Section: France
Kiev declares 24-hour ceasefire to aid MH17 probe
Kiev on Thursday announced a day-long halt to its deadly offensive with pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine to enable international investigators access to the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash site. …read more Source: France...
Russia sanctions threaten to rebound on EU
The European Union has passed tough sanctions on Russia targeting the country’s banks, energy and defence sectors. Russia said the measures will… …read more Source:...
MH17: Observers unable to access crash site in eastern Ukraine
A pro-Russian rebel shouts ‘get back’ as independent investigators attempted to gain access to the MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine. The members… …read more Source:...
Russia defiant as US, EU unveil ‘phase three’ sanctions
Russia remained defiant Wednesday faced with the threat of tougher Western sanctions over the separatist insurgency in east Ukraine, warning that the measures would end up hurting the United States and the European Union as much as they do Russia. …read more Source: France...
US and EU agree to ratchet up economic pressure on Russia over its support for Ukraine rebels
The US has expanded sanctions against Russia over its role in Ukraine. It follows agreement by European leaders to slap on their own new economic… …read more Source:...
Ukraine: Shelling of rebel-held Donetsk takes toll on residents
Loud explosions have echoed through the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. Fighting between pro-Russian militants and Ukrainian armed… …read more Source:...
Ukraine: access to plane crash a matter of “human dignity”
The Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin and US Secretary of State John Kerry met in Washington on Tuesday. Kerry announced the US would give 7… …read more Source:...
EU to impose economic sanctions on Russia
EU diplomats agreed on Tuesday to slap economic sanctions on Russia. They will target the country’s energy, defence, finance and sensitive… …read more Source:...
EU broadens sanctions on Russia over Ukraine crisis
The European Union on Tuesday agreed to impose further economic sanctions on Russia over its role in the escalating Ukraine crisis, zooming in on the country’s oil, defence and sensitive technologies sectors, diplomats said. …read more Source: France...
MH17: Crash investigation thwarted by heavy fighting in Ukraine’s restive east
With heavy fighting raging around the site of the downed Malaysia Airlines plane, Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has met the foreign ministers… …read more Source:...
