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Sixteen others injuSixteen others injured in attacks by rebels in eastern areas.red in attacks by rebels in eastern areas.
Jul15

Sixteen others injuSixteen others injured in attacks by rebels in eastern areas.red in attacks by rebels in eastern areas.

In Ukraine, eight troops have been killed and 16 others wounded in attacks by rebels in the eastern areas. …read more Source: Radio...

Putin lambasts Finnish leader for barring sanctioned Russian officials
Jul15

Putin lambasts Finnish leader for barring sanctioned Russian officials

MOSCOW (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ticked off his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto over Helsinkis barring of officials on a European Union sanctions list over Ukraine, the Kremlin said.Finland earlier this month blocked six Russian lawmakers — including the speaker of parliaments lower house — from...

Tennis: Tomic toppled, Karlovic advances at Newport
Jul14

Tennis: Tomic toppled, Karlovic advances at Newport

NEWPORT (AFP) – Australian John-Patrick Smith won his first ATP main draw victory Monday, upsetting third-seeded countryman Bernard Tomic 6-3, 7-5 in the first round of the Hall of Fame Championships.Smith, ranked 156th, needed only 70 minutes to dispatch Tomic, taking 15 of 23 points off Tomics second serve and surrendering only one...

Poroshenko faces new security crisis in western Ukraine
Jul13

Poroshenko faces new security crisis in western Ukraine

KIEV (AFP) – President Petro Poroshenko confronted a fresh crisis Monday as a deadly standoff between interior ministry units and armed Ukrainian ultranationalists entered a third day in a western enclave near Hungary.The EU-backed leader convened his military cabinet of top generals to try and diffuse tensions between two forces vital to...

23 conscripts killed in Russian military barracks collapse
Jul13

23 conscripts killed in Russian military barracks collapse

MOSCOW (AFP) – Twenty-three Russian conscripts were crushed to death when their military barracks collapsed in Siberia, the latest disaster blamed on apparent shoddy construction work and lax safety standards.An entire section of military barracks, including parts of the roof and walls, collapsed on Sunday evening just outside the Siberian...

Two soldiers killed in Ukraine
Jul13

Two soldiers killed in Ukraine

KIEV: Two soldiers have been killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine, a Kiev military spokesman said on Sunday, reporting heavy shelling by separatist f …read more Source: The News...

Four killed in eastern Ukraine clashes
Jul12

Four killed in eastern Ukraine clashes

KIEV (AFP) – Two soldiers, a pro-Russian rebel and a civilian were killed in 24 hours of fighting in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian military and rebels said separately on Sunday.We have lost two soldiers in fighting and acts of provocation, five have been wounded, Ukraine army spokesman Andriy Lysenko told journalists, reporting heavy...

Russian troops flee unit, fearing Ukraine deployment
Jul12

Russian troops flee unit, fearing Ukraine deployment

MOSCOW: Dozens of Russian soldiers are facing trial for fleeing their unit, fearing deployment to Ukraine, a news site and a lawyer for five of the me …read more Source: The News...

As first anniversary looms, MH17 families demand justice
Jul11

As first anniversary looms, MH17 families demand justice

SEPANG, Malaysia (AFP) – Families of those killed when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine last year demanded justice Saturday at an emotional memorial ceremony ahead of the first anniversary of the disaster.The sombre memorial service at Kuala Lumpur International Airport was attended by Prime Minister Najib Razak, and...

Ukraine leader warns of terror
Jul11

Ukraine leader warns of terror

KIEV: President Petro Poroshenko warned on Friday that the threat of terror was “significantly” rising across Ukraine as pro-Russian militias resumed …read more Source: The News...