Новости за 16.04.2017

A Chabad rabbi who was severely beaten six months ago at a train station in the western Ukrainian city of Zhitomir has died. Rabbi Mendel Deitsch was 64. He died in Israel where he was airlifted and treated following the attack days after Rosh Hashanah, which he spent in the Ukrainian town of Haditch, the  resting place of Rabbi […]

During the Easter Vigil service at the Intercession Cathedral in the occupied city of Sevastopol, the Gospel was read in Ukrainian, Russian and Greek, according to the Krym-realii online media outlet. Read more here

  Four ex-members of special police regiment Berkut accused of killing and torturing EuroMaidan protesters fled to Russia, according to the video published on April 13. Four ex-Berkut officers Vitaly Honcharenko, Oleksandr Kostyuk; Vladislav Masteha and Artem Voilokov recorded and published the video where they reveal they fled to Russia, because they “understood that it’s […]

U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser met Afghan officials in Kabul on Sunday, amid questions over the new administration’s plans for the military mission in Afghanistan after American forces unleashed a huge bomb there on militants. The visit by H.R. McMaster, the first high-level visit by a Trump official, came just days after the […]

Turkey was voting on Sunday in a referendum on expanding the powers of the presidency under Recep Tayyip Erdogan. But the outcome could more broadly influence all aspects of the country’s future. Coming 94 years after the foundation of modern Turkey by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the referendum is a landmark vote that may affect relations […]

“In the Mariupol direction, the invaders fired 120mm and 82mm mortar, grenade launchers of various systems and heavy machine guns on the defenders of the town of Maryinka. The enemy snipers were also active there. The Ukrainian Marines near the village of Vodiane came under fire from anti-tank grenade launchers and heavy machine guns, and […]

Kropyvnytsky, a central Ukrainian city located 300 kilometres south of Kyiv, became the most transparent and open city in Ukraine according to a report compiled by Transparency International – Ukraine. Transparency International assessed Ukraine’s 25 biggest cities by how open their local governments are, looking at how available data was on procurement, social services, land […]

Pope Francis on Sunday condemned a bomb blast on a crowded Syrian bus convoy that killed at least 112 people outside Aleppo as an “ignoble” attack. Read more here

BEIRUT — An opposition activist group and a TV station run by Lebanon’s Hezbollah say more than 3,000 people are expected to be evacuated from four villages as part of a population transfer that was briefly stalled by a deadly blast that killed scores. The United Nations is not overseeing the transfer deal of the […]

Pope Francis is leading Easter celebrations in front of thousands of pilgrims who have gathered in St Peter’s Square in the Vatican. At an earlier vigil, he spoke of migrants’ pain, and criticised “paralysing and barren bureaucracies that stand in the way of change”. Read more here

LONDON — British officials say two Russian warships will be escorted by the Royal Navy as they transit the English Channel. Official said Saturday two warships, a support tanker and an ocean-going tug, will be watched by the HMS Sutherland as they pass through the Channel. Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said the Navy “maintains a […]

MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin’s meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson hasn’t produced any positive shift yet in Russia-U.S. relations, the Kremlin said Thursday. He said U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is considering the request. Read more here

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is embarking on a 10-day, four-nation tour of the Asia-Pacific this weekend, arriving in South Korea after a failed missile launch by the North. His visit comes amid tensions over North Korea’s aggressive flaunting of its nuclear and missile program. Pence will visit South Korea, Japan, Indonesia and Australia during […]

Since the very morning, people, according to an ancient custom, have been greeting each other with the words: “Christ is risen!” and the traditional response: “Truly He is risen!” The Easter Sunday is preceded by a 40-day fast, which is called the Lent. Read more here

BUCHAREST – Millions of Orthodox Christians around the world have celebrated Easter in overnight services and “holy fire” from Jerusalem. This year the Orthodox churches celebrate Easter on the same Sunday when Roman Catholics and Protestants mark the holy festival. The Western Christian church follows the Gregorian calendar, while the Eastern Orthodox uses the older Julian […]

SEOUL, South Korea — A North Korean missile exploded during launch Sunday, U.S. and South Korean officials said, a high-profile failure that comes as a powerful U.S. aircraft supercarrier approaches the Korean Peninsula in a show of force. It wasn’t immediately clear what kind of missile was test-fired from the east coast city of Sinpo. […]

ISTANBUL — Voters in Turkey were deciding Sunday on the future of their country, with polling stations opening for a historic referendum on whether to approve reforms that would concentrate power in the hands of the president. If the “yes” vote prevails, the 18 constitutional changes will convert Turkey’s system of government from parliamentary to […]

In the Mariupol sector, the enemy fired 120mm mortars, grenade launchers of various systems and heavy machine guns on the defenders of the town of Maryinka. The militants also shelled anti-tank grenade launchers on the Ukrainian positions near the village of Pavlopil, as well as heavy machine guns on the Ukrainian fortified positions near the […]