Section: Africa&ME
G20 launched: Trump cancelled planned meeting with Putin, Bin Salman facing world leaders
The annual G20 summit kicked off on Friday in the Argentinian capital, Buenos Aires, while all eyes turned to the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohamed bin Salman, over his alleged involvement in the murder of the Washington Post’s columnist, Jamal Khashoggi, inside the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul. Despite the fact that ties with the west...
Merkel, Putin agreed to four-way talks on Kerch Strait
German Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced her concern about events in the Kerch Strait off Crimea during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, her spokesman said on Saturday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine Stops 100 Russians from Entering amid Entry Ban
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Ukraine’s border service says that around 100 Russian citizens have been denied entry into the country since an entry ban for adult Russian males was announced. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Russia completes air defenses in Syria, spelling trouble for Israel, U.S.
The report paints a stark picture of increasing Russian entrenchment in Syria as Putin and the west have squared off in recent days over naval confrontations in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Bulgaria prepares to transport Russian gas to central Europe
Bulgaria will go ahead with plans to spend €1.4bn ($1.59bn) to build a new gas link to Turkey to transport Russian gas from the TurkStream pipeline to Europe, bypassing Ukraine to the south.Bulgarian lawmakers gave the green light to the state gas company Bulgartransgaz to launch tenders to build a new 484km gas link that will carry mainly...
Wary Ukraine restricts entry of Russian males
Ukraine is restricting the entry of Russian men aged 16 to 60 on the fear that Russia could form “units of private armies”, said Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko late on Thursday.The measure is to “prevent Russians from implementing in Ukraine the operations that they planned in 2014”, Poroshenko said on Twitter, referring to the outbreak of...
Ukraine-Russia tensions refuse to ebb
Kiev: Ukraine on Friday barred Russian men aged 16-60 from entry as tensions mounted between the two countries over Moscow’s seizure of three Ukrainian ships last week. The move came after Kiev imposed martial law in border regions this week in response to the Russian seizure of the ships and 24 sailors off Moscow-annexed Crimea. The...
March 5 sentencing for former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort
Washington – A US District Court judge on Friday tentatively set a sentencing date of March 5 for Paul Manafort, the former campaign manager of President Donald Trump. Manafort, 69, pleaded guilty in September to one count of conspiracy and another of obstruction of justice and agreed to cooperate with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s...
Trump: Meeting with Putin cancelled only because of Ukraine
US President says Russia’s military actions against Ukraine were the “sole reason” he cancelled meeting with Russian President at G20. …read more Source: Arutz...
Tensions rise as Ukraine keeps out Russian men
The incident was the most dangerous in years between the ex-Soviet neighbours. …read more Source: Khaleej...
