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U.N. Security Council expresses ‘grave concern’ over Ukraine | Reuters
UNITED NATIONS The UN Security Council expressed its “grave concern” on Tuesday over the “dangerous deterioration” in eastern Ukraine and called for a halt to the violence.”The members of the Security Council expressed their full support of sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine,” the Security Council...
U.S. says deeply concerned by spike in violence in eastern Ukraine | Reuters
WASHINGTON The United States is “deeply concerned” with the spike in violence in eastern Ukraine, which has caused dozens of Ukrainian military and civilian casualties, the State Department said on Tuesday.”To avert a larger humanitarian crisis, we call for an immediate, sustained ceasefire and full and unfettered access...
Russia urges Ukraine to stop ‘armed provocations in eastern region | Reuters
MOSCOW The Russian Foreign Ministry urged Kiev on Tuesday to halt “armed provocations” in the rebel-held regions of eastern Ukraine, which it said was “on the verge of humanitarian and ecological catastrophe”.The comments were issued amid a flare up between government forces and rebels in eastern Ukraine where clashes led...
Ukraine: Seven troops killed in clashes between separatist rebels and govt troops
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Russia: Iran missile test does not contravene UN resolution
Moscow, Jan 31 : Russia today said that a reported ballistic missile test by Iran does not contravene a United Nations resolution on Tehran’s nuclear programme, after the US requested emergency UN consultations. “Such actions, if they took place, do not breach the resolution,” Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov told Interfax...
Ukraine conflict: Russia-backed rebels kill 12 despite truce as Kiev urges Berlin for strong sanctions against Moscow
A sudden surge in clashes between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed rebels killed at least seven people on Monday despite a tattered truce in Ukraine’s war-scarred east. The post Ukraine conflict: Russia-backed rebels kill 12 despite truce as Kiev urges Berlin for strong sanctions against Moscow appeared first on Firstpost. …read...
Ukraine: Russia-backed rebels kill 12 despite truce as fear of losing US support grow
Avdiivka: A sudden surge in clashes between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed rebels killed at least seven people on Monday despite a tattered truce in Ukraine’s war-scarred east. The overall death toll reported for the past two days rose to 12 after the bloodiest outburst of violence since the former Soviet republic and its foes last […]...
Angela Merkel slams anti-Muslim bias in US travel ban
Berlin, Jan 30: German Chancellor Angela Merkel today stepped up her criticism of a US travel ban slapped on travellers from seven countries, saying it smacked of anti-Muslim bias. “The essential and also resolute fight against terrorism in no way justifies general suspicion against people of a specific faith, in this case people of the Muslim...
5 troops reported killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine
Moscow, Jan 30 (AP) At least five Ukrainian troops have been killed in an apparent uptick in fighting in eastern Ukraine, government officials said today. An armed conflict between government troops and separatist rebels has killed more than 9,600 since it began in 2014, according to the UN Human Rights Office. A January cease-fire had until...
The Iraq war ended the idea of Pax Americana: Emma Sky
Emma Sky, an officer of the British Empire (OBE), served as the political advisor to the US General Ray Odierno during the Iraq war. She was in India recently as part of the ZEE Jaipur Literary Festival. In an interview to DNA, she speaks about a host of things including her 2015 book, The Unraveling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq....
