Section: Africa&ME
Exit poll: Polish president suffers shock reverse in first round vote
Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski came in a surprise second behind his conservative opponent in the first round of a presidential election on Sunday and must now face him in a run-off, an exit poll showed. Being forced into another round later this month pointed to voter disenchantment, an alarming prospect for Komorowski’s allies in...
US, Russia to meet Tuesday to discuss Ukraine crisis
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who had a telephone conversation on Sunday, have agreed to meet on Tuesday to discuss possible joint steps their countries might take to discussion various current conflicts. …read more Source: World...
US, Russian foreign ministers to hold talks Tuesday
US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet in Sochi on Tuesday with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov for talks on ongoing unrest in Ukraine, Syria and Yemen, Russian news agencies reported …read more Source: The Daily...
Drunk forces flight return
A MALAYSIA Airlines flight to Colombo had to turn back to Kuala Lumpur due to a drunk passenger, the national carrier said yesterday. Flight MH179 had taken off from Kuala Lumpur late on Saturday. “The intoxicated passenger started harassing Malaysia Airlines’ crew shortly after the flight was airborne,” the company said. “Due to his big...
Russian president slams West’s double standards toward Yemen
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has criticized the double standards of Western states and the US toward Yemen. According to IRIB World Service, in an address to reporters at the end of his talks with the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, in Moscow on Sunday, the Russian president termed as unacceptable the US double standards toward...
Hegemony in the Making: Germany on the Way to Becoming a Political Giant
Germany on the Way to Becoming a Political Giant Rainer Rilling(Translation by Eric Canepa) Germany is an economic giant but a political dwarf. Ever since the run-up to the First World War, this thesis has been firmly established in the conservative camp and it remains the basic assumption of a century of German foreign and security policy. In...
Germany calls for peaceful solution to end east Ukraine conflict
Russian president Vladimir Putin has accused the West of pursuing double standard. Putin went on to say that applying the Minsk agreement will be hard, but Russia and Germany need to work together to influence all parties to help end the conflict. He supported the idea that only the OSCE will be able to apply the MINSK agreement in eastern...
Merkel urges cooperation after missing Russian WWII victory parade
MOSCOW — German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday paid tribute to Soviet soldiers killed in WWII as she called for cooperation with Russia amid tensions over Ukraine. Merkel flew to Moscow to lay a wreath at the grave of the Unknown Soldier near the Kremlin walls, in an apparent compromise gesture after she skipped...
Russia, Germany agree diplomacy key Ukraine peace
Russian President Putin and German Chancellor Merkel have agreed in Moscow that the Minsk deal is the only way to resolve the crisis in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: World...
Russia, Germany agree diplomacy key to peace in Ukraine
Russian President Putin and German Chancellor Merkel have agreed in Moscow that the Minsk deal is the only way to resolve the crisis in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Anadolu...
