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Three Ukrainian soldiers killed in clashes with rebels
KIEV: Three Ukrainian servicemen were killed in fighting with pro-Russian rebels in the east of the country as fighting intensified in the region, Kiev said on Sunday. Ukraine’s defence ministry said one soldier was killed in fighting late on Saturday. The country’s security service (SBU) later on Sunday confirmed two other servicemen...
Five metro stations closed in Ukraine capital after bomb warning
KIEV (Reuters) – Kiev has closed five subway stations, mostly in the central part of the Ukrainian capital, after a bomb warning, the subway operator said in a statement. …read more Source: The...
Chinese J-15 jets complete night landings on carrier in push to modernise
SHANGHAI: Chinese fighter pilots have carried out night landings on the country’s first aircraft carrier, the official China Daily reported on Saturday, the latest demonstration of Beijing’s push to modernise its military forces. Pilots flying J-15 jets landed at night on the Liaoning, the official paper said citing a video posted by...
UN sec-gen takes note of MH17 probe report ‘with concern’
UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has “taken note with concern of the latest report” on the downing of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. Speaking to journalists on Friday at the UN headquarters here, the UN Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq said that Guterres had underlined a prior Security Council resolution demanding...
Russian ministry of defence denies BUK missile shot down MH17
MOSCOW: The Russian Ministry of Defence said no new anti-aircraft missiles crossed the border to Ukraine since 1991, Xinhua news agency reported, citing Russian media reports. Thus, the reports refuted the finding that Russia was responsible for the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine on July 17, 2014. The joint investigation team...
No ‘facts’ to support MH17 charges: Russia’s Lavrov
MOSCOW: Russia said Friday the Netherlands had provided no evidence that Moscow was directly behind the 2014 shooting down of flight MH17 over war-torn east Ukraine, accusing the Dutch of promoting their own agenda. “Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok called me today,” Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters in Saint Petersburg....
Putin says ‘all is not lost’ to save Iran nuclear deal
An anti-America poster is seen inside the former US embassy headquarters as Iranians take part in an anti-US demonstration in Tehran. (AFP pic) ST PETERSBURG: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said it was still possible to save the Iran nuclear deal signed in 2015, despite US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the...
Macron says won't lift Russia sanctions if no progress on Ukraine
ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said European Union sanctions on Russia would not be lifted unless there was progress on Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
No ‘facts’ to support MH17 charges: Russia’s Lavrov
MOSCOW: Russia said Friday the Netherlands had provided no evidence that Moscow was directly behind the 2014 shooting down of flight MH17 over war-torn east Ukraine, accusing the Dutch of promoting their own agenda. “Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok called me today,” Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters in Saint Petersburg....
Putin says Russian missile did not bring down flight MH17
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that a Russian army missile did not bring down Malaysia Airlines Flight over eastern Ukraine in 2014, rebuffing Dutch investigators who concluded that a Russian missile system was used in the attack. …read more Source: The...
