Philippine officials say at least 15 people have been killed during fighting between government troops and Islamist militants in a remote southern region.The fighting began Tuesday and continued into early Wednesday in the town of Patikul on the island province of Sulu, a stronghold of Abu Sayyaf militants.The military says the fighting broke out […]
It was publicly stated by the Ukrainian government in Kiev on Wednesday that control of the situation, for all intents and purposes has been lost of the eastern region of the country. The interim president of Ukraine, Oleksandr Turchynov says that he believes that Russia has now set an eye on six more regions in […]
The mayor of Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, is in grave, but stable condition after being shot in the back while riding his bicycle on Monday, according that cities icty hall. 54-year-old Hennady Kernes was shot as his bodyguards traveled close to him in a vehicle. They were not close enough to intervene. Kernes rides his […]
Ukraine’s prime minister says Russian military aircraft have repeatedly crossed into Ukraine’s airspace, in what he called Russian aggression designed to undermine global security. Arseniy Yatsenyuk told reporters Saturday that Russian forces had “violated” Ukrainian airspace seven times overnight. “We do understand the reason Russian military did it. The only reason is to provoke […]