Section: Africa&ME
Britain ready to commit 3 500 troops to new Nato force
Britain says it could contribute 3 500 troops to a Nato rapid response force designed to meet new threats highlighted by the Ukraine crisis and Islamic militant gains in Syria and Iraq. …read more Source:...
Key talks begin amid hopes for Ukraine truce
Kiev and rebels express hopes for deal as second day of NATO summit in UK begins and peace talks are scheduled in Minsk. …read more Source: AL...
Ukraine rebels press offensive on key port city Mariupol
Heavy shelling reported; seizure would aid rebels in carving a land corridor between Russia and Crimea. …read more Source:...
Nato leaders blast Russia over Ukraine
Nato demanded yesterday that Moscow withdraw its troops from Ukraine as US President Barack Obama and his Western allies vowed to support Kiev and buttress their own defences.. …read more Source: Gulf...
Ukraine, rebels back peace plan
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and the main pro-Russian rebel leader said they would both order ceasefires depending on a deal. …read more Source:...
Nato leaders grapple with ISIL and Ukraine crisis
Alliance’s leaders under pressure to deal with escalating conflict in eastern Europe as well as the threat posed by the growing strength of Islamist extremists in Iraq and Syria. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels support peace plan, Friday cease-fire
Breakthrough comes a week after Kremlin-backed separatists scored major victories in contested eastern region. …read more Source:...
NATO chief asks Russia to pull back troops
Rasmussen tells Kremlin to stop backing rebels in eastern Ukraine as NATO leaders meet in UK amid calls for ceasefire. …read more Source: AL...
Ukraine’s leader talks about closer Nato ties
Ukraine’s leader has had talks with Obama and others about closer Nato ties as fighting rages in the southeast. …read more Source:...
Russia warns Ukraine against joining Nato
Ukraine’s renewed drive to join risks derailing progress made towards reaching a ceasefire deal to end the conflict in the east of the country, Russia’s foreign minister says. …read more Source:...
