by Colin Taylor | Aug 15, 2014 | Monitor
Aid convoy stops short of border as Russian military vehicles enter Ukraine Shaun Walker /the Guardian Armored personnel carriers and support vehicles cross the border, while the 280-truck convoy comes to a halt separately. Maliki Agrees to Relinquish Power in...
by Colin Taylor | Aug 12, 2014 | Monitor
Russian aid convoy ‘will not be admitted into Ukraine’ The Guardian A Ukrainian security spokesman has said that a humanitarian convoy Russia has dispatched to eastern Ukraine will not be admitted into the country. Liberia to give two doctors trial drug, Ebola...
by Thomas Campbell | Aug 11, 2014 | Monitor
Turkey’s Erdogan begins search for new Premier Washington Post Incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan became the country’s first popularly elected president in a historic vote. A three-term prime minister who has dominated Turkish politics for more than a decade, Erdogan has...
by Kendall Strong | Aug 8, 2014 | Monitor
These U.S. ‘diplomats’ wield fiddles and dance moves, not briefcases Maria Recio / McClatchyDC East Carolina University’s Greg Hurley is going abroad again for a two-week trip this month, but not exactly for a classic vacation. It will be Beirut for the viola and...
by Colin Taylor | Aug 7, 2014 | Monitor
Obama’s Africa Summit Ends as Chinese Edge Challenged Brian Wingfield and Chris Spillane / Bloomberg As Barack Obama concluded the biggest ever meeting by a U.S. president with African leaders, U.S. businesses are searching for opportunities on the continent after a...
