Section: Newsweek (USA)
Ukraine, Rebels Hold Fresh Peace Talks as Fighting Rages in East
Ukrainian and Russian representatives and separatist envoys met in a new round of peace talks on Saturday as fighting between Kiev’s forces and the Russian-backed rebels raged on in Ukraine’s east, claiming more civilian and military lives. The main members of the so-called contact group – Ukrainian former president Leonid...
Donetsk People’s Republic Has ‘Full Support of Texas’, Says Pro-Russian Rebel
The self-proclaimed foreign minister for the pro-Russian separatist group the Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR), which is currently battling Kiev’s forces in eastern Ukraine, has announced plans to host a “summit of unrecognized states” such as Flanders, the Basque country and Texas in a video initially broadcast on the local...
Litvinenko’s Murder ‘Part of a Policy of Assassinating Defectors’
The alleged assassination of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko at the hands of Russian intelligence is part of a larger policy brought forward by Russian President Vladimir Putin of “liquidating” defectors from Russia’s security services, according to New York-based thinktank the Institute for Modern Russia (IMR). “As one former KGB...
Death Toll Mounts in Intense Clashes in East Ukraine
Five Ukrainian soldiers and three civilians have been killed as a result of fighting in Ukraine’s separatist eastern regions in the past 24 hours, Kiev authorities said on Thursday, reporting no let-up in violent clashes with pro-Russian rebels. A separatist advance launched last week appears to have buried the frequently violated truce,...
Two Russian Bombers Intercepted by RAF Off Bournemouth
Two Russian military bombers were intercepted over the English channel by the UK Royal Air Force on Wednesday afternoon.. The Russian aircrafts, identified as Tupolev Tu-95s which have the ability to carry nuclear bombs, were spotted flying low near the coastal towns of Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch, according to local newspaper the...
Malaysia Declares MH370 An ‘Accident’, Airline to Proceed With Compensation
Malaysia has declared the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 an “accident”, its Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) said on Thursday. The Boeing 777 aircraft disappeared on March 8 last year, carrying 239 passengers and crew shortly after taking off from the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur, bound for Beijing. Months of...
Why UNICEF Needs $3 Billion
Humanitarian crises stemming from violent conflict, climate change and health epidemics will affect 62 million children this year according to UNICEF, which launched its largest appeal for funds ever on Thursday. The agency is seeking $3.1 billion in funding for its Humanitarian Action for Children 2015 appeal, $1 billion more than last year, to...
Bid to Condemn ‘Annexation of East Germany’ in Russian Parliament
The speaker of the Russian Parliament, today announced that if Russia ‘annexed’ Crimea, then the West ‘annexed’ eastern Germany in 1989. Sergey Naryshkin put forward a motion in front of the parliamentary committee for international affairs which would condemn the German reunification as an annexation. The proposal originally came...
‘Tangible’ Terror Threat at Euro 2016, Warn Organisers
There is a “palpable” threat of acts of terror being carried out at the tournament after the recent Paris attacks, according to the president of the Euro 2016 organising committee, Jacques Lambert. The attacks, which saw radical Islamists target the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a kosher grocery, have heightened fears that the...
Putin Announces Plans to Sell More Guns to Africa, Asia and Latin America
Russia is planning to strengthen its presence in the arms dealing market across Asia, Africa and Latin America, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin who addressed members of the Kremlin’s commission for military cooperation with foreign states at the commission’s first annual meeting in Moscow last night. “Today, new...
