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    Violence Escalates in East Ukraine Ahead of Talks
    Apr13

    Violence Escalates in East Ukraine Ahead of Talks

    Ukraine’s military accused pro-Russian rebels on Monday of using heavy weapons that were meant to have been withdrawn under a ceasefire deal, after one Ukrainian serviceman was killed and six wounded in rebel-held territories. With fighting intensifying once more, the foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany were due to meet...

    Outrage Over Russian Bikers’ Victory Ride to Berlin
    Apr13

    Outrage Over Russian Bikers’ Victory Ride to Berlin

    Polish activists have announced their plan to stop a Russian biker club from entering Poland, after the group announced its plans to cross through several European countries this month on their way to Berlin in homage to the Red Army’s conquest of the city 70 years ago. Russia’s Federation of Motorcycle Tourism has organised for...

    Russia lifts ban on supplying S-300 missiles to Iran
    Apr13

    Russia lifts ban on supplying S-300 missiles to Iran

    Moscow (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin on Monday lifted a ban on supplying Iran with sophisticated S-300 air defence missile systems after Tehran’s landmark framework deal with the West over its nuclear programme.A decree signed by Putin removed a ban on “the shipment from Russia to Iran” of the S-300 missiles and sparked...

    A Photo Essay: Far From Home, the War in Eastern Ukraine
    Apr13

    A Photo Essay: Far From Home, the War in Eastern Ukraine

    Despite the Minsk ceasefire agreement in February of 2015, heavy fighting continues between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine, leaving so many people feeling abandoned. …read more Source: Voice of...

    South African University Removes Statue Honoring British Imperialist Following Student Protests
    Apr13

    South African University Removes Statue Honoring British Imperialist Following Student Protests

    South Africa’s University of Cape Town removed a statue of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes on Thursday to cheers from students, a symbolic move that exposes persistent racial divides two decades after the end of apartheid. The statue at the university, one of Africa’s top academic institutions, has been covered up for the past few...

    Tending to the War Wounded in Mariupol
    Apr13

    Tending to the War Wounded in Mariupol

    MARIUPOL, Ukraine—In All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque wrote: “A hospital alone shows what war is.” The hospital here is no exception. The faces of soldiers, both young and old, recovering from wounds and sickness incurred on the front lines—located only eight miles away from here—speak to the innumerable contradictions of war....

    OSCE Reports Intense Fighting Between Ukraine And Pro-Russian Rebels As Foreign Ministers Meet In Berlin
    Apr13

    OSCE Reports Intense Fighting Between Ukraine And Pro-Russian Rebels As Foreign Ministers Meet In Berlin

    As foreign ministers of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine prepared to meet in Berlin Monday to push for a lasting peace deal in eastern Ukraine, fighting on the ground intensified. …read more Source: International Business...

    How to Keep the Financial Pressure on Iran and Its Proxies
    Apr13

    How to Keep the Financial Pressure on Iran and Its Proxies

    “…Our concerns will remain with respect to Iranian behavior so long as Iran continues its sponsorship of terrorism, its support for proxies who destabilize the Middle East, its threats against America’s friends and allies — like Israel,” President Barack Obama said, immediately after lauding Washington’s new...

    German FM: Russia’s return to G-8 depends on Ukraine deal
    Apr13

    German FM: Russia’s return to G-8 depends on Ukraine deal

    BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister says Russia’s return to the top diplomatic table depends on the success of a peace initiative for Ukraine. …read more Source: U.S....

    German foreign minister says Russia’s return to G-8 depends on Ukraine deal
    Apr13

    German foreign minister says Russia’s return to G-8 depends on Ukraine deal

    Germany’s foreign minister says Russia’s return to the top diplomatic table depends on the success of a peace initiative for Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...