Section: Africa&ME
NATO calls on Russia to stop violence in Ukraine
NATO chief says Russia must end the violence as both sides move heavy artillery close to front line. …read more Source: AL...
2 Ukrainian troops killed in fighting in the east
Ukraine’s government say that two of its troops have been killed in the country’s industrial east as both government forces and rebels reported shelling on their positions overnight …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukrainian Muslims raise awareness about Hijab
On the international hijab day, women from Kiev’s Muslim community hold a workshop on wearing Islamic veil. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian president plans referendum on NATO membership
The Ukrainian president says the majority of people in his country favor membership in the Western military alliance and he seeks to put that to a vote. …read more Source:...
Putin heads to Hungary for Orban meet
The Kremlin is hoping Trump’s rise to power will begin to see pressure on it ease after relations with the West slumped to their lowest point since the Cold War over Russia’s meddling in Ukraine. …read more Source: World...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko plans referendum on NATO membership: German media
BERLIN (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko plans a referendum on whether Ukraine should join the NATO alliance given polls that show 54 percent of Ukrainians now favor such a move, Germany’s Funke Mediengruppe newspaper chain reported Thursday. …read more Source: Libya...
Six weeks after UN vote, Israel buries the hatchet with Kiev
Breaking ban on high-level contacts with states that backed anti-settlement UN resolution, PM speaks with Ukrainian president …read more Source: The Times of...
La Liga: Betis recall Zozulia after ‘neo-Nazi’ protest
Zozulia's was confronted by supporters on his first day at Madrid-based, second division club, Rayo with anti-nazis banners. Ukranian international Roman Zozulia has been recalled to Real Betis just a day after sealing a loan move to Rayo Vallecano due to a Rayo fans protest at Zozulia’s political affiliations.Zozulia was forced to...
Russia stripped of London relay silver for doping
Russia’s 4x400m women’s relay team was stripped of its London 2012 silver medal yesterday after the IOC named one of its athletes as a doping cheat. Using new technology the International Olympic Committee is retesting hundreds of stored samples from the 2012 and Beijing 2008 Games as part of its drive to clean up the drug-tainted...
Death toll from upsurge in clashes in eastern Ukraine rises to 19
The death toll from the latest upsurge in fighting between government troops and pro-Russia forces in volatile eastern Ukraine has reached 19, as the United Nations has called on the warring sides to halt the clashes and NATO urges Moscow to help stop the spike in the deadly violence. …read more Source: Iran...
