Section: The Indian Express (India)
Ukraine rebels say 24 fighters killed by rockets at airport
Russian backed separatist rebels advance, while looking for shelter, in the direction of the airport in the Kievsky district in Donetsk, Ukraine, (Source: AP) Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine say 24 of their fighters have been killed in a rocket attack on the recently captured airport outside their main stronghold city of Donetsk. Rebel...
US says Russian peace plan for Ukraine is an occupation plan
Russian President Vladimir Putin. US Ambassador Samantha Power says Russia’s latest “peace plan” for Ukraine is nothing more than an “occupation plan.” Power told the UN Security Council yesterday that “the current situation is dangerous” and urged Russia to implement a September cease-fire agreement. She said Russian President Vladimir...
Rebels claim to control Donetsk airport after intense fight
In this Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015 photo, Pro-Russian rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko, center, surrounded by guards, smiles not far from rebel positions near the Donetsk airport in Donetsk, Eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov) Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine are claiming that they have seized control of the Donetsk airport after...
UN chief Ban Ki-moon alarmed by flareup in Ukraine fighting
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced alarm over fierce fighting around the Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine and called for an immediate end to the violence. Heavy shelling rocked the city as Ukraine rushed tanks to the front lines and declared it had pushed back pro-Russian rebels from most of the airport....
War crimes court opens probe into Palestinian territories
Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said in a statement she will conduct the preliminary examination with “full independence and impartiality.” The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court launched a preliminary probe Friday that could clear the way for a full-scale investigation into possible war crimes in Palestinian territories- plunging the court...
With funds, hotels and sex, China takes root in Chad
Guangzhou Hotel in N’Djamena, Chad. (Source: IE photo Praveen Swami) It’s Saturday night, and the Piccolo, the most notorious nightclub in Chad’s capital, is packed with the flotsam dragged in by the tide of war: French military crew trying to get drunk enough to imagine they’re in the suburbs of Paris, Ukrainian...
World leaders head Paris march to honor terror victims
More than 40 world leaders, their arms linked, marched through Paris Sunday to rally for unity and freedom of expression and to honor 17 victims of three days of terrorist attacks. The leaders were heading a demonstration of at least tens of thousands of people who converged on the capital after three gunmen attacked a newspaper office, kosher...
France attacks: Country hunts suspect, prepares for mass anti-terrorism rally
Members of the Union of French Jewish students hold posters with the first names of the victims during a demonstration outside a kosher grocery store where four hostages were killed. (Source: AP photo) France vowed to combat terrorism with “a cry for freedom” in a giant rally for unity Sunday after three days of bloodshed that horrified the...
A baby shortage
Japan is one of 61 nations not producing enough babies to replace their populations. With the world’s population hitting the above seven-billion mark, it seems as though the decades-old warning about the ‘Population Bomb’ could become true. In his landmark 1968 book by that name, Paul Ehrlich had warned that “we will breed ourselves...
Search for AirAsia jet’s black box recorders could “take a week”
Rescuers believe it may be the Airbus A320-200, which was carrying 162 people when it crashed on Sunday. Heavy seas held back divers waiting to inspect the possible wreck of an AirAsia Indonesia jet off Borneo on Thursday and an aviation official said it could be a week before the black box flight recorders are found. Five crews among 47 divers...
