MOSCOW, Feb 9 (Reuters) – A senior Russian official accused the West on Wednesday of ramping up political pressure on Moscow by supplying weapons and ammunition to support Ukraine during a standoff over a Russian military buildup. Moscow has massed troops near Ukraine, and is set to stage military drills[Read More…]

GENEVA, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of people in eastern Ukraine are living in dire conditions, with poor access to basic services and under constant threat from shelling and landmines, the Red Cross said on Wednesday, amid escalating tensions between Kyiv and Moscow. With countries heavily focused just now on the massing of Russian troops along Ukraine’s borders, there is[Read More…]

ISTANBUL, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Turkish authorities have found the bodies of 12 migrants who froze to death near Greece, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Wednesday, accusing Greek guards of sending them back across the border without shoes. Greece has long denied Turkish claims that its forces push migrants[Read More…]

AMSTERDAM, Feb 2 (Reuters) – The main umbrella group for Europe’s national Jewish communities urged HarperCollins to pull a book that suggests a Jewish notary betrayed Anne Frank, saying it had tarnished the teenage diarist’s memory and the dignity of Holocaust survivors. The U.S.-based publisher released the English language edition[Read More…]

KYIV, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Ukrainian police on Sunday detained a group of people suspected of preparing mass riots in the capital Kyiv and other cities to cause instability as tensions rise with neighboring Russia, Ukraine’s interior minister said on Monday. The United States and other Western countries have said[Read More…]

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The world’s 20 richest nations should more than double their annual spending to protect and restore nature to $285 billion by 2050, the United Nations and donors said on Thursday, calling for private and overseas investments to be ramped up too. In[Read More…]