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Obama heads for G7 summit focused on Ukraine
Jun07

Obama heads for G7 summit focused on Ukraine

President Barack Obama left Washington late on Saturday headed for a G7 summit in southern Germany focused on violence in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Times of...

Kiev Gay Rights March Ends in Injuries, Arrests
Jun07

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:...

Gay pride rally attacked in Kiev, Ukraine
Jun06

Gay pride rally attacked in Kiev, Ukraine

Several dozen unknown assailants attacked a gay pride march in Kiev on Saturday, throwing flares and wounding two policemen, a Reuters witness reported. On Friday the organisers for ‘KyivPride2015’ said the march along the Dnipro river would go ahead despite warnings from city mayor Vitaly Klitschko, who advised the event be cancelled...

Japan’s Abe visits Ukraine ahead of tough G7 summit
Jun06

Japan’s Abe visits Ukraine ahead of tough G7 summit

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed during a historic first visit to Ukraine on Saturday to spearhead a global drive to resolve the crisis threatening to splinter the ex-Soviet state. Abe told Ukranian President Petro Poroshenko on the eve of a summit meeting of the world’s most economically advanced nations that he...

Don’t be afraid of Russia, Putin tells West
Jun06

Don’t be afraid of Russia, Putin tells West

Russia is not a threat to the West, President Vladimir Putin insisted in an interview published today, saying he was still committed to a Ukraine peace deal after a fresh flare-up in the country’s east. “I would like to say – there’s no need to be afraid of Russia,” Putin told Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera in...

No Need to be Afraid of Russia: Vladimir Putin to West
Jun06

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
Jun06

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
Jun06

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
Jun05

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
Jun05

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:...