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Ukraine church picks bishop as leader, secures split from Russia
The St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine. (Bloomberg pic)KIEV: Ukrainian Orthodox Christian priests selected a 39-year-old bishop to lead their newly independent church, cementing a split from the previous Russian hierarchy in a step that’s further straining relations between the two former allies. Priests gathered in Ukraine’s most...
Ukrainians await historic synod decision on independent church
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has made an independent Church a campaign pledge ahead of an unpredictable election. (AFP pic)KIEV: Several thousand Ukrainians rallied outside one of Kiev’s main cathedrals Saturday ahead of a historic synod expected to establish an Orthodox church independent from Russia. Ukrainian priests were to meet...
US, Ukraine navy heads meet after Russia ship seizure
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis earlier this month blasted the Russian navy’s ‘brazen’ violation of a treaty that allows both Russian and Ukrainian ships free passage in the Kerch Strait. (Bloomberg pic)WASHINGTON: The head of the Ukrainian navy is meeting his US counterpart this week in Washington, where they will discuss the Russian...
Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Russian champion of human rights, dies at 91
Human rights defender Lyudmila Alexeyeva. (AFP pic)MOSCOW: Lyudmila Alexeyeva, who headed the oldest Russian human-rights organisation and was a driving force behind the civil-rights movement in the Soviet Union, has died. She died Saturday night at a Moscow hospital, according to a statement from the Human Rights Council under Russia’s...
Haley fails in UN bid to condemn Hamas
US Ambassador to the United Nation Nikki Haley addresses the United Nations Security Council meeting on Ukraine in New York. (AFP pic)UNITED NATIONS: A bid championed by US Ambassador Nikki Haley to condemn the Palestinian Hamas movement at the United Nations for firing rockets at Israel failed to secure enough votes for adoption on Thursday. The...
UN to vote on Haley’s last stand: condemning Hamas
US Ambassador to the United Nation Nikki Haley addresses the United Nations Security Council meeting on Ukraine in New York. (AFP pic)UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly will vote Thursday on a US-drafted resolution condemning the Palestinian Hamas movement, in what could mark US Ambassador Nikki Haley’s parting gesture at the United...
Putin rejects US claim Russia breaking arms treaty
Russian President Vladimir Putin (AFP pic)MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday dismissed US claims Russia is violating a major Cold War treaty limiting mid-range nuclear arms, as a senior general lashed out at Washington’s attempts to “contain” Moscow. The tense rhetoric comes a day after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said...
Moscow dismisses ‘groundless’ US claim Russia breaching arms treaty
Russian President Vladimir Putin (AFP pic)MOSCOW: Moscow on Wednesday dismissed US claims that Russia is violating a major Cold War treaty limiting mid-range nuclear arms, from which Washington is planning to withdraw. “Groundless accusations are again being repeated,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, after US Secretary of State...
Pompeo defends US policy, slams China, Russia and Iran
During Tuesday’s visit to Brussels, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took aim at European critics who accuse the US of undermining global institutions. (AFP pic)BRUSSELS: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo mounted a staunch defence of US foreign policy on Tuesday, arguing that Washington is building a world order to fight cynical abuses by...
Kremlin hopes Putin and Trump can hold talks before June next year
US President Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin shake hands at their first meeting, held on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Germany, July 7, 2017. (AFP pic)BUENOS AIRES: The Kremlin hopes that US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin can meet and hold talks before a G20 summit in Japan in June next...
