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French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will hold talks with his Indian counterpart in New Delhi on Tuesday to salvage a deal to supply 126 Dassault fighter jets that has stalled on the issue of local assembly of the aircraft. Under the terms of the contract, 18 of the Rafale planes will be sold ready …
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Over 14k Egyptians return from Libya since 16 February
The number of Egyptians returning home from Libya has so far reached 14,806 since 16 February, Brigadier General Fawzi Nayel, an official at Salloum Port said on Monday. Nayel added that the numbers are surveyed every 24 hours, with Egypt receiving 3,018 on Sunday. The border has witnessed increasing number of Egyptians …
Read More »Morsi trial to continue on February 25
The Cairo Criminal Court adjourned Monday the trial in the case widely known as the “prison break” trial, against ousted president Mohamed Morsi and 130 others, to a 25 February session. The case dates back to the early days of the 25 January Revolution in 2011, whereby the prosecution accuses …
Read More »France moves carrier in Gulf to fight IS
France deployed an aircraft carrier in the Gulf today as part of the US-led military campaign against the Islamic State jihadist group in Iraq, a defence ministry official said. “The integration of the Charles de Gaulle in the operation… (in Iraq) begins this morning,” a member of Defence Minister Jean-Yves …
Read More »Biden speaks Ukraine crisis with Yatsenyuk, Poroshenko
US Vice President Joe Biden spoke separately Friday with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and President Petro Poroshenko to discuss the latest situation in eastern Ukraine, noted a statement from the White House. In the calls Biden “Strongly condemned the offensive by Russia-backed separatists in the Ukrainian town of Debaltseve, …
Read More »US warns of more sanctions on Russia over Ukraine situation
The US is discussing applying additional sanctions on Russia amid its presumed involvement in the crisis between the government of Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists in the east, Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Saturday. “Russia has engaged in an absolutely brazen and cynical process over these last days,” he …
Read More »Poroshenko confirms release of 139 Ukrainian soldiers in prisoner swap
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has confirmed release of 139 Ukrainian soldiers in a prisoner swap with separatists in East Ukraine. Poroshenko in a statemnet broadacast by the Russian Interfax News Agency, late on Friday, said the prisoners’ release took place in the remote Zholobok town. Sources for the separatists, earlier, …
Read More »Kerry urges Russia to stop attacks on Ukraine
US Secretary of State John Kerry urged Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday to stop Russian and separatist attacks on Ukrainian forces in Debaltseve, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters. “Secretary Kerry spoke with Foreign Minister Lavrov this morning. He pressed Foreign Minister Lavrov to stop Russian and separatist …
Read More »Fight continues in easter Ukraine despite truce
Fighting raged in eastern Ukraine on Thursday despite European efforts to resurrect a still-born ceasefire, a day after pro-Russian separatists who spurned the truce forced thousands of government troops out of a strategic town. Western nations have refused to give up on a peace deal negotiated last week even though …
Read More »UN envoy for Western Sahara to visit Algeria
Personal Envoy of UN Secretary-General for Western Sahara, Christopher Ross is expected Wednesday in Algiers, as part of his regional tour, which began last Saturday, said the Foreign Ministry in a statement. This new tour which ends on 23 February and is the fifth of its kind since Ross’s appointment …
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