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Six Ukrainian soldiers killed as rebel uprising marks first anniversary
At least six Ukrainian servicemen were killed in separatist attacks on Sunday in Ukraine’s troubled eastern regions in a grim weekend marking the first anniversary of a rebellion against Kiev’s pro-Western rulers. Four Ukrainian soldiers died when their vehicle was hit by a shell fired by the Russian-backed rebels as it drove across a...
Six Ukrainian soldiers killed in rebel east
Six Ukrainian troops were killed in two separate incidents in the troubled separatist-held east Sunday as isolated clashes continue to violate a fragile ceasefire to end the year-long war, officials said. …read more Source: The Times of...
After a Year at War, Ukraine at Financial Breaking Point
Bruised and battered after a year of armed conflict, Ukraine has been crippled by a combination of monetary, budgetary, industrial, banking and energy crises that could make it dependent on outside he… …read more Source:...
Disabled Ukraine Fighters Hanker for Return to Front
Parts of their bodies burnt to a putrid pulp, separatist rebels mutilated in a year of conflict between pro- and anti-Russian fighters in eastern Ukraine lie in their hospital beds still hankering to … …read more Source:...
Three soldiers killed in restive east Ukraine
Three Ukrainian soldiers died when a mine exploded in the separatist-held east where isolated clashes continue to undermine a ceasefire aimed at ending a year-long war. Army spokesman Andriy Lysenko said today that “as a result of the explosion of an enemy mine … Three Ukrainian soldiers were killed, two injured” in the previous...
Russia’s Lavrov calls for pull-back of weapons in Ukraine
Both sides in the conflict in Ukraine could pull back weapons under 100 millimetres calibre from the front line in a bid to boost confidence in a ceasefire, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday. “It is necessary to monitor keeping mainly the military part of the Minsk agreements….There is a possibility to pull back...
Iran deal may vindicate Barack Obama’s view that diplomacy trumps force
Barack Obama ran for president in part on the proposition that it was time to end the United States’ wars abroad and find ways to resolve conflicts without force. Thursday’s interim nuclear deal with Iran was the biggest achievement so far of this “open-hand” diplomacy and may have helped secure a foreign policy legacy...
Iran, world powers reach initial deal on reining in Tehran’s nuclear programme
Iran and world powers reached a framework agreement on Thursday on curbing Iran’s nuclear programme for at least a decade, a step towards a final pact that could end 12 years of brinkmanship, threats and confrontation. The tentative agreement, after eight days of marathon talks in Switzerland, clears the way for negotiations on a settlement...
At least 56 killed as Russian trawler sinks in icy seas
A Russian trawler sank in icy seas off Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka peninsula on Thursday, killing at least 56 of the 132 crew, the emergencies ministry said on Thursday. Sixty-three people were rescued but 13 were still unaccounted for, hours after the Dalniy Vostok fishing vessel sank in the Sea of Okhotsk so quickly that its captain,...
Operation Raahat: Evacuation of another batch of 300 Indians in Yemen underway
After the rescue of more than 350 Indians from Aden, another batch of over 300 will be evacuated from Al Hudaydah on Thursday through sea route even as government was making all efforts to get clearance for air sorties to bring back its nationals from Sanaa. INS Sumitra, which had evacuated 350 Indians from Aden on Tuesday night, was dispatched...
