Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine says dozens dead in refugee attack
Ukraine government and separatists trade blame over attack on convoy, reportedly hit by artillery near Luhansk. …read more Source: AL...
Ukraine July industrial output plummets
Ukrainian industrial production has fallen in July at its steepest rate since the 2008-2009 global financial crisis amid months of conflict. …read more Source:...
Rocket fire hits refugee convoy in Ukraine’s east
Ukraine’s military and rebels blame each other for the strike …read more Source: Gulf...
Russia may ban car imports if sanctions persist
Russia may tighten retaliatory sanctions against Western nations to include a ban on imports of cars, among other things, if the US and the EU impose additional sanctions on Moscow. …read more Source:...
Russia says no progress on Ukraine ceasefire
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says no progress reached on truce or starting peace process over Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: AL...
Ukraine says troops entered deep inside rebel-held city
Military acknowledges that one of its fighter planes was shot down by the separatists …read more Source: Gulf...
Top Ukraine rebel leader says troops training in Russia
Four-month conflict in east Ukraine has reached critical phase, with Kiev and Western governments watching nervously to see if Russia will intervene in support of increasingly besieged rebels. …read more Source:...
Ukraine says rebels shot down fighter jet
Kiev accuses pro-Russian separatists of shooting down MiG-29 fighter jet in contested Luhansk region. …read more Source: AL...
Rebels down warplane ahead of Russia, Ukraine meeting
Pro-Russian rebels on Sunday shot down a Ukrainian fighter jet ahead of urgent talks between Kiev and Moscow’s top diplomats to defuse tensions over fighting … …read more Source: Gulf...
Clashes in Ukraine as aid agreement reached
At least three more Ukrainian soldiers were killed, and 13 others were injured in clashes with pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: AL...