20 summit simmers with anger over Russian aggression. …read more Source: Anadolu...
Putin walks out of G20 summit early
Live footage from Australia shows Russian president at airport after he was pressured by Western leaders over Ukraine. …read more Source: AL...
US, Japan and Australia vow to oppose Russian action in Crimea
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
In Ukraine, fight for Jewish heritage flounders
Efforts to uncover ancient cemetery in Lviv repeatedly thwarted. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Ukraine to withdraw state services from east
President Petro Poroshenko issues decree withdrawing all public services from rebel-held eastern regions. …read more Source: AL...
Western leaders confront Putin at G20 with threat of more sanctions
BRISBANE, Australia — Western leaders warned Vladimir Putin at a G20 summit on Saturday that he risked more economic sanctions if he failed to end Russian backing for separatist rebels in Ukraine. Russia denied any involvement in an escalation of the separatist war in eastern Ukraine, where more than 4,000 people have been kil...
2 kids among 5 dead in east Ukraine: Officials
KIEV: Five civilians, including two children, and three more Ukrainian soldiers have died in the latest fighting in Ukraine, officials said on Saturday. The civilian deaths came in Gorlivka, some 30 kilometres north of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, late Friday, the local council in the rebel-held city said. It added that a further 12 people...
