Section: The News Tribune (USA)
Foreign couple arrested in UAE for unwed sex is released
A South African man and his pregnant Ukrainian fiancee will not face charges in the United Arab Emirates following their arrest for having sex outside of marriage, a South African … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Putin tells German FM he wants better ties
Russian President Vladimir Putin has told the visiting German foreign minister that he would like to improve ties between the two countries that were soured by the Ukraine crisis. Russia’s … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
France says Russia sanctions to remain in place
France’s foreign minister says sanctions on Russia cannot be lifted until there is progress in Ukraine. The European Union sanctions were imposed on Russia for backing separatists in eastern Ukraine. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Ukraine foreign minister urges continued sanctions on Russia
Ukraine’s foreign minister told U.S. senators on Tuesday that sanctions against Russia shouldn’t be eased and possibly should be ratcheted up as Moscow escalates its military aggression against its western … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Ukrainian official says don’t lift sanctions against Russia
Ukraine’s foreign minister is telling U.S. senators that American sanctions against Russia shouldn’t be eased and possibly should be ratcheted up as Moscow escalates its military aggression in the eastern … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Russia: World court has no jurisdiction in Ukraine case
Russia says that the United Nations’ highest judicial body does not have jurisdiction to rule on Ukrainian allegations that Moscow sponsors terrorism by funneling arms and money to separatist rebels … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Ukrainian court arrests top tax official
A court in Ukraine’s capital has placed a top tax official under arrest pending trial on embezzlement charges. A 14-hour hearing closed early Tuesday when the Kiev district court ruled … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Kiev court hears Ukraine tax official’s embezzlement case
A court in Kiev is hearing motions on the embezzlement case against Ukraine’s top tax official. Roman Nasirov, chief of the Ukrainian Fiscal Service, was detained over the weekend and … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Ukraine takes Russia to UN court over rebel funding, Crimea
Ukraine is taking Russia to the United Nations’ highest judicial body, accusing Moscow of financing separatist rebels and racially discriminating against ethnic Tartars and Ukrainians in the annexed Crimean Peninsula. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Czar bust in Crimea reportedly appears to shed tears
Russian news reports say curious and pious people are visiting a bust of the last czar in the Crimean capital after reports spread that the sculpture appeared to be weeping. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
