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Australian PM brings forward vote on leadership to Monday
SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, fighting for his political life, said he would bring forward to Monday a meeting of his parliamentary colleagues to consider a challenge to his leadership, in an effort to halt a destabilizing internal revolt. A member of Abbott’s ruling conservative Liberal Party called on Friday for a secret...
Officials say new progress on Ukraine crisis resolution at sight
Officials said in Munich on Saturday that a new progress on resolving the Ukraine crisis could be seen in the next few days. …read more Source:...
Threats in Obama’s book: ISIS, Russia & hackers
Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine, terrorist outfits like the ISIS, besides hackers are cited as global threats in US President Barack Obama’s national security strategy document. …read more Source: The Times of...
Ukraine’s President Asks For Military Help From Allies
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the crisis in his country would remain unresolved unless it received political, economic and military support from allies in Europe and beyond. …read more Source:...
Ukraine has Right to Defend Itself Against Russia, Says US
US Vice President Joe Biden said on Saturday that Washington wanted a peaceful solution to the conflict in Ukraine but added that Kiev had a right to defend itself against Russia and that the United S… …read more Source:...
World › Ukraine president pushes for fast cease-fire, defensive arms
Ukraine’s president pushed for both a quick cease-fire in his country’s troubled east and defensive weapons from the West, as mediators sought momentum Saturday for a deal to stem the fighting at Europe’s edge. Petro Poroshenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin are to confer with the leaders of Germany and… …read more...
Two, three days to know fate of new Ukraine peace plan: German FM
February 08, 2015 5:28 AMBERLIN (AFP) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Saturday it would take “two or three days” to know the fate of a new Franco-German push for peace in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Straits...
Franco-German plan on Ukraine based on Minsk pact – U.S. official
MUNICH (Reuters) – A Franco-German initiative to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine is based on the Minsk peace accords but will contain more details on implementation and timing of a future deal, a senior State Department official said on Saturday. …read more Source: The...
West presses Putin to back ‘last-chance’ Ukraine peace bid
Western leaders challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin to prove he wants peace in Ukraine, warning both sides a new Franco-German peace drive may be a “last chance” to stop all-out war. …read more Source: Channel...
‘Time Running Out’ for Ukraine Resolution, Warns France
An aide to French President Francois Hollande warned Saturday that time is running out in the search for a resolution to the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
