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NATO chief says there is still a Russian presence in Ukraine’s east.
NATO’s secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg says international observers must be given freedom of movement and protection to monitor the cease-fire in Ukraine. In a statement issued in Belgium on Wednesday, he said if monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe are not provided with what they need to work, there can...
Kazakhstan strongman confirms candidacy for snap presidential poll
ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AFP) – Strongman Kazakh leader Nursultan Nazarbayev on Wednesday confirmed his candidacy for snap April 26 presidential elections that he is expected to win by a landslide.Nazarbayev, who has ruled energy-rich Kazakhstan since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, accepted the nomination from his ruling party and...
Ukraine, rebels withdraw lions share of weapons
KIEV: Both sides in the conflict in eastern Ukraine have withdrawn most of their heavy weapons from the frontline, bolstering a month-old truce, Ukrai …read more Source: The News...
Russia quits arms treaty consulting group amid tensions with West
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia said Tuesday it was suspending its participation in a consulting group on a conventional arms treaty for Europe, the latest sign of deep tensions with the West.Russia had already suspended its participation in the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) in 2007. It had however continued to take part in the...
Embattled Ukrainian town struggles to come back to life
DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine: (AP) – When the wind picks up, the rattle of the corrugated iron roof of a destroyed gas station can sound like artillery. Four charred tanks sit stranded nearby, machine oil splattered on the ground, while a pick-up truck lies on its side surrounded by shrapnel.Debaltseve, the center of one of the fiercest battles of...
Spain says suffering ‘big losses’ from Russian sanctions
MOSCOW, March 10, 2015 (AFP) – Spain said Tuesday its economy had taken a significant hit as a result of tit-for-tat EU and Russian sanctions over Moscows backing of separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine.Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said his country had racked up big losses from the sanctions, after a meeting with his Russian...
Ukraine, rebels withdraw ‘lion’s share’ of weapons: Poroshenko
KIEV (AFP) – Both sides in the conflict in eastern Ukraine have withdrawn most of their heavy weapons from the frontline, bolstering a month-old truce, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said.In an interview with state television Monday evening Poroshenko said government forces had withdrawn the lions share of multiple launch rocket...
UK foreign minister warns of threat from Russia
LONDON: Russian actions in Ukraine are undermining the security of nations in Eastern Europe, British foreign minister Philip Hammond is to warn in a speech on Tuesday. His remarks come as NATO prepares for a major exercise in the Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, where Russian involvement in an 11-month war in Ukraine has jangled...
Russia could not ‘abandon’ Crimea: Putin
MOSCOW (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin said Monday that Russia took over Crimea because it had to protect Crimeas mostly ethnic-Russian population after pro-Western Ukrainian nationalists came to power in Ukraine.In the latest preview of an upcoming documentary called Homeward bound on state-run Rossiya-1 television, Putin portrayed...
UN puts Libya request for weapons on hold
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – Libyas request for UN approval to buy fighter jets, tanks and other weaponry to fight Islamic State militants has been put on hold at the request of seven Security Council members led by Spain, diplomats said Monday.Libya had asked a Security Council committee for an exemption to an arms embargo to make the purchases...
