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Dutch Expert Suspended After Showing MH17 Victim Photos
A Dutch expert helping to identify victims from last year’s MH17 airliner crash in Ukraine has been suspended after showing photographs of the dead at a public lecture, police said today. …read more Source:...
‘Russian defence ministry says US troops in east Ukraine’
US troops are in the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine and are training Ukrainian forces, Interfax news agency quoted a spokesman for Russia’s Defence Ministry as saying on Thursday. A day earlier, Washington accused Russia of building up air defence systems inside eastern Ukraine and of involvement in training exercises of pro-Russian...
Russia cuts space funding as economic crisis bites
Russia is cutting spending on its space programme by more than a third over the next 10 years because of the country’s economic crisis, forcing it to scrap plans to develop a super-heavy launch rocket. Space exploration is a subject of national pride in Russia, rooted in the Cold War “space race” with the United States that saw...
‘Many’ Human Remains Found at MH17 Crash Site: Dutch
Dutch investigators have recovered ‘many’ more body parts and pieces of wreckage after resuming their search at the MH17 plane crash site in Ukraine, the Netherlands said today. …read more Source:...
Islamic State Group is ‘Russia’s Greatest Enemy’: Sergei Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today that the Islamic State group was Moscow’s greatest enemy, notwithstanding the strained relations with the United States over the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Says It Aims to Prevent Russian Attacks at World War II Commemorations
Ukraine is planning an operation involving tens of thousands of police to guard against any attack by separatists or Russian agents during World War Two commemorations next month, security chiefs said… …read more Source:...
US offers Ukraine $17.7 million in humanitarian aid
US Vice President Joe Biden spoke with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday about the ongoing crisis in eastern Ukraine and offered an additional $17.7 million in aid for essentials like food, shelter and water, the White House said. …read more Source: The Times of...
Russia’s Lavrov says fighting in east Ukraine abating
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday he believed a surge in ceasefire violations in east Ukraine had passed, adding Moscow would work to prevent violence escalating again. Moscow stands accused by the West and Kiev of driving the separatist pro-Russian rebellion in east Ukraine, providing it with troops and arms, training and...
INS Visakhapatnam: 11 things you need to know about India’s latest destroyer warship
Chief of Naval Staff RK Dhowan launched India’s latest destroyer warship at the Mazagon Dock Limited on Monday, which is part of the Project 15B. However, it is only in July 2018 that the ship will be inducted into the Indian Navy. It is during the induction or commissioning of the destroyer that it will be christened as the Indian Naval...
France, Russia Negotiating Solution to Frozen Warship Deal: Francois Hollande
French President Francois Hollande said today that negotiations with Moscow were under way to find a solution to a dispute over the sale of two Mistral warships, frozen over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...
