Section: Africa&ME
Mikheil Saakashvili freed by supporters in Ukraine
Kiev has put former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili on its wanted list following a failed attempt to arrest him. …read more Source:...
Supporters free ex-Georgian leader from Ukrainian police
KIEV: Ukrainian supporters of former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili freed him from a police van on Tuesday after his detention on suspicion of assisting a criminal organisation sparked clashes with police in central Kiev. Once freed, Saakashvili raised a hand in a V-for-victory sign — a handcuff still dangling from his wrist as he stood...
Minister meets Russian envoy
HE the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad al-Muraikhi met the Russian ambassador to Qatar Nurmakhmad Kholov in Doha yesterday. The meeting discussed bilateral relations and ways of enhancing the prospects of co-operation between Qatar and Russia, as well as issues of mutual concern. The meeting was attended by a number of...
EU withholds Ukraine funds amid reform concerns
Brussels: The European Union said on Friday it is withholding 600 million euros in financial assistance to Ukraine because it has not made enough progress on a wide-ranging programme of reforms demanded by the bloc. The EU has already paid out 1.2 billion euros in low-interest loans to Ukraine since 2015 to help it cope with a devastating...
Ukraine plans NATO, EU referendums in near future
Ukrainians will be offered referendums on joining NATO and the EU in the “near future”, President Petro Poroshenko said Friday, as conflict rumbles on in the country’s east between the army and Moscow-backed…Click To Continue …read more Source: Daily...
UN appeals for record $22.5bn in global aid
The United Nations appealed yesterday for a record $22.5bn (18.9bn euros) to provide aid in 2018 to soaring numbers of people slammed by conflicts and disasters around the world.The global appeal by UN agencies and other humanitarian organisations aims to raise funds to help the some 91mn most vulnerable of the nearly 136mn people expected to...
ICC Prosecutor Affirms Decision Not to Formally Investigate Mavi Marmara Killings
The International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, has reaffirmed a previous decision to close the preliminary examination into the Israeli military’s fatal attack on the Gaza-bound Mavi Marmara in May 2010. In a statement released this week by the ICC, Bensouda said that “following a thorough and considered reassessment of...
2 killed after father of murder victim throws grenades in Ukraine court
The father of a murder victim detonated two hand grenades in a courtroom in the Ukrainian city of Nikopol on Thursday and died in the explosion, police said. At least seven others present at the trial,…Click To Continue …read more Source: Daily...
2 killed after father of murder victim throws grenades in Ukraine court
The father of a murder victim detonated two hand grenades in a courtroom in the Ukrainian city of Nikopol on Thursday and died in the explosion, police said. At least seven others present at the trial,…Click To Continue …read more Source: Daily...
Murder victim’s father dies after throwing grenades in court
Kiev – The father of a murder victim detonated two hand grenades in a courtroom in the Ukrainian city of Nikopol on Thursday and died in the explosion, police said. At least seven others present at the trial, including the accused, were injured, police added in a statement. The suspect stands accused of killing the man’s son and one...
