Section: NDTV (India)
Barack Obama Heads for G7 Summit Focused on Ukraine
President Barack Obama left Washington late Saturday headed for a G7 summit in southern Germany focused on violence in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Kiev Gay Rights March Ends in Injuries, Arrests
At least 10 people were injured and 25 arrested in Kiev today as scuffles broke out between members of a rare Ukrainian gay pride march and their nationalist foes. …read more Source:...
No Need to be Afraid of Russia: Vladimir Putin to West
Russia is not a threat to the West, President Vladimir Putin insisted in an interview published today, saying that he supported a Ukraine peace deal following a fresh outbreak of violence in the east … …read more Source:...
Russia Supports Ukraine Peace Deal: Report
Russia fully backs the Minsk peace agreements in Ukraine, but progress is being stalled by Kiev, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview in Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera today. …read more Source:...
Pentagon Chief Ash Carter Says New Action Needed on Russia Over Ukraine
The United States needs to take new steps to respond to the Ukraine conflict because economic sanctions and other Western actions have failed to get Russian President Vladimir Putin to reverse course,… …read more Source:...
G7 Summit to Discuss Wars, Jihadists, Grexit Fears
The Bavarian Alps venue may look tranquil, but global turmoil — from Ukraine to Islamist militants and the Greek crisis – dominates the agenda of the G7 summit, which is being held without Russia. …read more Source:...
John Kerry, on Crutches After Leg Surgery, Briefed by Chief of Staff
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, on crutches after surgery on a broken leg, was briefed by his chief of staff, Jonathan Finer, in Boston on Thursday on issues related to Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Ukraine… …read more Source:...
Prominent Soviet Dissident Leonid Plyushch Dies
Communist-era Ukrainian dissident Leonid Plyushch, who was detained for almost three years in a psychiatric ward by the Soviet authorities, died Thursday aged 76 close to Paris, a friend told AFP. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s President Poroshenko Warns of Russian Invasion Threat After Fighting Surge
Ukraine’s president told his military on Thursday to prepare for a possible “full-scale invasion” by Russia all along their joint border, a day after the worst fighting with Russian-backed separatists… …read more Source:...
White House ‘Concerned’ About Surge in East Ukraine Fighting
The United States is concerned over a recent flare-up in fighting in eastern Ukraine, a senior White House official said Thursday. …read more Source:...
