Section: Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
Barshim soars to the top
Qatar’s world champion high jumper Mutaz Essa Barshim poses with his Best Male Athlete from Asia trophy at the annual ANOC (Association of National Olympic Committees) gala awards in Prague yesterday. The two-time Olympic medallist and 2017 IAAF world champion accepted the award from Ukrainian pole vault legend Sergey Bubka on the opening...
UAE, Ukraine sign MoUs on visa exemption, space industry
Mohammad Bin Rashid, Ukrainian President Poroshenko discuss bilateral relations …read more Source: Gulf...
Putin assassination plot suspect is wounded, wife killed near Kyiv
A Chechen volunteer soldier who was accused of plotting to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin was wounded and his wife killed on Monday when their car was strafed by gunfire near Kyiv.The apparent assassination was the latest involving high-profile figures in Ukraine who bitterly opposed Russia.It also threatened to further damage relations...
Putin assassination plot suspect wounded, wife killed in Ukraine
Car in which Chechen volunteer soldier Adam Osmayev and Amina Okuyeva were travelling hit by volley of bullets in Ukraine …read more Source: Gulf...
Charges ‘may pressure Manafort to co-operate’
The charges announced yesterday against Paul Manafort, a former campaign manager to President Donald Trump, as part of a US probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, include money laundering as well as the lesser-known offence of conspiracy against the United States. The indictment was the first released by Justice Department special...
Former Trump campaign manager indicted in Russia probe
Paul Manafort, a former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, surrendered to the FBI on Monday and another ex-aide pleaded guilty to lying to agents in the most serious steps yet of a federal probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Manafort, 68, a longtime Republican operative, arrived at the Federal Bureau of...
Hopes fade for 8 Russians missing in Arctic helicopter accident
* Helicopter lost off Svalbard island since Thursday * Eight Russians listed as missing * Waves, snowy weather in search area Hopes of finding survivors from a Russian helicopter which disappeared off the coast of the Arctic Svalbard archipelago faded on Friday as Norwegian rescuers searched in vain for a second day in ice-cold waters. Eight...
Ukraine lawmaker hurt in ‘assassination attempt’
Radical Party member Igor Mosiychuk had just finish an interview when bomb went off, killing bodyguard …read more Source: Gulf...
4 die as French army-chartered plane crashes off Ivory Coast
Four Moldovan nationals were killed yesterday when a transport plane chartered by the French army crashed off Ivory Coast, firefighters said. Another six people were injured in the crash of the Antonov aircraft which had 10 people on board, firefighter Colonel Issa Sakho told local television. Four French nationals were among the injured, a...
The shape of charges to come?
When the news broke last week about the specific documents sought by Robert Mueller, the special counsel heading the federal investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 election and whether Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with the Kremlin, a chill fell over Trump’s already jittery White House. The documents to be turned over...
