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Russia says U.S. forced it to act on Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Thursday blamed the United States and its allies for the conflict in Ukraine, saying their drive to bring Kiev closer to the West was a threat to Moscow and had forced it to react. …read more Source: The...
Iran says nuclear deal depends on lifting of sanctions
ANKARA/DUBAI: Iran said on Wednesday it would only accept a deal over its contested nuclear programme if world powers simultaneously lifted all sanctions imposed on it. The comments by President Hassan Rouhani came the day after US President Barack Obama was forced to give Congress a say in any future accord — including the right to veto the...
Former Ukrainian lawmaker shot dead in Kiev – interior ministry
KIEV (Reuters) – Oleg Kalashnikov, a former member of parliament for ex-president Viktor Yanukovich’s discredited Party of Regions, was found shot dead in Kiev on Wednesday, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said in a statement. …read more Source: The...
Dutch to renew search for body parts, debris at MH17 crash site
Ukrainian State Emergency Service personnel search for bodies near the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 on July 26, 2014 -© AFP/File THE HAGUE: Dutch and international investigators will renew their search for body parts and debris at the MH17 plane crash site in restive eastern Ukraine, including at a location previously considered...
MH17: Dutch to renew search for body parts, debris
THE HAGUE: Dutch and international investigators will renew their search for body parts and debris at the MH17 plane crash site in restive eastern Ukraine, including at a location previously considered unsafe, the team’s chief announced Wednesday. “The team is in Donetsk and ready to start tomorrow (Thursday),” Pieter Jaap Aalbersberg said...
Russian return to G8 depends on Ukraine ceasefire – German minister
LUEBECK, Germany (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Wednesday the Group of Seven foreign ministers wished Russia would fulfil the conditions needed to once again be part of the extended Group of Eight meetings. …read more Source: The...
Germany's Schaeuble says need for U.S. to solve Ukraine crisis
NEW YORK (Reuters) – German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Wednesday that the United States must play an important role in helping to solve the crisis in Ukraine while European resolve to come to a non-military solution remains strong. …read more Source: The...
MH17 team gain access to new debris field, hope to find last two victims
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Nine months after Malaysian Airlines MH17 crashed in eastern Ukraine, investigators have gained access to the area where the last unexamined wreckage lies and hope to recover remains of the last two victims. …read more Source: The...
G7 ministers: lifting Russia sanctions is tied to fulfilling Minsk
LUEBECK, Germany (Reuters) – Western sanctions against Russia can only be lifted once Moscow fulfils the ceasefire agreement signed in Minsk in February and respects Ukraine’s sovereignty, foreign ministers from the Group of Seven foreign ministers said in Germany on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
One Ukrainian serviceman killed in past 24 hours in east – military
KIEV (Reuters) – One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and two were wounded in separatist eastern territories in the past 24 hours, Kiev’s military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said in a televised briefing on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
