Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested.
AP Photo/Andrew Harnik After the 2014 revolution that forced out Russian-backed Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort played a key role in reorganizing Yanukovych’s pro-Russian party. The new party won seats in Ukraine’s parliament after Manafort personally approved their list of candidates. Manafort remained in contact with a political operative […]
AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Ukrainian prosecutors intend to ask the US Justice Department for permission to interview Paul Manafort. Manafort has not been charged with a crime in Ukraine and is wanted to testify in a corruption case targeting a former justice minister. Prosecutors accuse Oleksandr Lavrynovych of illegally funneling more than $ 1.1 million in […]
Published time: 30 Oct, 2017 21:46 Adam Osmaev, the Chechen native who is accused by Moscow of plotting to assassinate President Vladimir Putin, was wounded as his car was riddled with bullets in Ukraine’s Kiev region Monday. His wife, Amina Okueva, who was also in the vehicle was killed in the attack, Anton Gerashchenko, an […]
“BadRabbit,” linked to the authors of NotPetya, hits hundreds of victims, including subways, an airport, and media firms. https://media.wired.com/photos/59ef8effedf8c416cd6cb259/master/pass/RabbitScope-HP-97234268.jpg Feed: All Latest
Published time: 24 Oct, 2017 16:50 A new global cyber virus attack began on Tuesday and targeted corporate networks mainly in Russia, cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab said. A number of companies in Germany, Turkey and Ukraine have been affected on a smaller scale. “Our observations show that the majority of the attack’s victims are located […]
Published time: 15 Oct, 2017 22:57 A monument to Symon Petliura, who fought for Ukrainian independence after the 1917 Russian Revolution, and under whose leadership thousands of Jews were killed in pogroms, has been opened in the city of Vinnitsa in western Ukraine. The sculpture was erected in the courtyard of the building that formerly […]
A new Ukrainian education law fails to “strike a balance” between the official language and those of minorities, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) said in a resolution, adding that it is not conducive to “living together.” PACE expressed its concerns over the articles relating to education in minority languages in the […]
Thomson Reuters MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s chief military prosecutor has ruled out a foreign sabotage plot in a massive fire at an ammunition depot that forced the evacuation of thousands of people. The fire at the warehouse at a military base in Ukraine’s central Vinnytsia region began late Tuesday and explosions at the site are […]
Published time: 18 Sep, 2017 07:06 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his US counterpart, Rex Tillerson, held an informal meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly to discuss the situation in Syria and the implementation of the Minsk agreement in Ukraine. Lavrov and Tillerson met at the Russian Permanent Mission to the […]
Washington supports the idea of placing a UN peacekeeping mission in Ukraine to protect OSCE representatives who are monitoring the implementation of Minsk agreement, but only if the Blue Helmets also patrol the Russian-Ukrainian border. “We believe the possibility of a UN peacekeeping force for eastern Ukraine is certainly an idea that is worth exploring,” […]
