Section: United Arab Emirates
Pirates in Nigeria release Russian, Ukrainian sailors
Nigerian pirates have released seven Russian and one Ukrainian sailors after they were captured last month on the cargo More… …read more Source: Emirates...
Tillerson snubs launch of own human rights report
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson came under attack for failing to appear in public to launch his own department’s annual human rights report. President Donald Trump’s chief diplomat, who has all but dropped from public view since taking office a month ago, penned a brief preface to the survey of the rights record of 199 countries....
Nadal roars into ATP showdown with Querrey
Two-time champion Rafael Nadal raced past third-seeded Marin Cilic 6-1, 6-2 to reach the ATP Mexico Open final, where his perfect Acapulco record will be put to the Test by Sam Querrey. Querrey ousted Nick Kyrgios 3-6, 6-1, 7-5 to bring the sixth-seeded Australian’s giant-killing run to a halt a day after Kyrgios stunned world number two...
Russia, Nato in first high-level talks since freeze
MOSCOW: Senior Russian and Nato military chiefs on Friday held their first phone talks since ties between the two sides collapsed over the crisis in Ukraine, the defence ministry in Moscow said. The chairman of the Nato Military Committee Petr Pavel called Russia’s chief of staff Valery Gerasimov to discuss the possible restarting of...
Trump picks Putin critic as adviser on Russia
NEW YORK // The White House is preparing to appoint a respected academic and critic of Vladimir Putin as its chief Russia expert, in a sign that Donald Trump’s “bromance” with the Russian leader is cooling amid a growing scandal about ties between their administrations.Fiona Hill, a British-born analyst and writer, has advocated...
Gazprom eyeing new gas supply deal with China
Gazprom deputy head Alexander Medvedev is taking solace in old sayings by the founding father of the People’s Republic of China as the natural gas giant pushes ahead with a plan to become its biggest supplier. “Do you know this Chinese saying ‘Hard work for three years, happiness for 10,000′?” Medvedev said in an interview, referring...
Ukraine tax chief falls ill as police close in over $75m graft
38-year-old Nasirov helped exiled lawmaker deprive the state of $75m …read more Source: Gulf...
Sessions under pressure over Russian meetings
Several congressional Republicans called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from investigations into alleged Russian meddling in the US presidential election after it emerged that he met last year with Russia’s ambassador but did not disclose the contacts in Senate testimony.The revelation about Sessions, Republican...
Sweden brings back conscription amid Russia fears
Stockholm: Sweden is to reintroduce compulsory military service, seven years after abandoning it, to respond to global security challenges including Russia’s assertive behaviour in the Baltic Sea region, Stockholm said on Thursday. “We are in a context where Russia has annexed Crimea,” Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist told AFP,...
Russia seen dominating European gas market for two more decades
Europe has wanted to wean itself from Russian natural gas ever since supplies from its eastern neighbour dropped during freezing weather in 2009. Almost a decade later, the region has never been more dependent.Gazprom, Russia’s state-run export monopoly, shipped a record amount of gas to the European Union last year and accounts for about...
