Section: United Arab Emirates
The world is a more dangerous place, says head of Nato
WARSAW // On the eve of the Nato summit in Poland, the secretary general declared the alliance was at “a defining moment for our security” but would meet it head on.”The world is a more dangerous place than just few years ago,” said Jens Stoltenberg. “Nato is responding with speed and with determination. We will take...
Nato-Russia talks after Warsaw summit
Brussels: Nato is set to hold formal talks with Russia shortly after a summit in Warsaw this week where the alliance will endorse a military buildup following the Ukraine conflict, chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday. In April the Nato-Russia Council held its first meeting since June 2014 when relations were effectively frozen, and the talks...
EU extends Russia sanctions to Jan 2017
Brussels: The European Union on Friday formally extended damaging economic sanctions against Russia by six months due to a lack of progress in resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine. The measures target the oil, financial and defence sectors of the Russian economy and were first imposed after the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17...
Russia agrees to talks with Nato after Warsaw summit
PARIS: Moscow has agreed to a Russia-Nato council after the alliance’s summit in Warsaw next month, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Wednesday, as both sides seek to defuse military tensions exacerbated by the Ukraine crisis. Nato held its first formal meeting with Russia’s envoy to the alliance in almost two years in...
Istanbul airport reopens as death toll from string of suicide bombings rises to 41
ISTANBUL // Suicide attackers armed with guns and bombs killed 41 people and wounded scores at Istanbul’s busy Ataturk Airport, in an attack the government blamed on ISIL extremists.Turkey on Wednesday declared a day of national morning a day after three suicide bombers arrived in a taxi and began spraying bullets at the international...
Ukraine arrest 2 Daesh militants from Tajikistan
Kiev: Ukraine said on Saturday it had detained two alleged Daesh fighters from ex-Soviet Tajikistan, who had fought in Syria and planned to foment “an Islamic revolution” in their homeland. The Ukrainian state border service said the two Tajik nationals were stopped after they arrived on Friday from Istanbul in the eastern city of...
Swiss, Norwegian, Canadian – which route could Britain take?
How do you go from being part of a vast trading bloc with 500 million potential customers to a line trader with potentially none? Britain is about to find out.The UK sends 44 per cent of its exports to the EU, while only eight per cent of EU exports go to Britain. This imbalance is clearly disadvantageous as Britain seeks to forge a new trade...
EU extends economic curbs on Russia
Brussels: EU ambassadors agreed to roll over damaging economic sanctions against Russia for six months in the absence of any progress on resolving the Ukraine conflict, European sources said on Tuesday. The measures target the oil, financial and defence sectors of the Russian economy and were first imposed after the shooting down of Malaysia...
Three Ukrainian soldiers killed in separatist east
Kiev: Three Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and another injured in fresh clashes between pro-Russian rebels and government forces in the country’s separatist east, the military said on Sunday. “As a result of fighting, three Ukrainian soldiers have unfortunately been killed over the past 24 hours,” Ukrainian military spokesman Oleksandr...
EU extends Crimea sanctions until 2017
Brussels: The European Union on Friday rolled over for another year sanctions imposed to protest Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, which the bloc deems illegal. The announcement comes amid growing speculation the bloc will in coming days also renew much wider economic sanctions against Russia for aiding and abetting...
