Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine sentences ex-leader Yanukovych in absentia to 13 years for treason
A Ukrainian court Thursday found ex-president Viktor Yanukovych guilty of high treason and sentenced him in absentia to 13 years in prison over attempts to quash a 2014 pro-Western uprising. …read more Source: The Daily...
Former Ukrainian president convicted of treason
Minsk — A court in the Ukrainian capital Kiev on Thursday found former President Viktor Yanukovych guilty of treason and helping Russia annex the Crimean peninsula. The Kiev court began reading out the verdict in Yanukovych’s case, a process that is expected to take at least the whole day. The judge already declared Yanukovych guilty of...
Ukrainian ex-president found guilty of treason
Ukrainian court finds Viktor Yanukovych guilty of treason for inviting Russian troops to Ukraine …read more Source: Anadolu...
Istanbul, Moscow churches trade barbs over Ukraine
The autonomy status granted to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church by Istanbul’s Fener Greek Orthodox Church has caused a dispute between Fener and Moscow Orthodox Patriarchate. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Istanbul, Moscow churches trade barbs over Ukraine
Ukraine conflict brings Istanbul-based Fener Greek Orthodox Church into dispute with Russian Orthodox Church …read more Source: Anadolu...
OPINION: In today’s world, humans are the worst predators
Switch on your TV or read a newspaper its all about terrorism, ISIS, war in Syria and Ukraine, crime on the streets, murder, global warming, mass shootings, floods, pandemics, stagnation, poverty, refugees and the list goes on and on. …read more Source: The...
Anti-Semitism in Europe: Have we returned to 75 years ago?
Ukraine Chief Rabbi: How is it 75 years after the Holocaust they can outlaw shechita and brit milah and Jews feel unsafe in Europe? …read more Source: Arutz...
The Russians Are Coming, Again: The First Cold War as Tragedy, the Second as Farce – Book Review
(The Russians are Coming, Again – The First Cold War as Tragedy, the Second as Farce. Jeremy Kuzmarov and John Marciano. Monthly Review Press, New York, 2018.) The mainstream media continues to harvest all the disinformation it can concerning the relationship between Trump and Putin and the character of Putin himself, not to mention the overall...
“We Will Not Accept Political Advertisements From Outside Nigeria” – Facebook
In a bid to prevent foreign interference, Facebook has disclosed that it won’t be accepting political advertisements from outside Nigeria. Though Facebook ads are an integral part of the social media campaign for candidates and parties, Facebook said it is rolling out new rules to prevent “foreign interference” around the polls. Following...
14 sailors perish, 6 remain missing after Black Sea ship fire
MOSCOW: Ambulance crews on the Crimean Peninsula transported a dozen survivors of a ship fire to hospitals on Tuesday while six of their crewmates have remained missing in the Black Sea. At least 14 sailors died in the tragedy. Two Tanzanian-flagged tankers caught fire on Monday while liquefied petroleum gas was being pumped from one tanker to...
