Section: The Globe and Mail (Canada)
Russia suspends role in Europe’s human rights watchdog after being stripped of vote
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on Wednesday voted to renew sanctions against Russia, which includes stripping its voting rights, over the conflict in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: The Globe and...
EU plans to boost Russian sanctions as more Ukrainian soldiers killed
EU has prepared a draft statement for the foreign ministers of its 28 members to agree to extend sanctions against Russia by six months …read more Source: The Globe and...
Jewish leader warns of rise of anti-Semitism on Auschwitz anniversary
Russian President Vladimir Putin absent – even though the Soviet Red Army liberated the camp – the result of the deep chill between the West and Russia over Ukraine …read more Source: The Globe and...
Seven soldiers killed in past 24 hours, Ukraine says
Fighting in eastern Ukraine is at its worst level since a ceasefire was agreed last September …read more Source: The Globe and...
Poroshenko: De-escalation is priority in east Ukraine
Ukrainian President stands by a September peace deal signed in Minsk …read more Source: The Globe and...
Russia blocks U.N. statement on Ukraine as fighting escalates
Russia prevented the U.N. Security Council on Saturday from criticizing statements by pro-Russian Ukrainian rebels and condemning an upsurge in violence that has claimed dozens of lives in Ukraine, council diplomats said …read more Source: The Globe and...
Fifteen killed by rebel shelling in east Ukraine’s Mariupol
Deaths follow the separatists’ rejection of more peace talks and as fighting surged to its most intense in months …read more Source: The Globe and...
Big rebel offensive feared in Ukraine as NATO warns of Russian arms
Separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko said rebel fighters will continue to fight for more territory …read more Source: The Globe and...
Ukraine PM says Russia should bear responsibility for deadly Donetsk attack
A Reuters cameraman said he saw six bodies on the ground near, and inside, a trolleybus in a southern district of the city …read more Source: The Globe and...
Baird declines invite for special Syria meeting at Davos that includes Iran
Baird will attend separate sessions Thursday on the crisis in Ukraine and a meeting focused on the instability being caused by militants in Iraq and Syria …read more Source: The Globe and...
