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Obama and Putin meet amid tensions: White House
Relations between Washington and Moscow are at their lowest since the Cold War, with Russia under US-backed Western sanctions over its seizure of the Crimea this year and its role in the separatist war in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Biden warns Russia over Ukraine
US Vice President Joe Biden spoke to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko by telephone, with the pair agreeing it was “critical” for Russia to honor its commitments to a ceasefire agreement signed in September. …read more Source: Channel...
Fears grow of all-out war in Ukraine as MH17 families mourn
New unidentified armoured columns rumbled toward the pro-Moscow rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Monday (Nov 10) as fears grew of a return to all-out fighting in the war-torn region. …read more Source: Channel...
Netherlands holds sombre memorial for MH17 victims
The Netherlands held an emotional memorial for the 298 people who died when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot out of the sky while flying over east Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Netherlands to hold memorial ceremony for MH17 victims
The Netherlands will hold a memorial ceremony for the 298 people who died when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed in east Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia-Europe tensions remain high as Germany marks fall of Berlin Wall
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who is widely credited as one of the principal players in reuniting Berlin and ending the Cold War, said he would defend Russian President Vladimir Putin, who faces strong international criticism for Russia’s role in the crisis in Eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Intense fighting in Ukraine rebel bastion Donetsk
Intense artillery fighting broke out early Sunday (Nov 9) in the separatist bastion of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, according to AFP journalists in the area. …read more Source: Channel...
OSCE ‘very concerned’ by tanks, convoys in Ukraine
The OSCE said it is “very concerned” after its monitors witnessed columns of tanks, howitizers and troop carriers moving through east Ukraine in territory held by pro-Russia separatists. …read more Source: Channel...
Last MH17 victims may never be recovered, as Ukraine bloodshed rises
The remains of the last nine victims of flight MH17 may never be recovered, the Dutch foreign minister said, as fighting rumbled on in the east of the country. …read more Source: Channel...
Gorbachev in Berlin warns of new East-West tensions
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned in Germany of new East-West tensions sparked by the Ukraine crisis, speaking ahead of ceremonies commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall. …read more Source: Channel...
