Section: News & Summaries

      Preliminary data reveal outcome of 1st round of Kryvyi Rih mayor elections
      Mar28

      Preliminary data reveal outcome of 1st round of Kryvyi Rih mayor elections

      Opposition Bloc`s Yuriy Vilkul secures lead, while Semen Semenchenko of Samopomich party runs second, according to the preliminary data on counted votes by the election commission.In the special election of the Mayor of Kryvyi Rih, incumbent Mayor Yuri Vilkul won the first round scoring a comfortable 73.9% of votes, says the report, according to...

      Suicide bomber targeting Christians kills 65, mostly women and children, in Lahore: Reuters
      Mar28

      Suicide bomber targeting Christians kills 65, mostly women and children, in Lahore: Reuters

      Pakistani authorities launched a hunt on Monday for militants behind a suicide bomb that killed at least 65 people in a Sunday evening attack that targeted Christians and was claimed by a Taliban faction that once declared ties with Islamic State, according to Reuters.Most of the victims of the bomb attack at a park in the eastern city of Lahore...

      Russian-backed militants continue shelling in Donbas, storming Ukrainian stronghold near Avdiyivka
      Mar27

      Russian-backed militants continue shelling in Donbas, storming Ukrainian stronghold near Avdiyivka

      The combined Russian-separatist forces attempted to storm one of the Ukrainian army strongholds near Avdiyivka, the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) press center reported.It is noted that the situation in the ATO zone remains tense, with pro-Russian mercenaries having attacked Ukrainian forces 18 times during the day.”Shelling does not cease near...

      Russia claims Savchenko can`t be released according to Minsk agreements
      Mar27

      Russia claims Savchenko can`t be released according to Minsk agreements

      Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova says Ukrainian female pilot Nadia Savchenko cannot be released according to the Minsk agreements because she is not subject to the part of the Minsk agreements requiring release of prisoners, but is held as a suspected person, RIA Novosti reported. Such statement Zakharova made in response to...

      ISIS chief executioner threatens further attacks on the West in new video
      Mar27

      ISIS chief executioner threatens further attacks on the West in new video

      A chilling new ISIS video has emerged of the terror group`s brutal chief executioner warning that the Brussels attack was just ”a taste” of what is to come, The Daily Mail reported.Hicham Chaib, responsible for countless beheadings, crucifixions and amputations in Syria, tells the West that ISIS will ”kill your people” during a rant over air...

      Special mayor elections held in Kryvyi Rih
      Mar27

      Special mayor elections held in Kryvyi Rih

      Special mayor elections are held in Kryvyi Rih today, March 27. The voting takes place in 293 polling stations bringing the total number of voters in the city to over 500,000 people, according to media reports.Covert propaganda is reportedly conducted in the city on the day of voting, journalists say.There are 15 candidates for Kryvyi Rih city...

      ‘Use weapons of love to fight terrorism’

      Pope Francis urged the world in his Easter message to use the “weapons of love” to combat the evil of “blind and brutal violence”. ||| Vatican City – Pope Francis urged the world in his Easter message on Sunday to use the “weapons of love” to combat the evil of “blind and brutal violence”, following the attacks in Brussels. After a week of...

      Situation in ATO zone remains tense, with cannon artillery being applied for 1st time in long period
      Mar27

      Situation in ATO zone remains tense, with cannon artillery being applied for 1st time in long period

      The situation in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone remains tense showing a tendency to aggravation, the ATO press center reported.The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 44 times in the past 24 hours, according to a report.”In addition to mortars of calibers banned by the Minsk agreements,...

      NATO commander calls for return to service of U-2 spy plane to conduct surveillance on resurgent Russia
      Mar27

      NATO commander calls for return to service of U-2 spy plane to conduct surveillance on resurgent Russia

      The U-2 spy plane, one of the most emblematic aircraft of the Cold War, should return to Europe to conduct surveillance on a resurgent and aggressive Russia, a top American general has warned, British newspaper The Independent reported. General Philip Breedlove, the head of U.S. forces in Europe and NATO`s supreme allied commander, said the...

      Syrian army `recaptures city of Palmyra from ISIL`
      Mar27

      Syrian army `recaptures city of Palmyra from ISIL`

      Syrian government forces, backed by Russian air power, have recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) after days of intense fighting, state media and a monitoring group said, according to Al Jazeera.Syrian state television quoted a military source as saying the army and allied militias had taken...