Section: Africa&ME
Russia says detention of its soldiers near Crimea was ‘provocation’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday that Ukraine’s detention of two Russian soldiers near the border with Crimea was “a provocation.” …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia accuses Ukraine of abducting two soldiers in Crimea
Russia has accused Ukraine of abducting two Russian servicemen on the annexed Crimea peninsula, but Kiev said it had merely detained two Ukrainian army deserters. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia accuses Ukraine of kidnapping soldiers, urges their release
Moscow says two soldiers were “illegally detained” on Sunday and whisked across the border to the territory of the Nikolayev region in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Finland to set up centre to counter ‘hybrid’ threats
Several NATO and EU countries are planning to establish a centre in Helsinki to research how to counter ‘hybrid’ warfare, a senior Finnish government official said on Monday. Finland has a 1,300-km (800-mile) border with Russia, which has been accused of mounting ‘hybrid’ campaigns in the Ukraine conflict – combining...
Ukraine says no to Russia on pro-EU revolt anniversary
The so-called Euromaidan protests lasted three months and culminated in a bloodbath that claimed the lives of more than 100 largely unarmed people and about 20 anti-riot police. …read more Source: World...
Ukraine says no to Russia on pro-EU revolt anniversary
Ukraine Monday marked the third anniversary of the start of its pro-EU revolution with President Petro Poroshenko’s firm rejection of “the Russian world.” …read more Source: The Daily...
Obama says goodbye to world stage after eight years
US President Barack Obama spoke to both the American people and the world as he gave his final foreign press conference in Lima, Peru /AFP LIMA, Peru, Nov 21 – US President Barack Obama bid farewell to the world stage Sunday, pondering his legacy, offering advice to his successor and discussing his post-presidential life at the end of his final...
Obama, Putin speak briefly at summit in Peru
President Barack Obama spoke briefly with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Syria and Ukraine Sunday as an economic summit got underway in Peru, in their first-known conversation since Donald Trump was elected the next U.S. president. …read more Source: The Daily...
Merkel to seek fourth term as chancellor
Angela Merkel has announced that she wants to run for a fourth term as German chancellor in next year’s election, a sign of stability after Britain’s vote to leave the European Union and the election of Donald Trump as the next US president. Despite a voter backlash over her open-door migrant policy, the 62-year-old conservative said...
Obama pushes Putin on Syria, Ukraine in brief interaction
Obama and Putin meet for the first time since Trump won the US presidency and the last time in person to talk on Syria and Ukraine. …read more Source:...
