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Int’l Ethnic Cultures Festival Has Spectacular Opening in Astana
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – The capital city’s Tlep Qobiz Sarayi concert hall opened the history and culture international festival of ethnic cultures contest Sept. 2. The three-day jubilee was devoted to the 550th anniversary celebration of the Kazakh Khanate. Singers...
NATO chief concerned by reported Russian Syria build-up
BRUSSELS (AFP) – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday voiced concern over reports of a Russian military build-up in Syria, warning that any support for Bashar Al-Assad would escalate the bloody conflict.Yes, I am concerned by reports that Russia may have deployed military personnel and aircraft to Syria, Stoltenberg said in a...
Ukraine conflict has left almost 8,000 dead: UN
GENEVA – Nearly 8,000 people — including civilians, soldiers and militia members — have been killed since the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine, the United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) said Tuesday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
East Ukraine rebels release arrested leader amid infighting
MOSCOW (Reuters) – One of the leaders of Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine, Andrei Purgin, said on Tuesday he had been released from custody after being held in a cell for four days by his own side for reasons he did not understand. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine still faces threat of Russian military offensive – Poroshenko
Ukraine still faces the threat of a full-scale Russian military attack despite several days of relative calm on the front-lines of the east where government forces confront Russian-backed separatists, President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday. …read more Source: Channel...
Nearly 8,000 killed since start of Ukraine conflict: UN
Police officers help a wounded colleague during clashes with activists of few radical Ukrainian parties in front of the parliament in Kiev on Aug. 31, 2015. (AFP/Yuriy Kirnichny)Nearly 8,000 people — including civilians, soldiers and militia members — have been killed since the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine, the United Nations...
Ukraine still faces threat of Russian military offensive – Poroshenko
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine still faces the threat of a full-scale Russian military attack despite several days of relative calm on the front-lines of the east where government forces confront Russian-backed separatists, President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
UN says close to 8,000 killed in east Ukraine
At least 7,962 people have been killed and 17,811 wounded in violence in eastern Ukraine since mid-April 2014, the U.N. Human Rights Office said on Tuesday, as it published a regular report by U.N. monitors in the country. …read more Source: Channel...
US asks Greece to deny Russian flights to Syria
ATHENS: The United States has asked Greece to bar Russian supply flights to Syria from its airspace, a Greek official said Monday, as Moscow vowed to continue arming the regime of Bashar al-Assad. “We received the (US) request on Saturday and are examining it,” a Greek foreign ministry official said on condition of anonymity....
U.N. says close to 8,000 killed in east Ukraine
GENEVA (Reuters) – At least 7,962 people have been killed and 17,811 wounded in violence in eastern Ukraine since mid-April 2014, the U.N. Human Rights Office said on Tuesday, as it published a regular report by U.N. monitors in the country. …read more Source: The...
