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Annual Nazi hunting report downgrades US, credits Germany
Apr13

Annual Nazi hunting report downgrades US, credits Germany

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Fighting picks up in war-torn eastern Ukraine
Apr13

Fighting picks up in war-torn eastern Ukraine

Fighting has picked up in eastern Ukraine, after more than a month of relative calm, as diplomats gathered in Berlin on Monday to discuss the Ukraine crisis. The military conflict between R… …read more Source: The...

Bumpy road ahead for United States, Cuba after historic meeting
Apr13

Bumpy road ahead for United States, Cuba after historic meeting

In the first meeting of its kind in nearly 60 years, US President Barack Obama and Cuban leader Raul Castro sat down together for over an hour on Saturday at a regional summit in Panama, moving a step closer to restoring diplomatic ties. It was the result of nearly two years of secret talks and quiet diplomacy and the mood was positive, both...

Germany Calls on Russia, Ukraine to Move to Next Phase of Peace Deal
Apr13

Germany Calls on Russia, Ukraine to Move to Next Phase of Peace Deal

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called on Russia and Ukraine to set in motion the next phase of the shaky Minsk peace accords aimed at stopping the fighting in east Ukraine, ahead … …read more Source:...

Russia Supplying Weapons, Troops to Ukraine Separatists: Report
Apr12

Russia Supplying Weapons, Troops to Ukraine Separatists: Report

NATO believes that Russia has supplied more troops and weapons to pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine, a German newspaper reported on Sunday. …read more Source:...

Russia Lashes Out at Law to Erase Ukraine’s Soviet Past
Apr11

Russia Lashes Out at Law to Erase Ukraine’s Soviet Past

Controversial laws designed to leave Ukraine’s Soviet past behind stoked tension in the war-divided country Friday and prompted an angry reaction from Russia which called the ban on communist-era symb… …read more Source:...

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei demands all sanctions end when nuclear deal signed
Apr10

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei demands all sanctions end when nuclear deal signed

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday demanded that all sanctions on Iran be lifted at the same time as any final agreement with world powers on curbing Tehran’s nuclear programme is concluded. Khamenei, the Islamic Republic’s most powerful figure and who has the last say on all state matters, was making his first...

Ukraine sets sights on joining NATO
Apr09

Ukraine sets sights on joining NATO

Ukraine, locked in conflict with Russian-backed separatists in its east, on Thursday drew up a new security doctrine denouncing Russia’s “aggression” and setting its sights on joining the US-led NATO military alliance. Oleksander Turchynov, head of the national security council, told a session of the body that Ukraine saw...

Ukraine parliament approves sweeping gas sector reform law
Apr09

Ukraine parliament approves sweeping gas sector reform law

Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday backed a law aimed at breaking the stranglehold of powerful groups over the lucrative gas distribution sector and establishing fairer market conditions. “This law will abolish the monopoly of the oligarchs and allow gas price reductions,” said Oleh Lyashko, leader of Ukrainian Radical Party,...

Iran’s Khamenei breaks silence in nuclear deal, says details are key
Apr09

Iran’s Khamenei breaks silence in nuclear deal, says details are key

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday demanded that all sanctions on Iran be lifted at the same time as any final agreement with world powers on curbing Tehran’s nuclear programme is concluded. Khamenei, the Islamic Republic’s most powerful figure and who has the last say on all state matters, was making his first...