Section: United Arab Emirates
Russia vows World Cup crackdown on scalpers
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev vowed yesterday to crack down harshly on people who intended to profit from reselling their tickets to the 2018 World Cup. The price of admission for the June 14-July 15 event ranges from 1,200 roubles ($22, 19 euros) for the nosebleed seats at the opening matches to 66,000 roubles for the best ones...
Nato allies agree on new military headquarters
Nato allies backed plans yesterday for two new military headquarters to help protect Europe in the event of a conflict with Russia, laying the ground for the US-led alliance’s biggest expansion in decades.Hoping to add to its deterrent factor against Russia, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) defence ministers agreed to create an...
UN warns of chlorine gas disaster in Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations on Wednesday raised alarm that an escalation of fighting in east Ukraine could lead to a deadly chlorine gas disaster. Fighting between pro-Russian separatist fighters and Ukrainian troops has intensified near water, electricity and gas stations, threatening supplies in the Donetsk region as winter approaches....
Europe’s hard-core problem
President Emmanuel Macron’s election in France and the likely continuation of Angela Merkel’s chancellorship in Germany are dramatically at odds with developments in the rest of Europe, which has become increasingly unstable and unpredictable. One wonders if the European Union’s hard Franco-German core is becoming too hard for...
Barshim soars to the top
Qatar’s world champion high jumper Mutaz Essa Barshim poses with his Best Male Athlete from Asia trophy at the annual ANOC (Association of National Olympic Committees) gala awards in Prague yesterday. The two-time Olympic medallist and 2017 IAAF world champion accepted the award from Ukrainian pole vault legend Sergey Bubka on the opening...
UAE, Ukraine sign MoUs on visa exemption, space industry
Mohammad Bin Rashid, Ukrainian President Poroshenko discuss bilateral relations …read more Source: Gulf...
Turkish passenger plane makes unscheduled stop in Ukraine
A Pegasus Airlines plane flying from Moscow to Istanbul made an unscheduled landing at Odessa airport in southern More… …read more Source: Emirates...
Putin assassination plot suspect is wounded, wife killed near Kyiv
A Chechen volunteer soldier who was accused of plotting to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin was wounded and his wife killed on Monday when their car was strafed by gunfire near Kyiv.The apparent assassination was the latest involving high-profile figures in Ukraine who bitterly opposed Russia.It also threatened to further damage relations...
Putin assassination plot suspect wounded
Kiev: A Chechen volunteer soldier who was accused of plotting to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin was wounded and his wife killed on Monday when their car was strafed by gunfire near Kiev. The apparent assassination was the latest involving high-profile figures in Ukraine who bitterly opposed Russia. It also threatened to further damage...
Putin assassination plot suspect wounded, wife killed in Ukraine
Car in which Chechen volunteer soldier Adam Osmayev and Amina Okuyeva were travelling hit by volley of bullets in Ukraine …read more Source: Gulf...
