Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Pro-Moscow rebels order UN to leave east Ukraine stronghold (AFP)
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Pro-Russian rebels have ordered UN agencies working in the separatist stronghold of Lugansk in east Ukraine to leave the area by Friday, the UN aid chief said. …read more Source: The West...
Obama and Putin to meet, but differ over whether Ukraine or Syria tops agenda (Reuters)
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in New York next week at a time of high tension in Europe and the Middle East, but the Kremlin … …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine rebels ban 10 Western health relief groups (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels in the separatist Lugansk region on Thursday banned 10 Western health relief groups for “grave violations” of local laws. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s pro-Russia rebels stage rare tank exercises (AFP)
Ternove (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s pro-Moscow insurgents showed off their military prowess on Thursday by launching exercises involving heavy tanks that Kiev claims they had covertly received from Russia. …read more Source: The West...
Rejecting Putin’s offer of talks with Obama would be ‘irresponsible’: US official (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – Despite clashes over Syria and Ukraine, President Barack Obama has agreed to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin next week, a senior US official said Thursday, saying to reject the offer of talks would be “irresponsible.” …read more Source: The West...
‘Strong’ Russian presence in eastern Ukraine: NATO chief (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – NATO head Jens Stoltenberg told AFP Thursday there was still a “strong” Russian presence in eastern Ukraine in support of pro-Moscow rebels although a recent ceasefire seems to be holding. …read more Source: The West...
France sells warships to Egypt, after Russia deal scrapped (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – French President Francois Hollande said Wednesday Egypt had agreed to buy two Mistral warships which France built for Russia before scrapping the sale over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The West...
France to sell warships to Egypt, after Russia deal scrapped (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – Egypt agreed Wednesday to buy two Mistral warships which France built for Russia before scrapping the sale over the Ukraine crisis, showing Paris increasingly values Cairo as a stable partner in a chaotic region. …read more Source: The West...
France says Egypt to buy Mistral warships after Russia deal scrapped (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – Egypt has agreed to buy two Mistral warships which France built for Russia before scrapping the sale over the Ukraine crisis, the French presidency said in a statement Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
France says Egypt to buy warships after Russia deal scrapped (AFP)
Paris (AFP) – Egypt has agreed to buy two Mistral warships which France built for Russia before scrapping the sale over the Ukraine crisis, the French presidency said in a statement Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
