Section: The United Kingdom
Ukraine army tightens noose round Donetsk
Residents in the rebel-controlled city urged to stay indoors amid reports of gunfire at the centrally located regional state security service building …read more Source: Financial...
VIDEO: Demonstrations on streets of Kiev
Demonstrations are taking place in Kiev as attempts are made to clear Independence Square of protesters. …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis: Russia bans all food imports from the West for a year as row over US and EU sanctions escalates
Russia has announced it will impose a “full embargo” on all imports of food from the West, escalating its response to US and EU-led sanctions over the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Russia bans food imports from West
Russia’s PM Medvedev announces a total embargo on food imports from Western countries in response to sanctions over Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Germany factory output in small rise
German industrial output rose by just 0.3% in June from May, official figures show, as concerns over the Ukraine crisis weighed on the economy. …read more Source:...
Russia retaliates against western sanctions with ban on food imports
Dmitry Medvedev tells ministers import ban on meat, fish and agricultural items from EU, US and Australia is effective immediatelyRussia has banned fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, milk and dairy imports from the United States, the European Union, Australia, Canada and Norway, Russia’s prime minister told a government meeting on...
MH17 memorial focuses on supporting families and friends left behind
We stand in solidarity with those who are suffering unimaginable loss, Archbishop Denis Hart tells mourners in MelbourneAround 1000 people from different backgrounds and denominations filled St Patricks cathedral in Melbourne on Thursday morning to remember people lost in the MH17 tragedy and to support their friends and families as part of a...
Russia bans all U.S. food, EU fruit and vegetables in sanctions response; NATO fears invasion
MOSCOW/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Russia will ban all imports of food from the United States and all fruit and vegetables from Europe, the state news agency reported on Wednesday, a sweeping response to Western sanctions imposed over its support for rebels in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Australia mourns dead in Malaysia Airlines plane crash
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia held a national day of mourning on Thursday for its citizens killed in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in Ukraine last month, even as Russia said it was ratcheting up its response to Western sanctions imposed over the disaster. …read more Source:...
The mystery of a missing Crimean Tatar
The mystery of a missing man puts Crimean Tatars on edge …read more Source:...
