Section: News & Summaries

      Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura appointed FIFA Secretary General
      May14

      Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura appointed FIFA Secretary General

      The FIFA Council on Friday appointed Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura of Senegal as FIFA Secretary General (SG).Ms. Samoura is a 21-year veteran of United Nations programs who is currently the UN`s Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Nigeria. The announcement was made by FIFA President Gianni Infantino at the 66th FIFA...

      Poroshenko urges PACE to use all instruments for release of Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia
      May14

      Poroshenko urges PACE to use all instruments for release of Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has urged the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to use all instruments for the release of Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia, according to the president`s official website.During the meeting with the PACE President Pedro Agramunt who is on an official visit to Ukraine, Poroshenko drew...

      Remaining RBC editors need to clear their stories with general director – media
      May14

      Remaining RBC editors need to clear their stories with general director – media

      The remaining editors at the independent news company RBC will be required to get prior approval from the organization`s general director, Nikolai Molibog, for all news stories, according to Meduza`s sources.Staff at RBC`s politics desk say they`re prepared to keep working ”until the first story is taken down,” according to Meduza, a...

      Seven Ukrainian soldiers wounded in Donbas in last day
      May14

      Seven Ukrainian soldiers wounded in Donbas in last day

      No Ukrainian soldiers were killed but seven were wounded in the Donbas conflict zone over the last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation Colonel Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Saturday, according to an UNIAN correspondent.”Over the last day, we haven`t lost any Ukrainian soldiers, but seven...

      IS militants attack Iraq cafe used by Real Madrid fans
      May14

      IS militants attack Iraq cafe used by Real Madrid fans

      Islamic State militants attacked a cafe in Iraq frequented by supporters of the Spanish football club Real Madrid, killing at least 12 people, according to the BBC.Three men opened fire with machine guns at the al-Furat Cafe in the mainly Shia town of Balad on Friday, the BBC reports.The assailants fled and hours later one blew himself up after...

      Donbas seeing escalation with 20 attacks on Ukraine in last day
      May14

      Donbas seeing escalation with 20 attacks on Ukraine in last day

      The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 20 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO).The hottest spot is still the demarcation line near the temporarily occupied city of Donetsk. The militants repeatedly opened fire from rocket-propelled...

      Stratfor: Examining evidence of Russia`s involvement in Malaysia Airlines crash
      May14

      Stratfor: Examining evidence of Russia`s involvement in Malaysia Airlines crash

      Satellite imagery obtained by Stratfor sheds new light on the July 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine. Recent scrutiny of open-source materials, much of it led by a U.K.-based collective investigation project known as Bellingcat, has zeroed in on a Russian-made Buk surface-to-air missile system that was in eastern...

      Hryvnia strengthens to UAH 25.49 to dollar on interbank market
      May14

      Hryvnia strengthens to UAH 25.49 to dollar on interbank market

      Hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market on Friday strengthened to UAH 25.42/25.49 to the dollar by the close of trade, a broker at a commercial bank has told an UNIAN correspondent.Hryvnia quotes against the euro settled at UAH 28.7700/28.8470, while those against the Russian ruble have settled at UAH...

      The Gulf Times: OPEC signals greater oil glut in 2016 as its output surges
      May13

      The Gulf Times: OPEC signals greater oil glut in 2016 as its output surges

      OPEC said the global oil market is oversupplied and signalled the glut may increase this year, as surging output from its members makes up for losses from other countries whose production has been hit by a price fall, according to The Gulf Times headquartered in Qatar.Supply from the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is...

      Reuters: Editors leave Russian media group over Kremlin pressure
      May13

      Reuters: Editors leave Russian media group over Kremlin pressure

      Three top editors from Russia`s RBC media group, whose reports about Vladimir Putin have irked the Kremlin, left their jobs on Friday with one source saying they were worried their managers were bowing to Kremlin pressure over their reporting, according to Reuters.The exodus is a setback for what is widely regarded as one of the few independent...