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Chemical plant in eastern Ukraine catches fire
An explosion and fire have rocked a chemical plant outside a separatist stronghold in eastern Ukraine. Rebels say it was hit by government shelling. No casualties or damage were immediately reported from the blast which was so powerful that it was heard as far as downtown Donetsk. An armed conflict between Russia-backed separatists and government...
Nine more Ukrainian servicemen killed in the east
Nine Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 26 wounded in fighting with Russian-back separatists in Ukraine’s eastern regions in the past 24 hours, Kiev military spokesman said on Monday. …read more Source: The Times of...
Merkel to brief Obama on four-party talks on Ukraine crisis
FILE – President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (Source: AP) President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are trying for a public display of unity despite a potential split over arming Ukrainian fighters to better battle Russian-backed separatists. That was the unstated point of Monday’s meeting at the White...
Barack Obama’s Ukraine Policy at Crossroads As Fighting Rages On
Russian-backed rebels’ violent offensive in eastern Ukraine leaves President Barack Obama with perplexing and urgent choices, but aides say he will exercise his typical caution in deciding his next mo… …read more Source:...
Ukrainians Have to Agree Among Selves to End Crisis, Says Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the conflict in Ukraine will continue if rival groups there do not agree among themselves, in comments published on Monday ahead of a proposed summit with French,… …read more Source:...
Putin acting like a tyrant, says UK
Britain accused Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday of acting like a “tyrant” over Ukraine, but said Kiev’s forces could not defeat Russia’s army on the battlefield and only a political solution could end the bloodshed. …read more Source: The Times of...
US, Europe push for new talks on Wednesday to end bloodshed in Ukraine
French, German and Ukrainian presidents are planning a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin for Wednesday in a frantic bid to halt escalating bloodshed in east Ukraine. …read more Source: The Times of...
Ukraine Arrests Journalist After Call to Dodge Draft
Ukraine’s security service arrested a journalist on treason charges on Sunday after he posted a video online urging people to dodge the country’s new military draft, his wife and officials said. …read more Source:...
Bank’s services for arms dealers in conflict with its own policy
An Indian Express Investigation in collaboration with Le Monde and International Consortium of Investigative Journalists By: Will Fitzgibbon & Martha M Hamilton It was a scene of incredible carnage. In July 2003, a recently re-armed rebel group, Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy, resumed its two-month siege of the capital,...
HSBC sheltered murky cash linked to dictators, arms dealers
An Indian Express Investigation in collaboration with Le Monde and International Consortium of Investigative Journalists By: Gerard Ryle, Will Fitzgibbon, Mar Cabra, Rigoberto Carvajal, Marina Walker Guevara, Martha M Hamilton and Tom Stites Secret documents reveal that global banking giant HSBC profited from doing business with arms dealers who...
