Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine’s new president invites Putin for talks
Ukraine’s new president has proposed holding talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the conflict in the east and Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine’s president says ready to meet Russia’s Putin in Minsk
Ukraine’s new president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said on Monday he was ready to meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Minsk for talks that he said should also involve Germany, Britain, the United …read more Source: Al...
Zelensky Suggests Meeting with Putin in Minsk
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has suggested meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Minsk and that the encounter should be brokered by mediation from the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and France. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Rock star vows to bring ‘real change’ to Ukraine after launching party
Kiev – Standing on stage in a black t-shirt, Ukrainian rock star Sviatoslav Vakarchuk turns to his massed ranks of fans and asks if they are fed up about how their country is run. “How many of us want real change … How many of us are tired of old politics?”, he shouts out, holding his microphone in the air as the crowd...
Fallout runs deep as Salah, Egypt flop at Cup of Nations
After his tale of redemption with Liverpool this season, Mohamed Salah was instead left in disbelief once more as Egypt crashed out of their own Africa Cup of Nations, an exit that triggered an immediate clearout within the country’s football association.While Salah helped lead his club to a sixth European Cup triumph in June, a year on...
Caught in Ukraine’s violence, war and identity crisis
Analysts raise alarm over ultra-nationalist attacks following 50 incidents of political violence last year. …read more Source: AL...
Israeli being held in Ukrainian jail until family pays $200,000
“I am begging you, if you can, please help me to do the mitzvah (commandment) of pidyon shvuyim (returning captives) and bring Yitzchak home. For the sake of his life.” …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Djokovic into last 16 as Gauff extends magical run
Defending champion Novak Djokovic went level with Boris Becker’s mark of 12 appearances in the Wimbledon fourth round yesterday as 15-year-old sensation Cori Gauff saved two match points to continue her magical debut at the All England Club.Teen sensation Gauff showed remarkable resilience in saving two match points to reach the fourth...
Iran threatens British shipping in retaliation for tanker seizure
* Gibraltar says crew being interviewed as witnesses* Incident draws Britain into US-Iranian standoff* Iran acknowledges cargo is Iranian oilAn Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander threatened on Friday to seize a British ship in retaliation for the capture of an Iranian supertanker in Gibraltar by Royal Marines.”If Britain does not...
Ukraine synagogue gets first post-Holocaust Torah scroll
Ukraine synagogue where Menachem Begin got married gets its first Torah scroll since World War II. …read more Source: Arutz...
