Section: Pulse Nigeria (Nigeria)
Trump’s first big test with Putin harkens back to one of the most controversial elements of his campaign
Nikki Haley, the new US ambassador to the United Nations, took her first turn at the UN Security Council on Thursday and issued a familiar ring directed at Russia. She was speaking at an emergency meeting of the council about a sudden uptick in violence in eastern Ukraine, amid more than two-year long battles in the region between Ukrainian...
Vladmir Putin: US condemns Russia’s ‘aggressive actions’ in Ukraine
her first public remarks at the Security Council, Haley asserted that US sanctions imposed on Russia over its 2014 annexation of Crimea would remain in place until Moscow gave back the peninsula to Ukraine. US Ambassador Nikki Haley on Thursday condemned Russia’s “aggressive actions” in Ukraine and pledged strong US support to...
Nikki Haley just delivered the Trump administration’s most hawkish words yet toward Russia
The US ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday delivered the Trump administration's strongest words toward Russia since Trump took office. UN ambassador Nikki Haley declared that existing US sanctions would stay in place against Russia stemming from its annexation of the peninsula of Crimea from Ukraine, amid renewed fighting in the...
In Ukraine: Toll rises from clashes as global concern mounts
The surge in clashes since Sunday have reignited fears of full-scale warfare returning to Ukraine after a relative lull. Ukraine’s military distributed gruel and tea on Thursday in a frontline town battered by five days of violence that has sparked global condemnation and killed at least 20 people.Government forces and Russian-backed...
Odion Ighalo: Striker now Nigeria’s most expensive player
List of the 20 most expensive transfer of Nigerian footballers in Europe. Super Eagles striker Odion Ighalo is now the most expensive Nigerian player following his €23.3m million from Watford to Chinese Super League side Changchun Yatai.Ighalo sealed a move to the Chinese club where he will earn close to £200,000 per week. ALSO READ:...
La Liga: Betis recall Zozulia after ‘neo-Nazi’ protest
Zozulia's was confronted by supporters on his first day at Madrid-based, second division club, Rayo with anti-nazis banners. Ukranian international Roman Zozulia has been recalled to Real Betis just a day after sealing a loan move to Rayo Vallecano due to a Rayo fans protest at Zozulia’s political affiliations.Zozulia was forced to...
In Ukraine: Global alarm over fighting as death toll hits 19
Government forces and Russian-backed separatists exchanged mortar and rocket fire for a fourth day. The death toll from the latest escalation in fighting in Ukraine rose to 19 on Wednesday as international alarm rang out over the spike in bloodshed in the European Union’s back yard.Government forces and Russian-backed separatists exchanged...
Jens Stoltenberg: NATO, Trump both want dialogue with Russia, says alliance chief
US President Trump has badly rattled Europe with his softer line on Putin and Moscow. US President Donald Trump and NATO both agree on the need for dialogue with Russia from a position of strength, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday.Trump has badly rattled Europe with his softer line on Moscow and by calling into question...
In Russia: Crimean Tatar lawyer held over ‘extremist propaganda’
Emil Kurbedinov was detained as he headed to a client's house that was being raided by law enforcement agents over purported ties to the banned Islamist group Hizb-ut-Tahrir. Russian authorities in annexed Crimea on Thursday detained a Tatar lawyer for allegedly spreading “extremist propaganda”, activists said, the latest step in...
Trump: US President vows better Russia ties, reassures NATO allies
Trump's friendly stance toward Putin, whom France and Germany both accuse of seeking to undermine Western unity, is being scrutinized since he won the US election in November. President Donald Trump vowed Saturday to improve floundering ties with Russia, while also reassuring close US allies he supports NATO.Amid growing international alarm...
