Section: Africa&ME
Europeans worry about winter season over Ukraine-Russia tensions
As the cold season approaches, concerns are growing that tensions between Russia and Ukraine could disrupt Russian gas supplies. …read more Source:...
EU’s Mogherini says ‘back-to-school’ cease-fire holding in east Ukraine
The European Union’s top diplomat said Friday that a “back-to-school” cease-fire seemed to be holding in eastern Ukraine where Russia-backed fighters took up arms against Kiev troops in April, 2014, a conflict that has killed more than 9,500 people. …read more Source: The Daily...
Merkel, Hollande want to talk Ukraine at G-20 summit
The leaders of Germany and France say they want to start a new bid to defuse the conflict in eastern Ukraine. They also urged “ambitious timetables” for the EU in a future without Great Britain. …read more Source:...
France, Germany trying to revive Ukraine talks: ministers
France and Germany Friday said they were doing everything possible to revive Ukraine peace talks with Kiev and Moscow, even if Russian President Vladimir Putin was reluctant. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine’s disappeared citizens underline rights’ groups dilemmas
Human rights groups accuse both the government and Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine of secretly abducting and imprisoning civilians. David Stern in Kyiv looks at why some say this is only part of the story. …read more Source:...
Cluster bombs kill more than 400 people, over a third of them children
NNA – More than 400 people were killed by cluster bombs in 2015, most of them dying in Syria, Yemen and Ukraine, which have not signed up to a treaty banning the weapon, an international anti-cluster …read more Source: National News...
I have no idea who hacked US Democratic Party: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he did not know who was behind the hacking of U.S. Democratic Party organizations but it was important the information had been made public, Bloomberg news agency reported on Friday.In an interview two days before a G20 meeting in China with U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders, Putin said it...
Why Tourists Flock to ‘Spice Islands’ for Holidays
ANALYSISBy Issa YussufZanzibar — Last month, Mr Kunal Kapoor from Indian Film Industry visited Zanzibar as a special guest at the annual Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF).And veteran politician Mr Zitto Kabwe of ACT-Wazalendo party had seized the opportunity to tie the knot on the island. Mr Kabwe, unknowingly, had joined a long list of...
US announces long list of fresh sanctions against Russia
The United States announces a long list of fresh sanctions against Russia over the situation in Ukraine and the rejoining of Crimea to Russia in 2014. …read more Source:...
US expands sanctions on Russia over Ukraine
The US Department of the Treasury has announced a series of new sanctions against Russia over Moscow’s alleged involvement in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
