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      Ukrainian Parliament wants to recognize genocide of Ukrainians by Poland in 1919-1951
      Aug08

      Ukrainian Parliament wants to recognize genocide of Ukrainians by Poland in 1919-1951

      The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has registered a draft resolution ”On commemoration of victims of the genocide committed by the Polish government against Ukrainians in 1919-1951,” according to a post on the parliament`s website. The document stated, ”The declaration of independence of Poland on November 11, 1918, led to great joy and justice for...

      Ukrainian official explains why occupied Crimea suspended checkpoints on Sunday
      Aug08

      Ukrainian official explains why occupied Crimea suspended checkpoints on Sunday

      Deputy Minister for temporarily occupied territories in Ukraine George Tuka explained that the occupying authorities in Crimea had suspended traffic at checkpoints between the occupied peninsula and mainland Ukraine on Sunday due to the Russian military drills. ”According to information available — I`ve talked to Viktor Nazarenko, chief of...

      Deputy minister for occupied areas: Ukrainians won`t feel martial law
      Aug08

      Deputy minister for occupied areas: Ukrainians won`t feel martial law

      Deputy Minister for temporarily occupied territory in Ukraine George Tuka said Ukrainians will not feel any change if martial law is imposed, although, there are no urgent grounds, as of now, for its introduction. ”I don`t see any grounds. If we did not impose it when all these events began, I see no particular reason for it to be enforced now,”...

      SBU prevents blast at railway in Lviv region, one law enforcement officer injured
      Aug08

      SBU prevents blast at railway in Lviv region, one law enforcement officer injured

      Law enforcement officers prevented bombings at three sites of international rail links in Lviv region, the press center of the SBU Security Service of Ukraine has reported. In a special operation, officers found and detained five members of the terrorist group that planned to simultaneously blow up the railway tracks going in three different...

      Suicide blast targeting lawyers, media men at Quetta civil hospital leaves 52 dead
      Aug08

      Suicide blast targeting lawyers, media men at Quetta civil hospital leaves 52 dead

      At least 52 people including lawyers and media men were killed and dozens injured in a suicide blast at the Civil Hospital in southwestern city of Quetta on Monday morning, Dunya News reported. Graphic video footage from the scene showed bodies strewn on the ground, some still smoking, among pools of blood and shattered glass as shocked survivors...

      FT: NATO top brass urges political leaders to be as ready as soldiers
      Aug08

      FT: NATO top brass urges political leaders to be as ready as soldiers

      As NATO`s soldiers practice how to fight a war in Europe, its political leaders are practicing how to react to one, according to the Financial Times. In the wake of Russia`s annexation of Crimea two years ago, the world`s most powerful military alliance has sharply increased its focus on Europe, shoring up the defenses of its worried eastern...

      Russian troops attack Ukraine 61 times in last day amid escalation
      Aug08

      Russian troops attack Ukraine 61 times in last day amid escalation

      The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 61 times in the past 24 hours, using banned heavy artillery systems, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. Most of enemy attacks – 32 instances – were recorded in the Mariupol sector, the ATO HQ`s press service...

      Erdogan says talks with Putin to open new page in bilateral relations
      Aug08

      Erdogan says talks with Putin to open new page in bilateral relations

      Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he hopes his forthcoming talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Russia`s St. Petersburg ”will open up a new page in relations between the two countries,” according to Russian news agency TASS. Ahead of his visit to Russia, the Turkish leader gave an interview to TASS First Deputy Director General...

      Ukraine, Indonesia agree to begin consultations on free trade area
      Aug08

      Ukraine, Indonesia agree to begin consultations on free trade area

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo have agreed to begin consultations on a free trade area between the two countries, according to the Ukrainian president`s administration. ”We`ve agreed to begin consultations on FTA with President Widodo,” Poroshenko said in an interview to CNN Indonesia. Poroshenko...

      Reuters: Oil rises on renewed output freeze talks, but fundamentals remain weak
      Aug08

      Reuters: Oil rises on renewed output freeze talks, but fundamentals remain weak

      Oil prices rose in early trading on Monday, lifted by reports of renewed talks by some members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to restrain output, according to Reuters. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 were at $41.90 per barrel at 0411 GMT (12:11 a.m. ET), up 10 cents from their last close....