Section: Main news
Ukraine’s Jamala has won Eurovision 2016
Ukraine’s Jamala has won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, held in Stockholm, Sweden. The country scored 534 points with its song 1944, about Stalin, Crimea and claims of ethnic cleansing. Australia finished second with 511 points, while Russia – which was the favourite going into the competition – was third with 491...
Poroshenko does not rule out local elections in occupied Donbas this year
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko does not rule out the possibility of holding local elections in the occupied part of Donbas until the end of the year, according to an UaPosition correspondent.”I do not rule out this,” he told journalists after the ceremony of taking the oath by employees of the patrol police department of the town of...
ISIS declares state of emergency in Raqqa – U.S. official
U.S. military officials are closely watching social media and news reports that say ISIS believes it may soon come under siege in Raqqa, Syria, its self-declared capital, according to CNN.”We have seen this declaration of emergency in Raqqa, whatever that means,” Col. Steve Warren, the spokesman for the U.S.-led anti-ISIS coalition, told...
Moody`s cuts Saudi, Oman, Bahrain debt ratings
Moody`s Investors Service cut its debt ratings for Saudi Arabia, Oman and Bahrain on Saturday while assigning negative outlooks to three neighboring states, as low oil prices continue to undermine government finances in the region, according to Reuters.The rating agency downgraded Saudi Arabia`s long-term issuer rating by one notch to A1 but gave...
Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura appointed FIFA Secretary General
The FIFA Council on Friday appointed Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura of Senegal as FIFA Secretary General (SG).Ms. Samoura is a 21-year veteran of United Nations programs who is currently the UN`s Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Nigeria. The announcement was made by FIFA President Gianni Infantino at the 66th FIFA...
Poroshenko urges PACE to use all instruments for release of Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has urged the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to use all instruments for the release of Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia, according to the president`s official website.During the meeting with the PACE President Pedro Agramunt who is on an official visit to Ukraine, Poroshenko drew...
Remaining RBC editors need to clear their stories with general director – media
The remaining editors at the independent news company RBC will be required to get prior approval from the organization`s general director, Nikolai Molibog, for all news stories, according to Meduza`s sources.Staff at RBC`s politics desk say they`re prepared to keep working ”until the first story is taken down,” according to Meduza, a...
Seven Ukrainian soldiers wounded in Donbas in last day
No Ukrainian soldiers were killed but seven were wounded in the Donbas conflict zone over the last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation Colonel Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Saturday, according to an UaPosition correspondent.”Over the last day, we haven`t lost any Ukrainian soldiers, but...
IS militants attack Iraq cafe used by Real Madrid fans
Islamic State militants attacked a cafe in Iraq frequented by supporters of the Spanish football club Real Madrid, killing at least 12 people, according to the BBC.Three men opened fire with machine guns at the al-Furat Cafe in the mainly Shia town of Balad on Friday, the BBC reports.The assailants fled and hours later one blew himself up after...
Donbas seeing escalation with 20 attacks on Ukraine in last day
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 20 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO).The hottest spot is still the demarcation line near the temporarily occupied city of Donetsk. The militants repeatedly opened fire from rocket-propelled...