Section: Africa&ME
Qatar in FIBA 3×3 World Cup quarters
Qatar’s Erfan Ali Saeed (centre) tries to go past Sri Lanka’s Isuru Perera (left) during their Pool C match at the FIBA 3×3 World Cup 2017 in Nantes, France, yesterday. Qatar won the match 20-4. Earlier in the day, Ukraine stayed unbeaten in the group by edging out Qatar in a thriller 21-20. Having secured the second spot in the...
McCain berates deputy defense secretary nominee
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) criticized Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan for not answering a question on the conflict in Ukraine during a Senate hearing on June 20. Shanahan has been nominated to be deputy defense secretary.Politics …read more Source:...
Tech: Mesmerizing maps show the global flow of refugees over the last 15 years
The last decade and a half have been rife with civil unrest, leading millions of displaced persons to seek new, safer lives across foreign borders. President Trump’s administration has made repeated claims that their proposed immigration bans are meant to stop the flow of refugees across US borders. In honor of World Refugee Day, observed...
US Sanctions Donetsk, Lugansk People’s Republics Banks
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The United States sanctioned three banks that operate in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), the US Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said in a press release on Tuesday. “Central Republic Bank is the central bank of the so-called ‘DPR’ and is...
Trump calls US student’s death a ‘total disgrace’
Washington — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the death of 22-year-old Otto Warmbier after his lengthy detention in North Korea was a “total disgrace,” and said if the college student had been returned home to the U.S. earlier, “I think the result would have been a lot different.” Trump said he had spoken with...
US sanctions 38 individuals, entities over Russian actions in Ukraine
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Kiev Court Extends Arrest of Russian Serviceman Abducted Near Crimea
KIEV (Sputnik) – In November 2016, the Russian Defense Ministry said Staff Sgt. Alexander Baranov and Warrant Officer Maxim Odintsov were kidnapped and whisked across the border to the Mykolaiv region of Ukraine with an apparent goal to press criminal charges against them. The Security Service of Ukraine said later that the detained Russian...
EU Publishes Decision on Extending Anti-Crimea Sanctions by 1 Year
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – On Monday, the Council of the European Union made a decision to extend the sanctions in a number of spheres, such as imports of products, investment, tourism services, transport, telecommunications among others, until June 23, 2018. According to the EU legislation, the decision comes into force after its publication in the...
Ukrainian Speaker Claims US May Deploy Military Reserves to Assist Country
KIEV (Sputnik) – On June 12-16, Parubii visited the United States. During the visit, the official called for a bilateral US-Ukrainian accord on security and for the provision of lethal weapons to Kiev. “It [the agreement] implies carrying out special operations, implementation of joint scientific and technical developments and deployment on the...
Ukraine leader Poroshenko to meet Trump
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday for talks on security, political and economic issues, Poroshenko’s office said. “It is very important that my meeting, as the Ukrainian president, in the White House will be earlier than (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s meeting,” it...
