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US rejects calls for covenant expelling nukes
Dec09

US rejects calls for covenant expelling nukes

Efforts towards serve measures, including during a new NPT examination discussion in May 2015, have also been stymied by tensions between Moscow and Washington over a Ukraine crisis, experts say. STOCK IMAGE VIENNA: The US deputy during a vital discussion on chief weapons deserted calls Tuesday for a covenant immediately expelling them, observant...

Netherlands gets wreckage from Ukraine plane crash
Dec09

Netherlands gets wreckage from Ukraine plane crash

AMSTERDAM (AP) — A convoy of eight trucks carrying wreckage from the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster arrived at a Dutch military base Tuesday, as the official investigation into the cause of the crash continues nearly five months after the plane went down in eastern Ukraine.Flight 17 was shot down on July 17 over territory held by...

Diamond deals to add sparkle to India-Russian ties
Dec09

Diamond deals to add sparkle to India-Russian ties

India’s gemstone industry will hope to add some sparkle to ties between New Delhi and Moscow this week by persuading Russia to massively increase its exports of diamonds direct to the global hub of cutting and polishing. Vladimir Putin’s two-day visit to the Indian capital from Wednesday is expected to see landmark deals clinched on...

Diamond deals to supplement flicker to India-Russian ties
Dec09

Diamond deals to supplement flicker to India-Russian ties

Russian President Vladimir Putin. PHOTO: REUTERS. MUMBAI: India’s gemstone attention will wish to supplement some flicker to ties between New Delhi and Moscow this week by persuading Russia to massively boost a exports of diamonds approach to a tellurian heart of slicing and polishing. Vladimir Putin’s two-day revisit to a Indian...

2014 Devastating Year for Children (UN Report)
Dec09

2014 Devastating Year for Children (UN Report)

Year 2014 has been a devastating year for children with up to 15 million swept up in wars in the Central African Republic, Iraq, South Sudan, the Palestinian territories, Syria and Ukraine, the UN children’s agency said Monday. Children “Never in recent memory have so many children been subjected to such unspeakable brutality,” Unicef...

U.N. declares 2014 a devastating year for millions of children
Dec08

U.N. declares 2014 a devastating year for millions of children

UNITED NATIONS- The United Nations children’s agency UNICEF declared 2014 a devastating year for children on Monday with as many as 15 million caught in conflicts in Central African Republic, Iraq, South Sudan, Syria, Ukraine and the Palestinian territories. UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake said the high number of crises meant many of...

Merkel blasts Russia as bloody Ukraine clashes rage
Dec08

Merkel blasts Russia as bloody Ukraine clashes rage

KIEV, (AFP) – Ukraine on Sunday reported the death of eight more civilians and two soldiers in fighting with pro-Russian insurgents as German Chancellor Angela Merkel accused the Kremlin of interfering in Kievs pro-European drive.The latest casualties across the Russian-speaking Donetsk and Lugansk regions came two days ahead of the planned...

EU to seek Turkish help in IS fight
Dec08

EU to seek Turkish help in IS fight

BRUSSELS (Reuters): The European Union will press Turkey to cooperate more closely in the fight against Islamic State and urge it not to undermine EU sanctions on Russia on a visit this week intended to give new impetus to often fraught EU-Turkish relations. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn and...

Five civilians killed in fresh east Ukraine violence
Dec07

Five civilians killed in fresh east Ukraine violence

KIEV, (AFP) – Five civilians have been killed in fresh violence in eastern Ukraine, where more explosions and gunfire rang out on Sunday, two days before the start of a planned truce, officials said.Three civilians were killed and 10 were wounded overnight in the rebel bastion of Donetsk, where further explosions and gunfire were heard...

Putin, Hollande attempt to defuse Ukraine tensions
Dec07

Putin, Hollande attempt to defuse Ukraine tensions

MOSCOW (AFP) – French President Francois Hollande on Saturday became the first European leader to travel to Russia in an attempt to defuse the standoff with Vladimir Putin over Ukraine, as Kiev announced a fresh round of peace talks next week.Hollandes meeting with Putin in the diplomatic terminal of an airport outside the capital came as...