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At least 18 dead in Kabul hotel attack, including 14 foreigners

Kabul - Muslimchronicle

At least 18 people including 14 foreigners were killed in a bloody Taliban-claimed assault on a luxury hotel in Kabul, an interior ministry spokesman said Sunday, hours after the overnight attack ended. "Fourteen foreigners were killed and four Afghans," interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish told Afghanistan's Tolo News, without specifying the nationalities involved. Ukrainian officials have already said at leastRead more

Red-hot Pliskova vows no let-up

Singapore - Muslimchronicle

Red-hot world number three Karolina Pliskova has vowed to keep her foot on the accelerator after crushing Garbine Muguruza on Tuesday to become the first semi-final qualifier in the WTA Finals. Pliskova, who is in contention to finish world number one, continued her stranglehold over the Spaniard with a 6-2, 6-2 victory in just 62 minutes. The Ukrainian has notRead more

Ukrainian anti-corruption detectives raid top mayor

Kiev - Muslimchronicle

Ukrainian anti-corruption investigators on Monday raided the home and office of a powerful mayor at the centre of a politically charged embezzlement probe. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) said the searches were conducted at the premises of Odessa Mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov and his associates. The Black Sea city's authorities are suspected of pocketing money from contracts assigned forRead more

Ukraine protesters set up tent camp outside parliament

Kiev - Muslimchronicle

Hundreds of peaceful Ukrainian protesters gathered on Wednesday in a tent camp outside parliament during a mass protest demanding a more forceful fight against government graft. Tuesday's rally in Kiev involved nearly 5,000 people and saw a call by former Georgian leader and current Ukrainian opposition party chief Mikheil Saakashvili for President Petro Poroshenko to quit. The activists also setRead more

Ukraine Grants Qatari Nationals Visa at Border Crossings

Doha - Arab Today

The Ukrainian authorities have granted visa (Tourist/Business) for Qatari nationals at Ukrainian border crossings against an equivalent of US$100 visa fees as of 16/04/2017, an official source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated. Source: QNARead more

Ukraine Grants Qatari Nationals Visa at Border Crossings

Doha - Arab Today

Ukraine's Poroshenko upholds Russian singer's Eurovision ban

Riga - AFP

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday defended the decision to ban a Russian singer from the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev over a past performance in Crimea, saying admitting her would be against the law. Speaking in Riga, Poroshenko said the three-year entry ban on 27-year-old singer Yuliya Samoilova was justified as she had illegally entered the Russian-annexed peninsula toRead more

Ukrainian, French, German leaders urge truce consolidation in eastern Ukraine

Kiev - Arab Today

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called for more efforts to consolidate a newly-declared ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, Poroshenko's press service said. At a phone conversation, the three leaders also stressed the importance of continuing implementation of the Minsk ceasefire agreement, the press service said in a statement posted on theRead more

5 killed in Ukrainian military helicopter crash

Kiev - ArabToday

At least five people were killed after a military helicopter crashed Sunday in eastern Ukraine, the country's Defense Ministry said. The MI-2 helicopter went down at around 3 p.m. local time (12:00 GMT) near the town of Kramatorsk in Donetsk region, said the ministry's spokesman Olexandr Motuzyanyk. Among those killed there were three crew members and two passengers, Motuzyanyk toldRead more

Last MH17 victims may never be recovered, Dutch foreign minister says

Kiev - Arab today

The remains of the last victims of flight MH17 may never be recovered from the Ukrainian battlefield where their plane was shot down four months ago, the Dutch foreign minister said Saturday, as fighting rumbled on in the east of the country. Foreign Minister Bert Koenders made the grim assessment in the city of Kharkiv, where he attended a memorialRead more