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EU’s Barroso warns Ukraine crisis near ‘point of no return’
BRUSSELS – EU Commission head Jose Manual Barroso warned on Saturday that the crisis in Ukraine was reaching the point of no return, after reports Russian troops were fighting in the east of the country. …read more Source: Bangkok...
EU to impose strong Russia sanctions
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Saturday the EU was prepared to toughen sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis but also that it wanted a political deal to end the confrontation. …read more Source: China...
EU to slap new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine
Ukraine’s Petro Poroshenko said a strong EU response is needed because his country is subject to “military aggression and terror” with thousands of Russian troops and hundreds of tanks in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Times of...
EU sanctions on Russia to be ‘increased’: Hollande
French President Francois Hollande said on Saturday (Aug 30) that EU leaders meeting in Brussels would “no doubt increase” their sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: Channel...
EU, Ukraine debate sanctions against Russia amid euro bloc’s leadership shuffle
European Union leaders are likely to threaten Russia with new economic sanctions over its action in Ukraine on Saturday as the EU’s outgoing commission chief warned that the crisis could reach the “point of no return”. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Ukrainian civilian plane crashes in Algeria
ALGIERS, Algeria—Algeria’s state news service is reporting that a Ukrainian civilian cargo plane has crashed in the mountains near the southern city of Tamanrasset. According to APS, the state news agency, the Antonov An-12 carrying seven crew members was on its way to Equatorial Guinea when it went down at about 2:40 a.m. about 15...
Pussy Riot say no place for Putin at G20
SYDNEY — The two best known members of Russian punk group Pussy Riot Saturday called on Australia to withdraw its invitation to President Vladimir Putin to attend this year’s G20 summit. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, in Sydney to speak at a festival, spent 22 months in jail after staging a protest performance in a Moscow...
EU leaders seek riposte to Russia
BRUSSELS – European Union leaders gather in Brussels Saturday to thrash out a response to Russia’s deeper involvement in war-torn Ukraine and to bring new faces to key EU posts. …read more Source: Bangkok...
At least 3 reported dead as Ukrainian plane crashes in Algeria
A Ukrainian cargo plane with seven people on board crashed on Saturday (Aug 30) in Algeria, said an Algerian transport ministry official. At least three people were reportedly killed. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine plane with 7 on board crashes in Sahara
ALGIERS: A Ukrainian plane with seven people on board crashed in the Algerian Sahara in the early hours of Saturday, the Algeria Press Service reported. …read more Source: New Straits...
