Donetsk and Luhansk had a combined population of about 6.5 million people, or about 14% of Ukraine’s overall population.

Xiaomi is also looking to expand into other markets like Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia and Thailand with the help of Hugo Barra.

Toyota sold about 207,000 vehicles in Europe in the three months to June from a one year ago. That is an 8% jump.

The current Suez Canal brings in around $5 billion of revenues per year, a vital source of hard currency for Egypt.

A Kurdish official said Peshmerga forces had been overstretched but were now calling in large numbers of fighters to hit back.

Last month, police detained more than a hundred officers in similar raids for allegedly wiretapping PM Erdogan and other officials.

The Azerbaijani armed forces kept violating the ceasefire, firing over 600 shots upon Armenian positions overnight.

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt voiced concerns over escalation of tensions in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict zone.

In his interview with Agos, the 40-year-old filmmaker said he was preparing a movie on the life of Hrant Dink.

HTC said recently that it expects its sales to decline 27.8-35.0% sequentially to NT$42-47 billion in the third quarter.

Ban Ki-moon expressed his full support for the efforts by the OSCE and other parties working to resolve the conflict.

“This practice harms workers, denies them the wages they have rightfully earned and takes away time with families,” Blanco said.

Possible restrictions on transit flights over Russian territory are being discussed by the foreign and transport ministries, the paper said.

This prompted suggestions that China had excluded both Symantec and Kaspersky Lab as a way to curb the use of foreign technology.

The 4G/LTE data transfer services are provided under the same conditions as in case of 2G/3G networks, at 49 AMD/MB.

The truce came ahead of talks in Cairo aimed at brokering a deal that would prevent future cross-border violence.

“Such political resolution would allow us to normalize the atmosphere, although it’s not easy,” the Russian Foreign Minister said.

Thus, from July 28 to Aug 3, 2014, the Azeri army made over 5 cross-border attempts in various directions of the contact line.

Also, 100 volunteers from Berdzor departed for the contact line with the Azerbaijani armed forces to rebuff possible attacks.

Besides, numerous attempts to penetrate into the territory of Nagorno Karabakh were undertaken by the Azeri armed forces.

President Hamid Karzai is still in power, as the long-running and bitter dispute over who won the election to succeed him continues.

In June, Apple agreed to settle related class-action litigation brought on behalf of consumers and 33 U.S. states.

“Further escalation is unacceptable,” said Maria Zakharova, the deputy director of the ministry’s information and press department.

Helicopters were observed above a settlement in Azerbaijan, which apparently arrived to transport those killed and injured.

“There has been wide resentment recently because of Islamic State’s acts,” said Osso, who is in contact with activists.

The Armenian Defense Ministry issued a statement over the recent cross-border attacks by the Azerbaijani armed forces.

“Reluctantly we’ve decided we have to leave and temporarily suspend embassy operations in Libya,” British ambassador to Libya said.

The attack was immediately rebuffed, with the rivals suffering losses and leaving the armament and equipment at the site.

“The campaign activities of the PM are large-scale events, often combined with official government events,” the report says.

Two Palestinian protesters were shot dead in separate incidents after violence got out of control, an Israeli military spokeswoman said.