Section: Cyprus
Ahead of election, Miliband says PM Cameron has squandered Britain’s global clout
By William James Prime Minister David Cameron has squandered Britain’s global influence by forging an inward-looking approach to international affairs that has left the world’s fifth-largest economy isolated, opposition Labour leader Ed Miliband said on Friday. Less than two weeks before a May 7 election, Miliband dragged...
As Armenia marks 1915 killing, Berlin calls it genocide (Updated)
By Margarita Antidze and Hasmik Mkrtchyan Armenia marked the centenary on Friday of a mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks with a simple flower-laying ceremony attended by foreign leaders as Germany became the latest country to respond to its calls for recognition that it was genocide. Turkey denies the killing of up to 1.5 million...
FBI chief tells Poland’s US envoy he regrets Holocaust remarks
The head of the US intelligence service told the Polish ambassador to the United States that he regretted his remarks on what Poland has said was an accusation of complicity in the Holocaust, the Polish foreign ministry said on Thursday. Poland now considers the matter settled, a spokesman for the foreign ministry said. Poland is one of the...
EU charges Russia’s Gazprom, alleging price gouging
By Foo Yun Chee and Alastair Macdonald The European Union launched a legal attack on Gazprom on Wednesday, stoking tension with Moscow as it accused the Russian gas giant of overcharging buyers in Eastern Europe and hindering competition. The EU’s new anti-trust chief, Margrethe Vestager, who a week ago announced a similar market abuse...
Ukraine wants global court to investigate crimes in Crimea and east
By Anthony Deutsch Ukraine wants the International Criminal Court to investigate all alleged recent war crimes in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said in an interview, broadening an existing probe. Ukraine has already given the global court the authority to investigate crimes on its territory from November 21, 2013, to...
Ukrainian journalist with pro-Russian views shot dead in Kiev
By Alessandra Prentice A prominent Ukrainian journalist known for his pro-Russian views was shot dead on Thursday in Kiev by two masked gunmen, the interior ministry said, a day after a former lawmaker loyal to ousted President Viktor Yanukovich was also killed. Oles Buzina, 45, was known for his pro-Russian opinion pieces published in...
Search area for Flight MH370 to double if plane not found
By Matt Siegel and Trinna Leong Government ministers from Australia, China and Malaysia on Thursday said they would double the search area for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 if wreckage is not found in the current target area. No trace has been found of the Boeing 777 aircraft, which disappeared in March last year carrying 239 passengers...
Putin sees return to growth in Russia in under 2 years
By Denis Pinchuk and Timothy Heritage President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Russia’s economy could return to growth in less than two years, even though he considers it unlikely that the West will lift economic sanctions over the Ukraine crisis soon. In a televised call-in with the nation, Putin acknowledged that there were difficulties...
Iran says nuclear deal depends on lifting of sanctions
By Parisa Hafezi and Sam Wilkin Iran said on Wednesday it would only accept a deal over its contested nuclear programme if world powers simultaneously lifted all sanctions imposed on it. The comments by President Hassan Rouhani came the day after US President Barack Obama was forced to give Congress a say in any future accord – including the...
New UN site for flights in conflict zones issues warnings on Libya, Egypt
A new United Nations website distributing warnings about risks to aircraft in conflict zones issued its first advisories on Wednesday, for countries including Libya, Iraq, Egypt and South Sudan. The website was set up after the downing of a Malaysian passenger aircraft over an area of fighting in Ukraine last year and is hosted by the UN’s...
