Section: Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
Rosneft enters India with $13bn Essar deal
In a spectacularly costly gamble aimed at boosting Russia’s strategic position, state-controlled giant Rosneft is investing in India’s Essar Oil to muscle into a promising market with outlets throughout Asia. Russian President Vladimir Putin returned from last week’s Brics summit in Goa with one of the largest deals the oil...
Merkel expects ‘no wonders’ from four-way Ukraine talks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that “no wonders” should be expected at talks on a stalled peace plan for eastern Ukraine which she will host today with the leaders of Russia, France and Ukraine. Other top officials, including Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, also dampened expectations of any breakthrough at the talks in Berlin on...
Obama tells Trump to ‘stop whining’
President Barack Obama yesterday slapped down Donald Trump’s claim that the 2016 presidential race is rigged, telling the Republican to “stop whining” and get on with his campaign.In language normally reserved for chastising a stroppy teenager, Obama discarded diplomatic decorum and skewered the mogul from the Rose Garden in front of...
Kremlin-funded RT TV says UK bank closing its accounts
Kremlin-funded television network RT said yesterday that Britain’s NatWest bank is closing all its accounts in a unilateral decision that Moscow decried as politically motivated. “They have closed our accounts in Britain. All the accounts,” wrote RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan on Twitter. She later said that NatWest has not blocked...
Pro-Russia rebel commander ‘Motorola’ killed in Ukraine bombing
It was the latest in a string of assassinations of insurgent commanders …read more Source: Gulf...
EU mulls more Syria sanctions as political efforts falter
No EU country has raised the idea of imposing sanctions on Russia, despite its support for President Bashar Al Assad …read more Source: Gulf...
20 Serbs arrested over Montenegro vote ‘attack plans’
Montenegro said it had arrested 20 Serbs for planning to carry out attacks after voting ended in the Balkan nation’s tense parliamentary elections yesterday. The pro-Russian opposition – which opposes plans to anchor Montenegro in Nato – slammed the announcement of the arrests as propaganda, while Serbia sardonically questioned its timing....
Global court warns govt over extra-judicial killings
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued a warning to the Philippine government over alleged extra-judicial killings, saying officials’ incitement of mass killings could be prosecuted before the court in The Hague.Malacanang reacted swiftly to the statement, saying the alleged extra-judicial killings linked...
Modi, Putin set to sign energy deals ahead of BRICS
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to sign lucrative energy and defence deals Saturday, aimed at shoring up economic ties between the long-time allies. Putin was greeted with a military band and traditional dancers after arriving in the Indian tourism state of Goa for talks with Modi ahead of a BRICS...
Former heavyweight champion Fury’s licence suspended
London: Former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s licence to box has been suspended by the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC), the national governing body announced yesterday. The decision came after the troubled British boxer, who has admitted taking cocaine to deal with depression, vacated his World Boxing Organization (WBO)...
