Section: United Arab Emirates
Obama, Putin to confront tensions on Syria, Ukraine
Face-to-face for the first time in nearly a year, Obama and Putin on Monday will confront rising tensions over Moscow’s military engagement in Syria …read more Source: Al...
Syrian crisis won’t change German position on Russia: Merkel ally
The EU and Germany have so far insisted that sanctions against Russia can only be lifted after an agreed peace plan for Ukraine …read more Source: Al...
Netherlands to repatriate more MH17 bodies
AMSTERDAM: The Dutch government said on Friday it would repatriate more remains of victims from last year’s Malaysia Airlines MH17 air crash over Ukraine, as it prepared to publish a report into the cause. The Dutch justice ministry said a ceremony to mark the arrival of the latest remains unearthed would be held at Amsterdam’s...
Ukraine bans Russian airlines as part of curbs
KIEV: Ukraine is banning flights by Russian airlines from Oct.25 as part of a wave of sanctions against Russia over its support for separatists in the east of the country, the government said on Friday. Kiev said last week it was imposing restrictions on more than 90 companies or groups, mostly from Russia, and including airlines Transaero and...
Obama and Putin to meet; Syria and Ukraine vie for attention
U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in New York next week at a time of high tension in Europe and the Middle East. …read more Source:...
Nato worried of Russian muscle-flexing
BRUSSELS: Nato head Jens Stoltenberg told AFP on Thursday there was still a “strong” Russian presence in eastern Ukraine in support of pro-Moscow rebels although a recent ceasefire seems to be holding. Stoltenberg said he backed the continuation of European Union and United States sanctions against Russia over its involvement in Ukraine until...
West and Turkey soften tone towards Assad regime
BEIRUT// As the Syrian government began using newly acquired Russian aircraft to bomb ISIL positions this week, western countries, along with Turkey, have increasingly softened their tone on the Assad regime.The continued Russian military build-up in Syria appears to be pushing western governments and Ankara to rethink their Syrian policies at a...
Vladimir Putin: the unlikely father figure for a motherland reinvented
In the summer of 2011, the Russian media were summoned to the Black Sea, where an archaeological dive had been under way for some time to explore the ruins of the ancient Greek city of Phanagoria. On that day, though, the diver was not an official member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, but rather the country’s former president, current...
France sells warships to Egypt, after Russia deal scrapped
French President Francois Hollande said Wednesday Egypt had agreed to buy two Mistral warships which France built for Russia before scrapping the sale over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: Gulf...
Egypt to buy two Mistral warships for EUR950m-source
The two ships were planned for sale to Russia but the sale was cancelled in August in protest over Russia’s role in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
