Section: Africa&ME
Sunday Marks 25 Years Since Fall of Berlin Wall
Sunday marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and current and former world leaders are marking the occasion with warnings of continued divisions among major powers. President Barack Obama issued a statement saying Russia’s actions against Ukraine are a reminder that there is “more work to do” for Europe to be...
Former Soviet Leader Gorbachev: World Is on Brink of New Cold War
BERLIN—Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned in a speech in Berlin on Saturday that East-West tensions over the Ukraine crisis were threatening to push the world into a new Cold War, 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Gorbachev, who is credited with forging a rapprochement with the West that led to the demise of communist regimes...
Kidnapped Ukrainian doctors freed in Libya
Two Ukrainian doctors kidnapped in Libya have been freed, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin says. …read more Source:...
US and Russia find common ground on Ukraine
Sergei Lavrov and John Kerry agree at talks in Beijing to exchange information about situation on Russia-Ukraine border. …read more Source: AL...
US, Russia Discuss Ukraine Tensions
Pamela Dockins Published November 08, 2014 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, have been meeting about Russia’s military buildup along the Ukrainian border. The two discussed Ukraine’s unrest and other issues Saturday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation...
MH17 victims’ remains flown to Netherlands
Nearly four months after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 plunged out of the sky over eastern Ukraine, recently discovered remains of some of those on board have been flown back to the Netherlands. …read more Source:...
Remains of MH17 victims ‘may never be fully recovered’
All the remains of the victims from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 might never be fully recovered, the Dutch foreign minister says, as five more coffins were flown out of Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ruling PM Yatsenyuk in Ukraine wins elections
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s party, People’s Front, won the early elections by more than twenty percent of the vote, election commission says. …read more Source: World...
Last MH17 victims may never be recovered, Dutch foreign minister says
Ukraine reported more bloody fighting overnight, with three soldiers killed, as Moscow denied claims it had sent tanks across the border …read more Source: Gulf...
Ruling PM Yatsenyuk in Ukraine wins elections
The president of the Union of the NGOs of the Islamic World condemns Israeli raid on Al-Aqsa Mosque. …read more Source: Anadolu...
