Section: The United Kingdom
‘Normandy’ group of foreign ministers call for ceasefire in Donbass: Fabius
PARIS (Reuters) – The foreign ministers of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine expressed their concerns about the worsening security situation in the Donbass region at a meeting in Paris on Tuesday, France’s Laurent Fabius said in a statement. …read more Source:...
Exclusive: International tribunal looks like best chance for MH17 justice – Dutch sources
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands is discussing with its allies an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing a Malaysian airliner over rebel-held eastern Ukraine last year, sources familiar with the discussions have told Reuters. …read more Source:...
US to boost Europe arms deployment
The US is to deploy tanks, armoured vehicles and artillery in a number of European nations, amid Nato concerns over Russia’s role in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
What the West should know about Xi Jinping, China’s most powerful leader since Mao
In the two years since he took China’s most important job, Xi Jinping has strengthened his grip on the state. Xi Jinping delivers his speech for the National Day reception in the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, September 2014. Photo: How Hwee Young/EPA In the two years since he took China’s most important job, Xi Jinping has become...
Ukraine says rebels used long-range artillery on villages, one soldier dead
KIEV (Reuters) – The Ukrainian military on Tuesday accused Russian-backed rebels of conducting long-range artillery attacks on villages in the east and said one of its serviceman was killed and 12 wounded in clashes in the past 24 hours. …read more Source:...
U.S. to pre-position tanks, artillery in Baltics, eastern Europe
TALLINN (Reuters) – The United States will pre-position tanks, artillery and other military equipment in eastern and central Europe, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced on Tuesday, moving to reassure NATO allies unnerved by Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ex-Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych denies embezzling ostriches and says ‘they were just living at my palace’
‘What’s wrong with supporting them?’ said Viktor Yanukovych. ‘That I supported the ostriches? What’s wrong with that?’ …read more Source:...
‘This system produces rebels’: Russian theatre troupe honours jailed protestors
Moscow’s ‘smallest but noisiest playhouse’ perseveres with latest documentary project in the face of legal threats and eviction by the authorities Peering at the audience from behind metal mesh as if through prison bars, actors at an independent Moscow theatre have been retelling the story of a dozen people still in jail three years...
Hitler’s invasion of Russia: From the archive, 23 June 1941
The German military offensive breaks the non-aggression pact signed by both countries in 1939 The German invasion of Russia is much less of a surprise than was the Russo-German pact of August 23, 1939. It was not only that “Mein Kampf” was always the revelation of the sincere mind of Hitler. As late as April 11, 1939, in an almost raving speech...
Vladimir Putin saved my life, says ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych
The ousted leader refuses to comment on whether Crimea belongs to Ukraine or Russia and accepts some responsibility for the killings in Maidan …read more Source: The...
