Kremlin dismisses EU hopes of Ukraine progress
Milan (AFP) – European leaders expressed hope Friday of solving the bloody Ukraine conflict following "positive" talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, only for the Kremlin to berate them as out...
View ArticleUkraine-Russia peace hopes rise as gas deal edges closer
Milan (AFP) – Ukraine and Russia both signalled progress towards settling their festering row over gas, raising hopes of an EU-backed resolution of the broader conflict embroiling the Soviet-era...
View ArticleUN calls for ceasefire in western Libya
Tripoli (AFP) – The United Nations has urged rival militias in western Libya to observe a truce for at least four days from Saturday to facilitate humanitarian aid for civilians trapped by the...
View ArticleFour people killed in east Ukraine fighting: Kiev
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Two Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in combat with pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine, Kiev's military said Saturday, as violence rocked a truce after talks between Kiev...
View ArticleLibya PM says united forces aim to retake capital
Tripoli (AFP) – Libya's internationally-recognised prime minister said Saturday that military forces in the strife-torn country had united to try to recapture Tripoli and the second city Benghazi from...
View ArticleIsrael hospital treats daughter of Palestinian arch-foe
Jerusalem (AFP) – An Israeli hospital said on Sunday that it has treated a daughter of Gaza Hamas leader Ismail Haniya, who is a sworn enemy of the Jewish state.Read the original post:Israel hospital...
View Article75 killed in five days of fighting in Libya's Benghazi
Benghazi (Libya) (AFP) – Nine people were killed Sunday in new violence in Benghazi where pro-government forces have launched an offensive against Islamist militias, raising the toll to 75 dead in five...
View ArticleReformist Pope Paul VI moves step away from sainthood
Vatican City (AFP) – Pope Paul VI, who banned contraception but presided over Vatican reforms in the 1960s, moved one step away from sainthood on Sunday as Pope Francis beatified him.See the original...
View ArticleUkraine, Russia see imminent end to latest gas war
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine and Russia stood on the verge on Sunday of resolving their latest gas war in time to keep the war-scarred nation and EU clients warm through the winter months.Continue reading...
View ArticleUkraine says goodbye Lenin as Communists face poll wipeout
Zaporizhia (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ever since Oleksiy Baburin's Stalin statue in southeastern Ukraine was bombed, he has been hiding it behind heavy metal blinds. Now the Communist lawmaker says his entire...
View ArticleIsrael football body to discipline Arab team Bnei Sakhnin
Jerusalem (AFP) – The Israel Football Association said Monday it is to take disciplinary measures against an Arab club in the Premier League over a tribute it paid to a fugitive former MP.Continued...
View ArticleGaza ceasefire talks to restart next week: Hamas
Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are to resume talks on a durable Gaza ceasefire next week in Cairo, a senior official of the Islamist movement Hamas...
View ArticleJewish settlers take over 10 E. Jerusalem homes
Jerusalem (AFP) – Israeli settlers moved into 10 new homes in annexed east Jerusalem on Monday, activists said, in spite of fierce local opposition and international condemnation of such takeovers.See...
View ArticlePalestinians attack new E.Jerusalem settler homes
Jerusalem (AFP) – Palestinians hurled Molotov cocktails at an apartment building in a flashpoint east Jerusalem neighbourhood just hours after it was taken over by Jewish settlers, police said...
View ArticleLibya government calls for civil disobedience in Tripoli
Tripoli (AFP) – The internationally recognised Libyan government called Tuesday for a civil disobedience campaign in Tripoli until its forces retake the capital from militias who seized it.View...
View ArticleIsrael police plan new unit to fight Jerusalem unrest
Jerusalem (AFP) – Israel's top police officer on Tuesday pledged a new task force to combat Jerusalem unrest, after Palestinians hurled Molotov cocktails at an apartment taken over by Jewish...
View ArticlePapal favourites served up in new recipe book
Vatican City (AFP) – From an Argentinian dessert that translates as "milk candy" to Polish ravioli, a member of Vatican's famed Swiss Guard on Tuesday unveiled a range of recipes of dishes favoured by...
View ArticleUkraine vows to probe banned 'cluster bomb' charges
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine's Western-backed leadership vowed on Tuesday to conduct a full inquiry into allegations the army used banned "cluster bombs" in its push against pro-Russian insurgents in the...
View ArticleUN tells Israel, Palestinians to stop unilateral actions
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged Israel and the Palestinians on Tuesday to move away from unilateral actions stoking tensions and make the "tough compromises" needed to...
View ArticleIsrael navy arrests seven Palestinian fishermen off Gaza
Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Israel's navy arrested seven Palestinian fishermen off northern Gaza on Wednesday, officials on both sides said, with the army claiming their boats had...
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