A Malaysian air crash investigator inspects the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, near the village of Hrabove (Grabovo) in Donetsk region, Ukraine on July 22, 2014. | Photo Credit: Reuters A Dutch court on November 17 convicted two Russians and a pro-Moscow Ukrainian separatist in absentia of the murders of 298 people who … Read more
Pro-Kremlin officials have blamed Ukraine for a rocket attack that struck the mayor’s office in a key Ukrainian city controlled by the separatists Pro-Kremlin officials have blamed Ukraine for a rocket attack that struck the mayor’s office in a key Ukrainian city controlled by the separatists Pro-Kremlin officials on Sunday blamed Ukraine for a rocket … Read more
The mayor’s office in a key eastern Ukrainian city controlled by pro-Kremlin separatists was struck by rockets on Sunday morning, Russian state agencies reported. There were no immediate reports of casualties. According to RIA Novosti, the municipal building in Donetsk was seriously damaged by the attack, which local separatist authorities blamed on Ukraine. Photos circulating … Read more
Catalonia’s governing coalition shattered on Friday night as disagreement over how hard to push for independence prompted one member of the alliance to quit in disgust. The future of government in one of Spain’s economic engines was thrown into doubt by the move, but the region’s president rejected the possibility of new elections and vowed … Read more
A boy rides a bicycle near an armored tank with a Ukrainian flag in the town of Izium, recently liberated by Ukrainian armed forces, in the Kharkiv region on Monday. Russian troops occupied Izium on April 1. Oleksiy Chumachenko/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Oleksiy Chumachenko/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images A boy … Read more
The separatist leaders of four Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine say they are planning to hold votes starting later this week The separatist leaders of four Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine say they are planning to hold votes starting later this week The separatist leaders of four Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine said on Tuesday they were planning … Read more
Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said that each of the SCO member states was very clear in recognising the threat that this challenge poses to the region and beyond Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said that each of the SCO member states was very clear in recognising the threat that this challenge poses to the region and … Read more
In a bid to combat the security threat posed by militant groups, the members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) plan to prepare a unified list of terrorist, separatist and extremist organisations whose activities are banned on their territories. In a joint declaration issued at the end of the annual summit of the eight-member bloc … Read more
Beijing has warned that so-called independence movements in Taiwan won’t lead to “anything good” Taiwan belongs to China and the issue is a strictly internal one, Beijing’s Defense Minister Wei Fenghe insisted on Tuesday in a video address to the Moscow international security conference. He noted that separatist movements on the island promoting the so-called … Read more