Recent days have seen a global outpouring of support for Nadiya Savchenko, a Ukrainian pilot and parliamentarian who has been unjustly held by Russia since June 2014, and who has recently begun to refuse food and liquid in protest.

On March 7, the European Union called on Russia to immediately release Savchenko, noting that Russia “bears ( Read more... )

Alliance includes 34 mainly Muslim states but excludes regional rival Iran as well as Iraq and Syria.

Saudi Arabia has formed a coalition of 34 mainly Muslim countries - including powers such as Egypt and Turkey - to coordinate a fight against «terrorist organisations».

The alliance was announced by Mohammed bin Salman, the country’s defence minister ( Read more... )

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande are meeting Russia’s Vladimir Putin to try to end escalating fighting in Ukraine.


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The leaders of Germany and France, carrying a peace plan that reportedly incorporates proposals from Russia, have met Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko in an effort to bring an end to fighting in eastern Ukraine.

Thursday’s trip to Kiev by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande will be followed by a meeting with ( Read more... )

The United States is reconsidering whether to provide weapons to Ukraine in its fight against Russian-backed separatists, a senior US administration official has said.


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