Section: Africa&ME
UN chief urges warring sides in Ukraine to adhere to ceasefire
Guterres spoke to journalists at the start of a meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, while making his first visit to Kiev. …read more Source: World...
Tillerson says Russia must make first move in Ukraine peace process
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Tillerson visit to Ukraine a powerful show of U.S. support
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Sunday the visit by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to Kiev was a powerful show of Washington’s support. …read more Source: The Daily...
Tillerson to meet Ukraine’s president, reaffirm US support
…read more Source: Al...
Stormy G20 ends with opt-outs for Trump on climate, trade
World leaders made concessions on trade and climate language to Donald Trump Saturday at the end of the most fractious and riot-hit G20 summit ever, in exchange for preserving a fragile unity of the club of major industrialised and emerging economies. But the gesture opened the door for others, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warning...
Steps needed for genuine ceasefire in Ukraine: Russia
HAMBURG: Measures are needed that will lead to a genuine ceasefire in Ukraine, and implementation of the Minsk agreements to end the conflict there has been too slow, the Kremlin said on Saturday. With Ukraine on the agenda, President Vladimir Putin earlier met with his counterparts from France and Germany, Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel, on...
Federer, Djokovic: Tennis stars march on at Wimbledon
Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic marched into the business end of Wimbledon as they reached the last 16, while women's top seed Angelique Kerber scraped through on Saturday. Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic marched into the business end of Wimbledon as they reached the last 16, while women’s top seed Angelique Kerber scraped through on...
Russian president’s plane ‘made 500km detour’
A plane carrying Russian President Vladimir Putin to the G20 summit in Germany made a detour of about 500km to avoid flying over Nato members Poland or the Baltic states, data from a flight tracker showed.According to the FlightRadar24 website, a Russian government jet flying from Moscow to Hamburg on Thursday deviated from the direct route over...
Russian OSCE Delegation to Oppose Ukraine’s ‘Territorial Integrity’ Resolution
MINSK (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, the OSCE PA’s General Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions backed a draft resolution criticizing the situation with human rights and freedoms in several countries, including Russia and Belarus. On Friday, the OSCE PA Committee on Political Affairs and Security adopted the...
Stormy G20 ends with gestures for Trump on climate, trade
World leaders made concessions on trade and climate language to Donald Trump on Saturday at the end of the most fractious and riot-hit G20 summit ever, in exchange for preserving a fragile unity of the club of major industrialised and emerging economies. In a departure from final summit declarations that tend to outline consensus on issues that...
