Section: Africa&ME
Russia deploys advanced air defence system to Crimea
State news agency says army in annexed peninsula given S-400 surface-to-air missile system amid tensions with Ukraine. …read more Source: AL...
Lavrov, Steinmeier To Meet On Ukraine, Syria Crisis
The foreign ministers of Russia and Germany, Sergei Lavrov and Frank-Walter Steinmeier, are set to meet on Monday. The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the duo would discuss the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria in the course of their meeting expected to take place in Yekaterinburg. President Vladimir Putin had accused Ukraine of sabotage plans …...
Russia Deploys S-400 Antiaircraft Missile System in Crimea
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Russian antiaircraft missile regiment based in Crimea received an S-400 Triumf air defense missile system that will be used in the upcoming Caucasus-2016 strategic maneuvers, the press office the Southern Military District siad. …read more Source: Fars News...
S-400 system giving Russia upper hand in Crimea: Commentator
A political analyst says the deployment of Russian S-400 air defense missile system to the Black Sea port of Crimea is providing Moscow with upper hand when facing threats in the region. …read more Source:...
Rais Putin amtumbua kiongozi wa majeshi
Vladimir Putin MOSCOW, Urusi KATIKA hali isiyotarajiwa na wengi, Rais wa Urusi, Vladimir Putin, amemfukuza kazi mkuu wa majeshi ya nchi hiyo, Sergei Ivanov. Rais Putin amechukua uamuzi huo jana ikiwa ni siku moja baada ya kufanya kikao cha ndani na wakuu wake wa masuala ya usalama nchini humo. Kwa mujibu wa BBC, Rais Putin hakueleza sababu...
Russia says Lavrov, Steinmeier to meet on Ukraine, Syria
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Ukraine accuses Russia of plotting as tensions rise
A Ukrainian soldier fires a heavy machine gun during a battle with pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s Donetsk region in June 2016 © AFP/File / Anatolii StepanovKiev, Ukraine, Aug 12 – Ukraine on Friday accused Russia of plotting further unrest as the international community sought to ease tensions after the two sides ramped up security...
Kasparov: West should give Ukraine ‘lethal weapons’
The political activist and Putin critic says the West must take stronger action against Russia. …read more Source: AL...
EU vows to back Kiev amid escalating tensions Russia over Crimea
The European Union has vowed continued support for Ukraine amid growing tensions between Kiev and Moscow around the Crimean Peninsula. …read more Source: Iran...
Pope in surprise visit to ex-prostitutes
Pope Francis, pictured speaking on August 4, 2016, sat down with a group of 20 former prostitutes in Rome, who are being sheltered by a Catholic association in an apartment in the Italian capital © AFP/File / Giuseppe CacaceVatican City, Vatican City State, Aug 12 – Pope Francis surprised 20 former prostitutes on Friday by knocking on their door...
