Section: United Arab Emirates
Netherlands, Australia vow to pursue convictions for downing of MH17
Australia and the Netherlands said on Wednesday they will pursue criminal prosecutions for those responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 that killed 298 people even if it takes many years. The airliner was shot down on July 17, 2014, over territory held by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine as it was flying from...
US meddling in Ukraine is a disaster
Thanks to a newly released trove of US official correspondence, the world now knows just how clumsily the Trump administration tried to get Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to serve its political ends. Perhaps the embarrassment will finally teach the Americans a lesson: This kind of meddling in foreign governments’ affairs will do...
Yovanovitch is latest casualty of Trump war on career diplomats
The treatment of US ambassador Marie Yovanovitch — disparaged by President Donald Trump and abruptly recalled from Ukraine — exemplifies what current and former US officials describe as a campaign by Trump against career diplomats.A veteran diplomat who has led the US embassies in Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine, Yovanovitch’s stint as...
Thousands protest Ukraine leader’s peace plan
About 10,000 people including Ukraine’s former president Petro Poroshenko gathered in central Kiev on Sunday to protest a plan for broader autonomy for separatist territories ahead of a high-stakes summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. The protesters, who descended on Kiev’s Independence Square known locally as Maidan, chanted...
Aide: US Energy Secretary Perry pushed Trump for Ukraine call, for energy issues
US Energy Secretary Rick Perry encouraged President Donald Trump to speak to Ukraine’s president – but on energy and economic issues, Perry’s spokeswoman said on Sunday, addressing …read more Source:: Al...
Second whistleblower in Trump-Ukraine controversy comes forward: Lawyer
A second whistleblower, with first-hand knowledge of President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, has spoken with the intelligence community’s internal watchdog, the lawyer representing …read more Source:: Al...
Pompeo drawn deep into the Ukraine scandal
Less than a month ago, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo triumphed over rivals to emerge as the dominant force in Donald Trump’s foreign policy. Pompeo’s ascendancy was confirmed in a very public manner when Trump sacked his chief adversary, John Bolton, as national security adviser on September 10. But Pompeo’s fortunes have...
Qatar, a perfect mix of cultural diversity and national identity
Qatar was elected to the membership of the Intergovernmental Committee of the 2005 Convention for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) in June 2018, affirming the confidence of the international community in the country’s...
Inside Macron’s Russia initiative
French President Emmanuel Macron is one of those leaders who wants to bend the arc of history. Having upended French politics, he has secured positions for his preferred candidates at the head of the European Commission and the European Central Bank, and is now trying to improve Europe’s relationship with Russia.French officials are...
Ukraine must investigate Biden’s son, says former prime minister
Ukraine must investigate the activities of US presidential candidate Joe Biden’s son to establish whether his role in a Ukrainian gas company complied with the country’s laws, Mykola Azarov, Ukraine’s former prime minister, said in an interview.Azarov did not specify to which Ukrainian laws he was referring.Hunter Biden’s...
