Section: Africa&ME
Berlin, NATO Caution Against Reducing The Number Of US Troops In Germany
In this file photo taken on March 04, 2020, US soldiers patrol prior to an artillery live-fire event by the US Army Europe’s 41st Field Artillery Brigade at the military training area in Grafenwoehr, Germany. Christof STACHE / AFP Germany and NATO on Tuesday underlined the importance of US troops in Germany for security on both sides of the...
Ukraine First Lady Hospitalised With Pneumonia
People walk in front of St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev on March 31, 2019, during Ukraine’s presidential election. Sergei GAPON / AFP Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska, who last week tested positive for the coronavirus, has been hospitalised with pneumonia, the presidency said on Tuesday. Zelenska, 42, has been diagnosed with double...
Coronavirus: Ukraine President’s wife hospitalized due to COVID-19
The wife of Ukraine’s President, Olena Zelenska, was hospitalized after contracting coronavirus and her condition was stable, the presidential office said onTuesday.Zelenska said last week she had tested positive for coronavirus, while her husband Volodymyr Zelenskiy and their two children had tested negative. …read more Source:: Al...
US ‘outraged’ as Russia convicts ex-marine of spying
The United States expressed outrage Monday over a Russian court’s conviction of American Paul Whelan on espionage charges, saying he was deprived of a fair trial.Whelan, a former Marine arrested in December 2018, was sentenced Monday to 16 years of hard labor after being found guilty of receiving classified information.“The United States is...
Iran says virus delays reading of Ukraine airline black boxes
Iran said on Monday that the coronavirus pandemic has slowed its plans to send abroad the black boxes of a Ukrainian plane its forces mistakenly shot down in January. “From the first days of this painful incident, we announced our readiness to cooperate in investigating the black boxes of the Ukrainian plane,” government spokesman Ali...
Europe Reopens Borders But China Battles New Virus Outbreak
A passenger wearing a face mask and gloves as a preventive measure pushes a trolley at the Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suarez Airport in Barajas on March 20, 2020. JAVIER SORIANO / AFP. A raft of EU nations reopened their borders to fellow Europeans on Monday after months of coronavirus curbs, but China was battling a new outbreak that has stoked fears...
Egypt’s one-day coronavirus infections at new high: Live updates
Egypt also records highest COVID-19 death rate among Arab nations, while Ukraine posts record-high cases for third day. …read more Source:: AL...
Iran judge accused of corruption, human rights violations arrested in Romania
Gholamreza Mansouri, an Iranian judge accused of corruption in Iran and of human rights violations by activists, has been arrested in Romania by the Interpol, Iran confirmed on Saturday. Mansouri cannot yet be extradited back to Iran due to coronavirus restrictions, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein...
Bolton To Release A Book That Accuses Trump of More Impeachable ’Transgressions’
Defying the White House, former national security advisor John Bolton will release a book that suggests US President Donald Trump committed impeachable offenses beyond Ukraine and alleges that his entire foreign policy is motivated by domestic politics, his publisher said Friday. Trump earlier this year warned Bolton not to publish his book while...
Canada Agrees with Iran’s Plan to Send Black Boxes of Downed Plane to France
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Canada has agreed with Iran’s new plan to send the black boxes from a downed Ukraine Airlines jetliner directly to France instead of Ukraine, a report said. …read more Source:: Tasnim News...
