Eurasia Press & News

Despite cease-fire, intense fighting around key coal hub Debaltseve; rebels say no cease-fire around that city. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday that pro-Russian Separatist attacks are continuing in eastern Ukraine city of Debaltseve. In a statement issued by his office, Poroshenko warned that continuing attacks around the city threatened …

US President Barack Obama called Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, hours before a ceasefire agreement was to come into effect in troubled eastern Ukraine, affirming necessity to respect the truce. In his conversation with Poroshenko, Obama expressed “his sympathy for the mounting toll of the conflict …

The European Union Monday announced that it will give 156 million euro in humanitarian funding in 2015 to the Sahel region. This new aid has been announced by EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides, who is currently on a visit to Senegal and Mali. “Sahel is …

French President Francois Hollande and his Egyptian counterpart called on Monday for the United Nations Security Council to meet over the security situation in Libya and take new measures after Egypt’s air force bombed Islamic State targets there. Hollande and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi spoke on the telephone a …

In a nationally-televised ceremony, Egypt and France signed on Monday evening a deal whereby Cairo purchased 24 French Rafale jet fighters French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drianarrives had arrivted at Egypt’s Ittihadeya presidential palace in Cairo to seal the deal with his Egyptian counterpart Sedky Sobhi.

The Egyptian armed forces carried out an airstrike on the self-proclaimed ‘Islamic State’ in Libya. They hit camps, training sites, and ammunition and weaponry warehouses after 21 Coptic Egyptians were killed on Saturday. The strike, conducted in the early hours of Monday “hit its targets accurately”, an armed forces statement …

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Monday that his country reserves the right to respond at the proper time to the killing of 21 Coptic Egyptians in Libya by Islamic State (IS) militants. The president said that Egypt would be able to defeat terrorism because “Egypt is defending humanity”. On …

Turkey decided to shut its embassy in the Yemeni capital Sana’a, and evacuate its diplomatic staff as a result of the worsening security situation in the country. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu had issued a new travel warning for Turkish citizens on Saturday, urging them to leave Yemen immediately.

The United States will keep extra forces in Europe to bolster NATO defenses and monitor new movements of Russian tanks in east Ukraine as a cease-fire deadline approaches, officials said Thursday. “We are concerned about reports that the fighting continues,” said a senior Obama administration official. “We are also concerned …

The United Nations High Commission of Refugees UNHCR stressed on Friday that the violence in north-eastern Nigeria has forced more than 157,000 people to flee into the neighboring countries. This large number needs providing urgent aid to the hosting countries – Niger, Chad and Cameroon – to face challenges due …