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UNGA approves Arab-backed resolution, urges Israel to renounce nuclear arms
US told UNSC there needs to be greater international pressure on Russia to abide by a ceasefire in Ukraine. The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved an Arab-backed resolution on December 2 calling on Israel to renounce possession of nuclear weapons and put its nuclear facilities under international oversight. The resolution, adopted in a...
Ukraine government, rebels agree on new cease-fire
In this photo taken on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014, a woman lights a candle before a service in the St. Olga and St. Vladimir Cathedral in Simferopol, Crimea. The property has come under threat from Crimea’s pro-Moscow leaders. International monitors in eastern Ukraine say government troops and Russian-backed separatist forces in the Luhansk...
Putin in Turkey amid Syria differences
Turkish President President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. (Source: AP photo) Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish host, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, were expected to gloss over their striking differences over the crises in Syria and Ukraine during talks on Monday, focusing instead on their...
MH17 wreckage to be reassembled in Netherlands for investigation
The aircraft debris lay there for months after the Boeing 777 was downed on July 17, killing all 298 people on board. (Source: Reuters) Wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 recovered from its crash site in eastern Ukraine will be reassembled for an investigation at a military base in the Netherlands, Dutch authorities said on Monday. The...
MH17 victim’s mother takes Ukraine to human rights court
The mother of a victim of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has begun legal proceedings against Ukraine at the European Court of Human Rights, accusing Kiev of failing to close the country’s airspace, a German daily reported on Sunday. The woman, who lodged her complaint at the Strasbourg-based court “last week”, is suing Ukraine for USD...
Six coffins of MH17 remains flown out of Ukraine
The Boeing 777 was blown out of the sky on July 17 over rebel-held territory, killing all 298 people on board, including 193 citizens of The Netherlands. (Source: Reuters) Six more coffins holding remains of the victims from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was on Friday flown out of east Ukraine for The Netherlands, officials said. Dutch and...
Russia’s new push for Syria dialogue unlikely to be fruitful
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov. (Source: AP photo) Fresh Russian efforts to encourage Syrian peace talks are unlikely to make progress because Moscow rejects opposition and Western calls for the swift departure of President Bashar al-Assad. Moscow has long-supported Assad, including with arms supplies for Syria, but he...
Australian PM Tony Abbott’s ‘shirtfront’ statement gets new meaning
FILE – In this Nov. 15, 2014 file photo, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, left, greets Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 in Brisbane, Australia. The Australian prime minister’s threat to “shirtfront” Russia’s president during the international summit this month has prompted a dictionary to broaden its definition of the...
UN: Deaths keep rising in Ukraine, now over 4,300
Ukrainian volunteer fighters shoot in the village of Peski near Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. Fighting has continued in the east despite a cease-fire agreement between Ukraine and the rebels signed in September, and Ukraine and the West accused Russia recently of sending in new troops and weapons. (Source: AP) The fighting...
German foreign minister tries to save Ukraine peace plan
German minister called for drawing a division line between the government troops and pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine. Germany’s foreign minister, on a shuttle mission between the Ukrainian and Russian capitals, called Tuesday for quickly drawing a division line between the government troops and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine to save a...
