Section: United Arab Emirates
Ukrainian teacher held for trying to sell schoolgirl, 13
Kharkiv: A school teacher on Wednesday appeared in court in Ukraine after allegedly trying to sell a 13-year-old schoolgirl under her care for more than $10,000. Language teacher Galyna Kovalenko, 52, who has been charged with human trafficking, faces up to 15 years in jail if found guilty of targeting the girl who was a pupil at the state...
Finland to set up centre to counter ‘hybrid’ threats
Several NATO and EU countries are planning to establish a centre in Helsinki to research how to counter ‘hybrid’ warfare, a senior Finnish government official said on Monday. Finland has a 1,300-km (800-mile) border with Russia, which has been accused of mounting ‘hybrid’ campaigns in the Ukraine conflict – combining...
Merkel to seek fourth term as chancellor
Angela Merkel has announced that she wants to run for a fourth term as German chancellor in next year’s election, a sign of stability after Britain’s vote to leave the European Union and the election of Donald Trump as the next US president. Despite a voter backlash over her open-door migrant policy, the 62-year-old conservative said...
Shades of Eastern Europe at Global Village
New area sees goods from Ukraine and other former Soviet states …read more Source: Gulf...
Man, 24, who faked age for high school gets 2 months
A 24-year-old Ukrainian man who faked his name and age to attend a Pennsylvania high school has been ordered to spend More… …read more Source: Emirates...
Obama praises Merkel, says she’d get his ‘vote’
US President Barack Obama called German Chancellor Angela Merkel an “outstanding” ally yesterday and said she might get his support if he were a German citizen and she decided to run for a fourth term as leader of Europe’s largest economy.Obama praised Merkel as a leader who had shown “her integrity, her truthfulness, her...
Stand up to Russia, Obama advises Trump
BERLIN // Offering some pointed foreign policy advice to his successor, US president Barack Obama expressed hope on Thursday that his succesor, Donald Trump, will stand up to Russia when it deviates from American “values and international norms”. Mr Obama, in a joint news conference with German chancellor Angela Merkel during his...
Ukraine calls for visa-free travel as EU drags its feet
Ukraine has been the heart of a dispute between the West and Russia …read more Source: Gulf...
Ukraine police chief quits as exodus of reformers continues
Ukraine’s police chief and a prominent customs officer resigned on Monday, continuing an exodus of reformist officials that has raised serious doubts about the Western-backed government’s commitment to tackle corruption.Police chief Khatia Dekanoidze, a Georgian who was appointed on the strength of her reforms as a minister in...
Steinmeier gets backing for German presidency
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives agreed yesterday to back Social Democrat Frank-Walter Steinmeier as Germany’s next president, creating a vacancy at the foreign ministry at a critical moment in relations with Russia and the United States. Merkel’s camp had hoped to promote its own candidate but chose to back political...
