Section: Africa&ME
Row in Moldova over US military drills in Ukraine
CHISINAU: Moldova’s president accused the government on Friday of defying him by sending troops to join US-led military drills in Ukraine and vowed to punish those responsible, in the latest crisis to hit the ex-Soviet country. President Igor Dodon said 57 soldiers had left Thursday to join the Rapid Trident exercises spearheaded by US Army...
Car explosion leaves 1 dead, 3 wounded in Ukraine’s Kiev, terror links investigated
A car bomb exploded in Ukrainian capital Kiev late Friday, killing a civilian and leaving three others wounded, according to initial reports. Police are investigating whether the incident is a terror…Click To Continue …read more Source: Daily...
We’ll lift Russia sanctions when east Ukraine is peaceful: Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that she wanted European Union sanctions against Russia lifted, but only once peaceful conditions had been achieved in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: The Daily...
Kiev’s Amnesty Law Violates Minsk Agreements, Prevents Detainees Exchange
MINSK (Sputnik) — The amnesty law introduced by Kiev violates the Minsk agreements, as it applies only to Ukrainian army troops that took part in the military conflict in Donbass and is a serious obstacle to the “all for all” detainees exchange, Russian Envoy to the Contact Group on Ukraine Boris Gryzlov said Wednesday. “In violation of the Minsk...
Kiev’s Amnesty Law Violates Minsk Agreements, Prevents Detainees Exchange
MINSK (Sputnik) — The amnesty law introduced by Kiev violates the Minsk agreements, as it applies only to Ukrainian army troops that took part in the military conflict in Donbass and is a serious obstacle to the “all for all” detainees exchange, Russian Envoy to the Contact Group on Ukraine Boris Gryzlov said Wednesday. “In violation of the Minsk...
Russia asks UN to set up mission for east Ukraine
Russia asked the UN Security Council on Tuesday to authorize the deployment of a lightly-armed mission to protect OSCE observers dispatched to monitor the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Putin warns against US ‘arming’ Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that any decision by the United States to supply defensive weapons to Ukraine would fuel the conflict in eastern Ukraine and possibly prompt pro-Russian separatists to expand their campaign there.On a visit to Kiev last month, US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said he was actively reviewing sending...
Amid diplomatic row, US-Russia ties further deteriorate over Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that any decision by the United States to supply defensive weapons to Ukraine would fuel the conflict in eastern Ukraine and possibly prompt pro-Russian separatists…Click To Continue …read more Source: Daily...
Michezo ya kufuzu fainali za kombe la dunia imeendelea leo
Mitanange ya kufudhu fainali za kombe la dunia zitakazopigwa mwakani nchini Urusi zimeendelea hii leo huku mitanange mbali mbali ikipigwa kila kona ya dunia. Mchezo uliokuwa ukiangaliwa na wengi ilikuwa kati ya Hispania na Italia mchezo ambao uliisha kwa Hispania kuibuka kidedea kwa ushindi wa mabao 3 kwa nunge, Isco alifunga mabao mawili ya...
Fuming Kenyatta hits out at judiciary over poll cancellation
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday lashed out at the judiciary for overturning his re-election, and refused opposition demands to replace the tarnished polls commission. While repeating his assertion that he respected the Supreme Court decision, a bellicose Kenyatta set the stage for a bitter and tense re-run of the presidential election...
