Section: Africa&ME
Russia: US welcome to mediate Ukraine crisis
Russia’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov says that US involvement in resolving the conflict in Ukraine would be a “step in the right direction”, after meeting with his US counterpart John Kerry in Beijing. …read more Source:...
Kerry: Agreed With Russia to Exchange Information on Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the U.S. and Russia have agreed to exchange information about developments in Ukraine. Kerry told … …read more Source:...
Australian PM to have ‘robust’ talk with Putin
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he will have a “robust” conversation about downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 with Russian President Vladimir Putin when they meet in Beijing. …read more Source:...
‘France, Germany anti-Semitism problem bigger than in Ukraine,’ says mayor
Mayor of the Ukrainian city plays down talk of anti-Semitism in his country, saying some Western European nations have bigger problem. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
U.S., Russia to exchange info on Ukraine crisis
Before meeting Kerry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov deflected a question about whether Moscow was sending tanks and troops to help the separatists …read more Source: World...
Russia stands by Ukraine ceasefire deal, ‘respects’ rebel vote
Russia is committed to the peace process in eastern Ukraine and wants further talks on ending the conflict between government forces and separatists, the Kremlin said on Friday. Foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov also said Russia respects the will of voters in the east after a separatist leadership election regarded as illegitimate by the West....
Russia stands by Ukraine ceasefire deal
Russia is committed to a two-month-old agreement on a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine and wants further talks held to build a peace moves involving government forces and separatists. …read more Source:...
Naftali Bennett’s wake-up call to the west
By John V. Whitbeck NAFTALI Bennett, Israel’s Minister of the Economy and leader of the Jewish Home Party, a major component of the current Israeli government, is widely seen as the politician on the rise and a potential successor to Benyamin Netanyahu as prime minister after the next elections. On November 6, he published a highly...
Undersecretary of State Richard Stengel Speaks With VOA
WASHINGTON—VOA State Department correspondent Scott Stearns and VOA Kurdish reporter Motabar Shirwani conducted a wide-ranging interview with U.S. Undersecretary of State Richard Stengel about the Islamic State, Ukraine and Ebola: Islamic State VOA: Can you share with us some of your experiences with world leaders? What are the expectations from...
Russian tanks enter Ukraine: Kiev
KIEV/MOSCOW: Ukraine’s military accused Russia on Friday of sending a column of 32 tanks and truckloads of troops into the country’s east to support pro-Russian separatists fighting government forces. Thursday’s cross-border incursion, if confirmed, is a significant escalation of a conflict that has killed more than 4,000 people...
