Section: US & Canada
Ukraine turns to new defence chief ahead of Russia talks
Kiev (AFP) – President Petro Poroshenko was set on Monday to name Ukraine’s fourth defence minister of the year as he positions himself for a crunch general election and high-level talks with Russia.The pro-Western leader on Sunday sacked defence chief Valeriy Geletey after only three months on the job, citing a need to...
Putin Orders Troops Away From Ukraine Border
(MOSCOW) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered thousands of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border to return to their usual bases, according to his spokesman. Dmitry Peskov told Russian news outlets late Saturday in Sochi that Putin had ordered approximately 17,600 troops to return home from Rostov, a southern region that borders east...
Tymoshenko’s Party Ousts 1,500 Members In Lustration
Ukraine’s Batkivshchyna party has kicked out hundreds of its members from its ranks as part of the country’s lustration campaign. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kerry meets Egypt’s Sisi to press democracy
Cairo (AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry was meeting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday to press the former military leader to adopt greater democratic reforms.Fresh from a day-long donors conference in Cairo which raised some $5.4 billion (4.3 billion euros) in pledges to help the Palestinians and the Gaza Strip, Kerry...
Tony Abbott has Aussie Rules warning for Vladimir Putin
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Monday that he would use an upcoming G20 leaders summit to confront Russian President Vladimir Putin over the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 and the “murder” of Australian citizens. …read more Source:...
World Briefs: Poroshenko sacks Ukraine defense boss
MINSK, Belarus — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko dismissed Defense Minister Valeriy Geletey on Sunday after Russia announced it was pulling back forces from Ukraine’s borders. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Russian-speaking Ukrainians head to Russia to flee fighting in Donetsk
Despite the signing of a ceasefire deal last month, fierce fighting continues between the Ukrainian army and Russian-backed rebels in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions …read more Source: The Globe and...
Putin orders troops away from Ukraine border
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered thousands of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border to return to their usual bases, according to his spokesman. …read more Source: New York Daily...
As Putin Talks Near, Steps to Defuse Ukraine
President Petro O. Poroshenko of Ukraine said he believed that a full cease-fire could soon be achieved under a peace plan that he and Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, had endorsed. …read more Source: The New York...
Ukraine to get its fourth defense minister so far this year
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko plans to replace the defense minister of his embattled country with the fourth person to hold the position this year, according to a statement posted on the presidential website on Sunday. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
