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‘Two jihadists’ killed, two arrests in north Paris shootout
SAINT-DENIS: Two suspected jihadists were killed, including a woman who blew herself up, in a shootout Wednesday (Nov 18) in north Paris with police hunting the mastermind of last week’s attacks on the French capital, sources said. As troops patrolled the streets, heavily-armed police swapped gunfire with people holed up in an apartment in...
Europe on edge as hunt on for ninth Paris attack suspect
PARIS: Europe was on high alert Wednesday after video revealed a ninth man may have taken part in the Paris attacks, as France and Russia formed an unusual alliance against Islamic State jihadists who claimed the bloodshed. Police are hunting the newest suspect believed to be involved in carnage that killed at least 129 people, after footage...
Russia's Putin says offers Ukraine better terms to restructure debt
BELEK, Turkey (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Monday Russia had made a surprise offer to restructure Ukraine’s debt, telling Kiev it would accept an annual debt repayment of $1 billion over three years if the West provided guarantees. …read more Source: The...
IMF says Russian offer on Ukraine debt is positive step
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund welcomed an offer by Russia to restructure Ukraine’s debt as a positive step, a spokeswoman for the Fund said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine says not received direct information on Russia's debt offer
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s finance ministry said on Monday it had not received “any direct information” on an offer by Russian President Vladimir Putin to restructure a $3 billion (2 billion pound) Eurobond. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine says may return artillery to frontline if situation escalates
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine could return artillery to its eastern frontline if fighting with pro-Russian separatists escalates further, Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said on Monday after a weekend of the deadliest attacks in two months. …read more Source: The...
Russia's Siluanov says Moscow made offer to Ukraine over debt
BELEK, Turkey (Reuters) – Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Monday Moscow hoped to reach a compromise with Ukraine over Kiev’s debt and that Russia had made an offer which it sees as a basis for settling the issue. …read more Source: The...
Kremlin says Putin-Obama had extensive talks on Syria on G20 sidelines – agencies
BELEK, Turkey (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama talked “extensively” about Syria and Ukraine when they met on the sidelines of the G20 on Sunday, Russian news agencies cited top Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov as saying. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian soldier killed in violence in east
KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian serviceman was killed and eight were wounded in attacks by pro-Russian separatists in the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian military said on Sunday, as both sides reported renewed violence despite a ceasefire deal. …read more Source: The...
7 Afghans among 8 dead in Ukrainian chopper crash
BRATISLAVA: Eight people including seven Afghan migrants died earlier this week when a helicopter registered in Ukraine crashed in eastern Slovakia, the interior ministry in Bratislava said Saturday, updating a previous toll. Ministry spokesman Ivan Netik said the victims of the crash, which likely occurred overnight Tuesday to Wednesday,...
