Author: WTX News

Russian President Vladimir Putin approved on Feb. 7 a bill on an agreement between Russian and Turkish governments on the construction of the Turkish Stream natural gas pipeline. The agreement on the project entered into force through publication in Turkey’s Official Gazette on Dec. 6, 2016, four days after its ratification in parliament and signing into law by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Russia’s Federation Council, the upper house of parliament, approved the bill on Feb. 1 after the lower house of parliament, the State Duma, ratified the agreement in January while Turkey ratified it late in 2016. In the intergovernmental…

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UN appeals for $2.1 bn for Yemen aid as famine looms The United Nations appealed for $2.1 billion to provide desperately needed aid to millions of people in war-ravaged Yemen this year, warning the country could soon face famine. Two years of war have devastated Yemen and millions of children, women and men desperately need help to survive the coming year. Without international support, they may face the threat of famine in the course of 2017. The appeal from U.N. agencies and other humanitarian organizations aims to gather funds to help some 12 million of the nearly 19 million people…

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