Section: United Arab Emirates
Nato, Russia to meet after alliance troop boost
Brussels: Nato and Russia on Wednesday hold their first talks since the alliance agreed at a summit in Warsaw to beef up its presence in eastern Europe because of fears over the Kremlin’s expansionism. The meeting between ambassadors from the 28-nation alliance and Russia is the first since April and just the second since 2014, when the...
Russia’s Putin, John Kerry to discuss Syria and Ukraine on Thurs
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Moscow on Thursday. …read more Source:...
Three Ukrainian soldiers killed in separatist east
Kiev: Three Ukrainian soldiers were killed and sixteen wounded as violent clashes continued between pro-Russian rebels and government forces in the country’s separatist east, Kiev said on Sunday. Eight of the injured soldiers suffered concussion during artillery shelling over the weekend near Luganske, a village 50 kilometres northeast of...
Nato unites to keep pressure on Russia
Warsaw: Nato leaders united on Saturday behind a policy of deterrence and dialogue with Russia after launching the alliance’s biggest military revamp since the end of the Cold War to counter a resurgent Moscow. Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at a summit in Warsaw that they “stand together” on Russia, with Nato’s eastern flank...
Under shadow of Brexit, Nato backing for Afghanistan and war on ISIL
Amid solidarity with Afghanistan, stern discouragement of Russian meddling in the former Soviet bloc and pledges to combat ISIL, Nato last night completed a summit that was truly if unofficially dominated by Brexit.The 28-nation alliance, meeting in the Polish capital of Warsaw with a UAE delegation among the observers, agreed a range of measures...
Nato unites to keep pressure on Russia
Members agree at a summit in Warsaw to bolster its eastern flank after Moscow’s annexation of Crimea and the Ukraine conflict …read more Source: Gulf...
Four Nato battalions to serve as deterrents in eastern Europe
Warsaw // The United States will deploy 1,000 troops to Poland as part of broader Nato efforts to reassure former Communist eastern member states fearful of a more assertive Russia.The troops will serve “shoulder to shoulder” with Polish forces, US president Barack Obama told a summit of Nato leaders in the Polish capital on...
Ukraine minister held over alleged bribery scheme
Kiev: Ukraine’s security service said on Friday it had arrested the deputy health minister for allegedly running a bribery scheme that saw patients pay extra money for operations and other essential treatment. Deputy Health Minister Roman Vasylyshyn becomes the most prominent figure detained since the appointment of a new government in...
Echoes of Cold War as Nato leaders pledge to boost strength
The spectre of a new Cold War between the West and Russia loomed on Friday as Nato leaders agreed at a summit in Warsaw to mobilise thousands of troops at the borders of eastern European countries that were formerly part of the Soviet bloc.The Kremlin bitterly denounced “anti-Russian hysteria” after the US president Barack Obama,...
Kiev renames Moscow Avenue after Russian hate figure
KIEV: The change could hardly have been more confrontational or symbolic. Ukraine’s capital Kiev on Thursday renamed its Soviet-era Moscow Avenue after a Russian hate figure accused by the Kremlin of siding with the Nazis during World War II. Kiev’s local council decided that one of the bustling city’s main northern arteries...
