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Russia's exclusion from Swift a last-resort 'nuclear weapon': Poland
EXCLUDING Russia from the Swift banking system would be a measure of last resort if the crisis in Ukraine escalates, the British and Polish foreign ministers said on Friday. …read more Source: The Business...
US Plan to Train Ukraine National Guard ‘On Hold’
A US plan to train Ukrainian national guard troops is “on hold” pending implementation of a ceasefire deal between government troops and Russian-backed rebels, a spokesman for US forces in Europe said… …read more Source:...
Ukraine ceasefire holding, says OSCE head
RIGA (Reuters) – The ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is holding and overall hostilities have dropped, the head of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Russia, Germany urge OSCE to boost Ukraine observers to 1,000
MOSCOW – Russia and Germany on Friday urged the OSCE to more than double the number of its observers in Ukraine to 1,000, to monitor a sputtering ceasefire as the EU downplayed the threat of new sanctions against Moscow. …read more Source: Bangkok...
EU says ready for more Russia sanctions if needed but cease-fire priority
The EU is ready to step up sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine conflict, but its priority is to bolster a fragile cease-fire agreed in Minsk, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Friday. …read more Source: Global...
U.S. plan to train Ukraine national guard "on hold"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. plan to train Ukrainian national guard troops is “on hold” pending implementation of a ceasefire deal between government troops and Russian-backed rebels, a spokesman for U.S. forces in Europe said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Q&A on the MH370 mystery
A year on, there remains no evidence to indicate what caused Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 to vanish or where it ended up, despite the most expensive search operation in history -© AFP/File / by Dan Martin, with Glenda Kwek in Sydney KUALA LUMPUR: A year on, there remains no evidence to indicate what caused Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 to...
Ukrainian pilot decides to end hunger strike in Russian jail: lawyer
MOSCOW (AFP) – Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko has decided to end a hunger strike after going more than 80 days without food to protest her detention in a Russian jail, one of her lawyers said on Friday.She has taken the decision, lawyer Mark Feigin told AFP.She had been on the brink, he said, adding that the pilots weakening health had...
EU drops sanctions on Yanukovich's Ukraine security chief
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union has dropped sanctions imposed last year on the head of ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich’s security service, according to a legal notice published on Friday. …read more Source: The...
U.S. not decided yet on Ukraine national guard training – official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has not yet made a final decision on whether to move ahead with previously announced training of Ukrainian national guard troops battling Russian-backed separatists in the country’s east, a U.S. military official said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
