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      Blasts, gunfire hit hotel in Somalia`s Mogadishu
      Jun25

      Blasts, gunfire hit hotel in Somalia`s Mogadishu

      Huge blasts rock a hotel in Mogadishu, followed by heavy gunfire as gunmen fight their way inside, according to Al Jazeera.A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the gate of a Mogadishu hotel, followed by a second explosion heard inside the hotel as gunmen fought their way inside, police said Saturday, Al Jazeera...

      Ukraine may get additional $660 mln of U.S. assistance
      Jun25

      Ukraine may get additional $660 mln of U.S. assistance

      In a new bill registered in the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress the American legislators suggest allocating the additional $660 million in assistance for Ukraine, as reported by Ukraine Today.The document titled ”Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending...

      Kyiv authorities seeking to host Eurovision-2017
      Jun25

      Kyiv authorities seeking to host Eurovision-2017

      The Kyiv city authorities have started to prepare an official bid to host the international song contest Eurovision-2017, according to the press service of Kyiv City State Administration citing Deputy Chairperson of the KCSA Hanna Starostenko as saying.Ms Starostenko has expressed hope that Kyiv meets all the requirements put forward before a...

      EU ministers press UK for quick exit: BBC
      Jun25

      EU ministers press UK for quick exit: BBC

      EU states have urged Britain to hold speedy talks on leaving the bloc after it voted to end its membership in a historic referendum, according to BBC.German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said negotiations should begin as ”soon as possible,” BBC reported.He made the comments after an urgent meeting of the six EU founder members to...

      Brexit opponents demand another referendum: over 1 mln people in UK sign petition
      Jun25

      Brexit opponents demand another referendum: over 1 mln people in UK sign petition

      The opponents of a Leave campaign in the United Kingdom are massively signing a petition demanding a new referendum to be held on the UK-EU relations.”We the undersigned call upon HM Government to implement a rule that if the remain or leave vote is less than 60% based a turnout less than 75% there should be another referendum,” reads the...

      Escalation in Donbas: Militants shell Ukraine troops 61 times in last day
      Jun25

      Escalation in Donbas: Militants shell Ukraine troops 61 times in last day

      The situation in the area of the Anti-Terrorist Operation remains tense, though the Ukrainian side reports it keeps it under control. In the last day, 61 episodes of shelling of the Ukrainian positions were recorded. Of these, 28 episodes were recorded in Mariupol direction, 24 – in Donetsk direction, and nine – in the direction of Luhansk, the...

      Two Tajiks, ISIL affiliates detained at Kharkiv airport
      Jun25

      Two Tajiks, ISIL affiliates detained at Kharkiv airport

      Ukraine`s security forces detained at the airport of Kharkiv two Tajikistan nationals involved in the activities of the Islamic State terrorist organization, the press service of the Border Guard Service of Ukraine has told UNIAN.”The border guards at the Kharkiv airport together with the Security Service officers and the National Police have...

      Klimkin disappointed with PACE declaration on need to resume dialogue with Russia
      Jun25

      Klimkin disappointed with PACE declaration on need to resume dialogue with Russia

      Ukraine`s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has said in a statement published on Facebook Friday he is disappointed with the declaration adopted by PACE on the need to lift the sanctions and resume dialogue with the Russian Federation.”I am extremely surprised and disappointed with today`s Declaration of the Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of...

      OSCE releases  images of their UAVs attacked in ATO zone
      Jun25

      OSCE releases images of their UAVs attacked in ATO zone

      The Special Monitoring Mission of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE SMM) has released images on Twitter showing attacks on SMM unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the Anti-Terrorist Operation zone.The first image shows the shelling of the OSCE long-range drone by militants of the Donetsk People`s Republic. The attack...

      U.S. President issues statement on UK decision to leave EU
      Jun24

      U.S. President issues statement on UK decision to leave EU

      U.S. President Barack Obama issued a statement in response to the results of the Brexit vote, in which the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union.”The people of the United Kingdom have spoken, and we respect their decision,” the president said.”The special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom is...