Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine president to push EU leaders on Russia
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will press EU leaders on Thursday to hold firm against Russia amid fears that US President-elect Donald Trump may ditch the Western coalition against Moscow. Poroshenko’s summit with Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Union’s top officials, will focus on political reforms demanded by...
EU Parliament urges fight against Russia ‘propaganda’
Russia urged the European Union to boost its “tiny” nine-strong strategic communication force set up to counter disinformation when tensions grew with Russia amid the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: World...
Wababe wanavyozungumzia kuchaguliwa kwa Trump
WAKATI Rais-mteule wa Marekani, Donald Trump, anaandaa timu ya watumishi itakayoingia katika Ikulu ya nchi hiyo mwezi Januari mwakani, vigogo katika maeneo mbalimbali duniani wanajiandaa kwa mabadiliko yao binafsi, hasa kuhusu uhusiano na rais ajaye wa Marekani. Ni akina nani ambao wako tayari kufanya kazi na Trump? Ni viongozi wale ambao kwa...
French presidential candidate a friendly face for Putin
French presidential frontrunner Francois Fillon has known Russian leader Vladimir Putin through good times and bad — and believes that dialogue, not threats, are key to handling the Kremlin strongman. Fillon, a conservative hoping to clinch the nomination for the Republicans party over the centrist Alain Juppe at the weekend, has taken an overtly...
Ukrainian teacher held for trying to sell schoolgirl, 13
Kharkiv: A school teacher on Wednesday appeared in court in Ukraine after allegedly trying to sell a 13-year-old schoolgirl under her care for more than $10,000. Language teacher Galyna Kovalenko, 52, who has been charged with human trafficking, faces up to 15 years in jail if found guilty of targeting the girl who was a pupil at the state...
Germany, France propose new Ukraine talks
Germany and France have proposed a meeting next week with Russia and Ukraine to quell violence in eastern Ukraine. A meeting last month led to a short deescalation in fighting. …read more Source:...
European Parliament resolution slams Russian ‘propaganda’
Kremlin has stepped up its propaganda against EU since annexing Crimea, the non-binding resolution says …read more Source: Anadolu...
Trump taps South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley for UN ambassador
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is the first woman chosen for US President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinent © AFP/File / Mandel NganPalm Beach, United States, Nov 23 – President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will nominate South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, a Republican critic who once rebuked him for failing to disavow...
Putin says Ukraine’s detention of Russian soldiers is ‘perfidy’
The detention this week of two Russian servicemen near the border with Ukraine was an act of “perfidy” by the Kiev authorities, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Germany says aiming for new Ukraine talks in Minsk next Tuesday
Germany’s foreign minister said Wednesday that he and his French counterpart had invited the foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine to meet in Minsk next week in another push to revive peace talks on the crisis in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Daily...
