Section: Africa&ME
Police hit smuggling gang on high seas, seize 3.3 tonnes of cocaine
Authorities seized more than three tonnes of cocaine and arrested 11 people off Portugal’s Atlantic coast, dismantling a drug smuggling gang that operated across international waters from a cargo vessel, police said on Friday. The seizure of the 3.3 tonnes of cocaine – thought to be worth around $148 million at European street prices...
Israeli citizens detained in Kiev airport have been released
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Ukrainian official arrested over deadly acid attack
A Ukrainian court Friday placed a high-ranking regional official in custody after he was charged with organizing a deadly acid attack on an activist. …read more Source: The Daily...
Halep and Kerber tested before reaching semis
Simona Halep and Angelique Kerber were thoroughly tested yesterday before they joined Elina Svitolina in the semi-finals on a day which saw the leading seeds restore order at the withdrawal-hit Qatar Total Open. Halep, the top seed from Romania and world No. 3, huffed and puffed past Germany’s Julia Goerges, needing tie-breakers in both...
Russia to build new grain terminal in Crimea – RIA
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
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Thursday, February 14, 2019 – Arsenal take on Bate Borisov tonight in the first leg of their Europa League last 32 tie looking to register a third victory over the Belarusian champions in a space of 18 months.BATE have not played a competitive game since the end of the group stages due to their new domestic campaign not starting until...
Qatar’s missions mark National Sport Day
The diplomatic, consular and representative missions of Qatar abroad organised various sporting events to mark Qatar National Sport Day, amid great participation and interest.In Kuwait, the Qatar embassy organised a special event on the occasion of Sport Day. The event was attended by Qatar’s ambassador to Kuwait Bandar bin Mohamed...
Focused Halep on course for second Qatar title
Sport is often a case of mind over matter, and perhaps there’s none better to exemplify this than Simona Halep of Romania.A few hours after Karolina Pliskova pulled out of the Qatar Total Open because of fatigue and fever she blamed on the Czech Republic’s tiring and ill-fated Fed Cup quarter-finals against Romania in Ostrava last...
EU moves ahead with Russia gas pipeline despite US opposition
The European Union pushed ahead yesterday with an agreement that will allow Russia to continue to build a new gas pipeline to Europe, despite US warnings it posed a security risk.The EU’s revised gas directive aims to establish common gas market rules for pipelines entering the bloc from a third country, with all the focus on Russia’s...
Pompeo Says US Will Do “Everything in Its Power” to Stop Nord Stream 2 Pipeline
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday in a joint press conference with Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz that the US will do everything in its power to stop Russia’s plans to build the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Europe. Pompeo said that the pipeline from Russia to Germany, on which construction began last...
