Section: The United Kingdom
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17: ‘most likely’ it was shot down from ground
Chief Dutch prosecutor says the shooting-down explanation is getting the most attention in international criminal investigationThe possibility that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down from the ground is the “most likely” scenario being explored by dozens of detectives, according to the Dutch prosecutor overseeing the criminal...
Rostec head added to EU sanctions list
EU adds 24 names to its Russian sanctions list, including the head of state corporation Rostec and a Donetsk rebel leader …read more Source: Financial...
Malaysia Airlines tragedy avoidable
The boss of Emirates tells the BBC it would have avoided flying over Ukraine if the knowledge there were high altitude missiles in the area had been passed on. …read more Source:...
Ukraine and Russia swap prisoners under ceasefire deal
Transfer of 36 Ukrainian troops and 31 rebels takes place in early, dark hours outside main rebel stronghold of Donetsk under watch of international observers …read more Source: The...
Belarus is no longer ‘Europe’s last dictatorship’
Analysis: Minsk severely restricts freedoms but the regime is far from totalitarian. Now that the president is playing peacemaker in the Ukraine conflict, its time for the west to review the way it sees Belarus, writes Ryhor AstapeniaFormer US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice labelled Belarus Europes last dictatorship in 2005 and since then it...
EU imposes further Russia sanctions
Sanctions target arms maker Kalashnikov and energy firms, as well as individuals including deputy speaker of parliamentSome of Russia’s best known companies including the arms maker Kalashnikov and the energy firms Rosneft and Gazprom have been targeted in the latest round of EU sanctions over the Ukraine crisis.Under the sanctions,...
Putin holds key to Ukraine peace but keeps world guessing
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin took a break from his official duties to slip into a Russian Orthodox Church this week and light a candle for fighters killed in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Crisis: New EU Sanctions Target Russia
The European Union fires another economic salvo at Russia in a bid to halt its alleged intervention in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Sky...
Russia faces new U.S., EU sanctions over Ukraine crisis
BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – European Union governments agreed on Thursday to begin their new sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis on Friday but could lift them next month if Moscow abides by a fragile truce, while the United States prepared its own fresh sanctions. …read more Source:...
Russia to train astronauts in occupied Crimea
Russia is planning to move part of its cosmonaut training programme to occupied Crimea, potentially forcing the US and Europe… …read more Source: The...
