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The best of the NS in 2014: World Affairs
Our best pieces from the past year. In this selection, we choose the best foreign affairs coverage and reports from abroad. Migrants prepare to cast off the beach at Shimbiro, Somalia, for a perilous journey across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen and beyond. Photo: Alixandra Fazina/N From Portsmouth to Kobane: the British jihadis fighting for Isis By...
The Headlines In 2014: Review Of The Year
Floods, Malaysia Airlines, Ukraine, Pistorius, Islamic State and the Scottish Referendum were some of 2014’s headline-grabbers. …read more Source: Sky...
Hungary PM Orban: U.S. uses corruption charges to gain influence
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The United States is using corruption allegations against some Hungarian public officials as a “cover story” to boost its influence in central Europe amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
Russia condemns Ukrainian law that paves way to Nato
Moscow promises to retaliate after Ukrainian MPs approve bill to abandon non-aligned status …read more Source: The...
Ukraine moves closer to Nato bid
Parliament’s vote to scrap “non-aligned” status angers Moscow …read more Source: Financial...
Russian anger as Ukraine moves towards joining Nato with historic vote
Ukraine has moved towards joining Nato, angering Russia at a time when the Kremlin already views its eastward expansion as a security threat. …read more Source: The...
Gold bars ‘swapped for painted lead bricks’ at Ukrainian bank in Odessa
Gold bars held in a vault at a Ukrainian bank have been swapped for lead bricks covered in golden paint, it has emerged. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine takes historic step toward Nato membership
MPs adopt bill dropping Ukraine’s non-aligned status in move certain to anger Vladimir Putin and Russia …read more Source: The...
Ukraine angers Russia with landmark step towards Nato
Moscow-Kiev relations plummet to all-time low as Ukraine votes to drop neutral status in bold move towards membershipThe Ukrainian parliament has renounced the country’s “non-aligned” status with the aim of eventually joining Nato, angering Moscow, which views Nato’s eastward expansion as a security threat.Any accession to the western...
Bomb posters for decorations: the bleak Christmas facing eastern Ukraine
Residents of rebel-held eastern Ukraine face a grim Christmas. The 50,000-capacity Donbass Arena in Donetsk – once filled with British fans for Euro 2012 – now holds tonnes of food aid for a city facing a humanitarian crisis …read more Source: The...
