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Ukraine’s uneasy ‘back to school’ ceasefire begins on eastern front
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Germany’s foreign minister eyes regulation to keep Ukraine ceasefire in weeks
OSLO (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Sunday he hoped a new regulation aimed at maintaining a fragile ceasefire in eastern Ukraine could be completed soon by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). …read more Source:...
Crimean dissident says psychiatric detainment a risk to his health
SIMFEROPOL, Crimea (Reuters) – A Crimean dissident undergoing enforced psychiatric testing by Russian authorities is being held in a dilapidated medical facility and says the poor conditions are a danger to his physical health. …read more Source:...
Lithuania says it supplies ammunition to Ukraine for first time in two years
VILNIUS (Reuters) – Lithuania says it has supplied lethal weaponry to Ukraine for the first time since 2014. …read more Source:...
The Latest: Merkel hopes to discuss Ukraine, Syria at G-20
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U.S. Treasury says expands Ukraine sanctions against Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of the Treasury said on Thursday it had expanded its sanctions against Russia in relation to the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...
Cluster bombs killed over 400 people in 2015, campaigners say
More than 400 people, most of them civilians, were killed by cluster bombs in 2015 in war-torn countries such as Syria, Yemen and Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis: New ceasefire ‘holding with eastern rebels’
Ukraine says a new ceasefire has been holding in eastern Ukraine since midnight, despite recent heavy shelling. …read more Source:...
Cluster bombs kill more than 400 people, over a third of them children
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – More than 400 people were killed by cluster bombs in 2015, most of them dying in Syria, Yemen and Ukraine, which have not signed up to a treaty banning the weapon, an international anti-cluster bomb coalition said on Thursday. …read more Source:...
This week’s magazine | Syria’s world war
A first look at this week’s issue. Syria’s world war 2 – 8 September Cover story: Syria’s world war. John Jenkins on how the West allowed Russia and Iran to take control. John Simpson: Putin’s bold gambit in Syria has fooled us all into thinking that Russia is a superpower again. Politics: George Eaton on why Theresa...



