Section: Africa&ME
May to confront Brexit worries at EU summit
Embattled British Prime Minister Theresa May will try Thursday to convince European leaders she can still push through Brexit despite being badly weakened by an election bet that turned sour. The two-day Brussels summit marks the debut of French President Emmanuel Macron, the figurehead of a renewed confidence among the remaining 27 states that...
Transnistria Leader Asks Russia to Assess Moldovan-Ukrainian Car Transit Ban
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Speaking with Russia’s Izvestiya newspaper, Krasnoselsky said his Moldovan counterpart had confirmed that Moldova and Ukraine planned to end transit of Transnistria-registered cars through their territories starting on July 1. “There are 220,000 Russian citizens living in Transnistria,” Krasnoselsky told the outlet. “They...
Kiev mulls a new plan for ‘reintegration’ of Donbas
Ukraine is seeking to reintegrate its breakaway areas. The government’s proposal specifically targets the pro-Russia Donbas region in the east. …read more Source:...
Transnistria Leader Urges Russia to Review All Deals on Republic’s Peace
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Vadim Krasnoselsky, the president of Transnistria, urged Russia on Wednesday to review all Transnistrian peace pacts with Moldova and neighboring Ukraine, in an interview with a Russian newspaper. “Almost none of them [deals] have been adhered to by the Moldovan side. I am calling on the guarantors of the Moldovan-Transnistrian...
Russia cancels US meeting over sanctions: US official
Washington: Russia has canceled a meeting with senior US diplomats in the wake of Washington’s decision to reinforce sanctions imposed over its occupation of Crimea, US officials said on Wednesday. US Under Secretary of State Tom Shannon had been due in St Petersburg later this week to meet and mend diplomatic fences with Russia’s...
Russia cancels US meeting over Ukraine sanctions
Snub by Moscow apparently triggered by addition of 38 individuals and entities to restrictions list …read more Source: The Times of...
News24.com | Russia cancels US meeting over sanctions
Russia has cancelled a meeting with senior US diplomats in the wake of Washington’s decision to reinforce sanctions imposed over its occupation of Crimea, say officials. …read more Source:...
Contact Group on Ukraine Agrees on Donbass Ceasefire From June 24
DONETSK (Sputnik) — The Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine agreed on a ceasefire from 00-00 June 24, the truce should last until August 31, the press service of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic’s plenipotentiary representative at the Minsk talks Denis Pushilin said Wednesday. “Participants of the Contact Group supported...
Trump says China tried but failed to help on N Korea
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Chinese efforts to persuade North Korea to rein in its nuclear program have failed, ratcheting up the rhetoric over the death of an American student who had been detained by Pyongyang. Trump has held high hopes for greater cooperation from China to exert influence over North Korea, leaning heavily on...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko scores Trump White House meeting
Amid speculation that Trump would refuse to meet the Ukrainian leader, Poroshenko had what the White House described as a “drop-in” with the US president. …read more Source: World...
