Kim Jong Un praises ‘landmark’ accord with S. Korea, talks unity & trust
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made a surprise statement saying the recent agreement between the two Koreas marks a “landmark occasion” and paves the way for “reconciliation” and “trust” for the divided nation. The North and South Koreas agreed to end their military standoff on Tuesday,...
Russian proxies attack ATO forces 109 times overnight, use Grads once
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 109 times overnight, using banned artillery systems 15 times, mortars 34 times, and Grad multiple rocket launchers once, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook on Friday. "From 18:00 to midnight on...
Russia’s financial system to collapse at $22.5 for oil
Oil at $30 will begin to erode Putin’s popularity, while Russia’s financial system will collapse if oil prices decline to $22.50, analysts forecast, according to Bloomberg. "The Russian population’s tolerance for economic misery is higher than in any other even semi-developed economy," Wolf-Fabian...
NATO Drills in Europe: Paratroopers from 11 countries take part in training exercise in Germany
The multinational exercise, known as "Swift Response 15" is taking part between August 17 and September 13 across four European countries and is being led by the U.S. Army in Europe...
Paris Auctions Mistral Ship: Paris refunded Russia about EUR 1 bln for cancelled warship contract
France is looking for a buyer for two Mistral helicopter carriers after cancelling a controversial 1.2 billion-Euro deal with Russia because of Moscow's invasion and annexation of parts of Ukraine. According to the French government, the cancellation of a contract to deliver the two sophisticated warships to Russia cost the...
20 to 50 migrants found dead in truck in Austria, suffocation likely cause
Austrian police have confirmed that between 20 and 50 refugees have been found dead in a tractor trailer in the country's east. It appears the migrants, whose bodies have begun to decompose, suffocated in the back of the truck. The food delivery truck was found parked on the shoulder of the A4 highway near the town of...
Seven Ukrainian soldiers killed, 13 wounded in Donbas in last day
Seven Ukrainian soldiers were killed and another 13 were wounded in the Donbas conflict zone in the last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for Anti-Terrorist Operation issues, Colonel Oleksandr Motuzianyk said at a briefing on Thursday "In the last day, we lost seven Ukrainian soldiers, and another 13 were...
Poroshenko: No Minsk III
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has ruled out the signing of new Minsk accords, pointing out that there is a set of the Minsk agreements and all parties must implement them. "I would like to stress: there have been and will be no Minsk III agreements. We have a whole set of the Minsk agreements… And everyone...
Duda to discuss tougher measures against Putin at meeting with Merkel
Polish President Andrzej Duda plans to discuss ways of tightening pressure on Russia while meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during his first visit to Berlin as president, according to German newspaper Bild. "Of course, during my first visit to Berlin, I would like to talk, among other things, about how we can...
Rada investigative commission: About 1,000 soldiers killed in Ilovaisk battle
The death toll of Ukrainian military and law enforcement personnel killed in action in the battle near the town of Ilovaisk in Donetsk region last year may amount to 1,000 people, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada's interim investigative commission Andriy Senchenko said at a conference on Wednesday, Ukrainian news Web portal...
2 WDBJ journalists killed after gunman opens fire on live broadcast in Virginia (video)
A gunman opened fire on a WDBJ news crew conducting a live broadcast from Virginia shopping center on Wednesday, killing a reporter and cameraman. The shooter is still on the loose. WDBJ confirmed that reporter Alison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27, were killed in the shooting. WDBJ's general manager appeared...
Summing Up Normandy Format Talks: Ukraine briefs journalists on results of Berlin meeting
Deputy Head of the Ukraine's Presidential Administration Kostiantyn Yeliseyev briefed journalists on August 25 about the results of negotiations between President Petro Poroshenko, German Chanceller Angela Merkel and French President Francios Hollande in Berlin a day earlier. He said Ukraine's European partners strongly...