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Iranian plane crashes after takeoff, killing 39
A regional passenger plane assembled in Iran crashed Sunday while taking off from the capital, killing 39 and injuring another nine onboard, according to a senior transportation official and state media.The IrAn-140 operated by domestic carrier Sepahan Air crashed in a residential area near Tehran’s Mehrabad airport. State TV said the...
Artillery pounds Ukraine rebel bastion as West warns Russia
Artillery pounded the rebel bastion of Donetsk in southeastern Ukraine on Sunday (Aug 10) as the West warned Russia that any attempt to send “humanitarian” troops into the conflict-torn region would be “unacceptable”. …read more Source: Channel...
1 killed, 10 injured as fighting rages in Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine: Fighting is raging in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, one day after pro-Russian rebels there said they were ready to agree to a cease-fire in order to prevent a “humanitarian catastrophe.” …read more Source: New Straits...
Cameron, Obama discuss Iraq, Ukraine, Gaza crises over phone
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Ukraine rebel leader asks for aid, cease-fire
DONETSK: Ukraine’s rebels are surrounded and ready to agree to a cease-fire to prevent a “humanitarian catastrophe,” the insurgents’ new leader said Saturday as conditions deteriorated in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, artillery thundering through deserted streets. …read more Source: New Straits...
World › West warns Russia against ‘illegal’ invasion of Ukraine
The West warned Russia on Saturday that any attempt to enter Ukraine on “humanitarian” grounds would be considered an “illegal” invasion after Kiev claimed Russian troops had tried to cross the border in the guise of aid workers. Moscow denied the claim, saying “Russian troops made no attempt to...
Kiev says will let international aid mission in rebel-held Lugansk
Ukraine is ready to accept an aid mission to the eastern rebel stronghold of Lugansk, President Petro Poroshenko said, but only if it is an unarmed international team entering the country through Kiev-controlled borders. …read more Source: Channel...
West warns Russia against ‘illegal’ invasion of Ukraine
The West warned Russia that any attempt to enter Ukraine on “humanitarian” grounds would be considered an “illegal” invasion after Kiev claimed Russian troops had tried to cross the border in the guise of aid workers. …read more Source: Channel...
Exxon, Rosneft in joint Arctic oil project despite sanctions on Russia
US oil giant Exxon Mobil began drilling for oil in the Russian Arctic with local partner Rosneft, despite sanctions imposed on the Russian company by Washington over the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Barack Obama, Angela Merkel Say Russia Will Face Consequences if it Enters Ukraine
US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed on Saturday that Russia would face additional consequences if it intervened in Ukraine without permission from the Ukrainian govern… …read more Source:...
