Section: Africa&ME
State security arrests armed activists in eastern Ukraine
Both sides of the conflict had agreed that the activists’ blockade threatened power supplies in the region. A group of opposition lawmakers and nationalists accused the separatists of funding illegal activitities. …read more Source:...
Trump: US president cancels meeting with Merkel over snowstorms
The meeting between the two leaders have now been postponed to Friday, the White House said on Monday. The expected meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday has been cancelled due to the looming massive winter storm in parts of U.S.The meeting between the two leaders have now been postponed to...
EU extends sanctions over Ukraine crisis
Sanctions were first introduced in March 2014 after Russia annexed Crimea …read more Source: Anadolu...
European Nato defence spending slightly higher
Defence spending by European Nato states inched up for the first time in seven years in 2016, the military alliance said yesterday, but still remained below the threshold the new US President Donald Trump said was crucial to achieve.Trump made North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) states in Europe nervous when he criticised the alliance as...
Russia, Ukraine spat over Eurovision entry
MOSCOW: Russia has announced its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev, stirring controversy in Ukraine on Monday as it emerged the singer has performed in Moscow-annexed Crimea. Channel One state television on Sunday evening announced that 27-year-old Yuliya Samoilova will represent the country in May with an upbeat ballad called “Flame...
Opinion: Russia makes smart move for Eurovision
A wheelchair-bound singer is Russia’s Eurovision contestant in Kyiv. Ukraine should welcome her, writes Andreas Brenner. …read more Source:...
Finance: 53 photos of Russia’s decade after the collapse of the Soviet Union
Archived photographs of the 1990s Yeltsin-era in Russia following the dissolution of the USSR. In 1991, Boris Yeltsin stood atop a tank in front of the parliament building in Moscow and called on the people to resist the communist hardliners in the August coup. Several months later, at the end of the year, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev...
EU extends sanctions against Russia over Ukraine crisis for six months
The European Union (EU) has formally extended for another six months its sanctions against Russia-linked individuals over their alleged role in the Ukrainian crisis. …read more Source: Iran...
EU extends sanctions against Russia over Ukraine crisis for six months
The EU prolongs for another six months sanctions against 150 Russia-linked individuals over the Ukrainian crisis. …read more Source:...
Muguruza rallies to beat US teen, Pliskova advances
French Open champion Garbine Muguruza survived a fierce challenge from US teenager Kayla Day on Sunday to reach the fourth round of the WTA Indian Wells hard court tournament. The seventh-seeded Spaniard had to dig in to subdue the hard-hitting Californian 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 and set up a meeting with 10th seeded Ukrainian Elina Svitolina. Day, last...
