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1 killed, several injured in Ukraine fuel depot fire
In this Tuesday, June 9, 2015, photo made available by the Ukrainian Emergency Situations Ministry press service Ukrainian firemen extinguish fire at a fuel depot near Hlevaha, Kiev region, Ukraine.(Source: AP) Ukrainian officials say that a major blaze has engulfed a fuel depot near the capital, leaving one man dead and injuring several others....
G-7 leaders take a united front against Russia
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, left, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, hidden, French President Francois Hollande, European Council President Donald Tusk, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, United States President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Birtish Prime Minister David Cameron, right, walk to a...
Obama at G7 summit: Looks to patch US-German relations
US President Barack Obama waves as he leaves Air Force One after his arrival at the airport in Munich, southern Germany, Sunday morning, June 7, 2015 before traveling to Garmisch-Partenkirchen where the G-7 summit takes place in Schloss Elmau hotel. (AP Photo) President Barack Obama is aiming to show unity with Western allies on global challenges...
Ukraine battle tests cease-fire to breaking point
A fire-fighter works to extinguish the fire at a market destroyed after shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 3, 2015, during battles on Wednesday in eastern Ukraine Territories.(Source: AP) A major battle erupted on Wednesday on the western edge of the main separatist rebel stronghold in eastern Ukraine, leaving more than a dozen dead...
MH17 crash: Russia favours ‘full-fledged and unbiased’ probe
Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday stressed the need for a “full-fledged and unbiased investigation” into the incident in which Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed in Ukraine in July this year. “Russia, just like Malaysia, insists on the full-fledged, unbiased and all-embracing investigation into this catastrophe in full compliance with...
MH17 shot down by Ukrainian missile not by Russian: Russian missile maker
Almaz-Antei director Yan Novikov speaks during a news conference in Moscow, Russia,Tuesday, June 2, 2015.(Source: AP) The Russian maker of the Buk air defence missile system said on Tuesday that it has concluded that Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was downed by an older version of the missile, which isn’t in service with the Russian...
US envoy John Kerry flown to Swiss hospital after bike crash
FILE – In this March 18, 2015 file picture, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry rides his bicycle along the shore of Lake Geneva after holding meetings with Iran’s Foreign Minister in Lausanne, Switzerland. (Source: AP) US Secretary of State John Kerry had a bike crash Sunday outside of Geneva and was flown by helicopter to a Swiss hospital...
US Vice President says his son Beau Biden has died of brain cancer
Biden, son of US Vice President Joe Biden Beau Biden, son of US Vice President Joe Biden, has died after battling brain cancer, the vice president said on Saturday. “The entire Biden family is saddened beyond words. We know that Beau’s spirit will live on in all of us, especially through his brave wife, Hallie, and two remarkable children,...
Brides for sale: European women lured for sham marriages
In this March 2, 2015 photo, Klara Balogova is silhouetted against a window at a Roma settlement near Kralovsky Chlmec, Slovakia. (Source: AP) Klara Balogova was 18, penniless and heavily pregnant when she rode thousands of miles from Slovakia to England to marry a man she had never met. She knew he did not want her, or her child. He wanted her...
Poland Exit Polls: Nationalist opposition forces run-off in presidential vote
Andrzej Duda, the main right wing candidate in the May 10 presidential elections, got a surprisingly strong vote count in the exit polls. (AP Photo) Nationalist opposition candidate Andrzej Duda made a surprisingly strong showing Sunday in the first round of Poland’s presidential election, apparently forcing a runoff with incumbent...
