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Former China diplomat pins blame for refugee crisis on West
The West is to blame for the refugee crisis confronting Europe after it interfered in the affairs of Middle Eastern countries to try and push its own values, such as democracy, but only caused chaos, a former senior Chinese diplomat has said. A bitterly divided European Union is battling to cope with hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war...
Ukraine Leader Says Arrest of Oligarch Ally Just ‘The Start’
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned Sunday that the arrest of a millionaire associate of one of the country’s most powerful oligarchs was only “the start” of a fight against the corruption pla… …read more Source:...
Egypt: Official says doomed Russian plane was in good shape
In this photo released by the Prime Minister’s office, Sherif Ismail, right, looks at the remains of a crashed passenger jet in Hassana, Egypt. (Source: AP photo) An Egyptian ground service official who carried out a pre-flight inspection of the Russian passenger plane that crashed in the Sinai Peninsula said Sunday that the Airbus A321-200...
Officials search for cause of Russian plane crash over Egypt’s Sinai
A relative of those on the Metrojet flight that crashed in Egypt react as they gather to grieve at a hotel near St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo airport outside St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. (Source: AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) A Russian passenger airliner crashed Saturday in a remote mountainous part of Egypt’s Sinai...
Close Associate of Ukraine Oligarch Arrested
A close political associate of Ukrainian multibillionaire Igor Kolomoyski was arrested Saturday as part of a crackdown on corruption and organised crime, authorities said. …read more Source:...
LIVE: No survivors as Russian aircraft with 224 people aboard crashes in Egypt
Relatives of the victims of a Russian airliner with 217 passengers and seven crew aboard has crashed, react as they gather at Pulkovo airport in St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) A Russian airliner carrying 224 passengers and crew crashed in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula on Saturday after losing radar...
Vladimir Putin orders emergency teams to crash site of Russian plane
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered rescue teams to fly out to Egypt to work on the crash site Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the emergency ministry to dispatch rescue teams to Egypt, where a Russian passenger plane with 224 on board crashed today. “The head of state has given orders to send emergency ministry (teams) to Egypt...
Russia-US rivalry spreads to ex-Soviet central Asia
After Ukraine and Syria, the ex-Soviet republics of central Asia could become the latest venue for geo-political rivalry between Moscow and Washington, driven by Kremlin worries about Islamists and US suspicion about Russia’s true intentions. …read more Source: The Times of...
Russia detains head of Ukrainian library for stocking ‘extremist’ books
Russian investigators said on Thursday they had detained the director of a Moscow library specialising in Ukrainian literature and opened a criminal case to establish whether she was guilty of inciting ethnic hatred. The arrest of 58-year-old Natalya Sharina followed a search of the library which investigators said had uncovered printed material...
As Obama weighed patrol to counter China, Pentagon urged faster action
The US naval challenge to China’s territorial assertiveness in the South China Sea this week came after months of frustration within the Pentagon at what some defence officials saw as unnecessary delays by the White House and State Department in approving the mission. As early as mid-May, the Pentagon was considering sending military...
