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Ukraine military, rebels accuse each other of increased attacks
Ukraine’s military and pro-Russian rebels accused each other on Friday of intensifying attacks in separatist eastern territories despite a two-month-old ceasefire deal. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia invites China into oil business
VANKOR/SUZUN OIL FIELDS, Russia – R ussia’s freezing north has never been the most welcoming place for foreign travellers, and its onshore oil riches have always been state secrets. But when the order comes from the Kremlin to open up, people obey.Last September, President Vladimir Putin, who has been seeking new markets in Asia for...
Ukraine sets sights on joining NATO
Ukraine, locked in conflict with Russian-backed separatists in its east, on Thursday drew up a new security doctrine denouncing Russia’s “aggression” and setting its sights on joining the US-led NATO military alliance.Oleksander Turchynov, head of the national security council, told a session of the body that Ukraine saw Russian...
Iran’s Khamenei demands all sanctions end when nuclear deal signed
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday demanded that all sanctions on Iran be lifted at the same time as any final agreement with world powers on curbing Tehran’s nuclear programme is concluded.Khamenei, the Islamic Republic’s most powerful figure and who has the last say on all state matters, was making his first...
Ukraine parliament approves sweeping gas sector reform law
Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday backed a law aimed at breaking the stranglehold of powerful groups over the lucrative gas distribution sector and establishing fairer market conditions. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine separatist leader warns of possible return to war
DONETSK, Ukraine – Ukrainian pro-Russian separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko accused the Kiev government of “totally ignoring” the terms of a peace deal and warned in an interview with AFP that fighting might resume.The warning came as international monitors overseeing a fragile February truce – which is largely...
‘Normandy’ group may meet on Ukraine next week, says Germany
Germany hopes that the foreign ministers of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine will meet in Berlin early next week to discuss the implementation of the Minsk ceasefire agreement, an official from the German foreign ministry said on Thursday. …read more Source: Channel...
Four-way talks on Ukraine to be held in Berlin Monday
April 09, 2015 1:24 AMPARIS (AFP) – The French, German, Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers will meet in Berlin on Monday for a follow-up on the fragile ceasefire agreed in February to end a year of bloody war in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Straits...
Dutch courts bar government from dispute over Crimean gold
An Amsterdam court ruled on Wednesday that the Dutch government cannot participate in a legal fight over golden artefacts from Crimea. …read more Source: Channel...
Two servicemen killed in past 24 hours in east Ukraine – Kiev military
Two Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and four were wounded in Ukraine’s separatist eastern conflict zone in the past 24 hours despite a ceasefire deal, Kiev military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said in a briefing on Wednesday. …read more Source: Channel...
