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Ban opens UNGA with call for action on Europe’s migrant crisis
UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on Europe to do more to confront the migration crisis, in his opening address to the General Assembly meeting of world leaders. ‘I urge Europe to do more,’ Ban told the 193-nation assembly. Europe’s worst migration crisis since Second World War looms large over this year’s...
Russia pushes for anti-IS ‘co-ordination’
As negotiations continue, the war in Syria is continuing unchecked.–Reuters photo Russian president Vladimir Putin has called for a regional ‘co-ordinating structure’ against Islamic State. Putin iterated his support for Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, who Western countries and the Syrian opposition have said must go. The crisis is...
Obama and Putin to meet; Syria and Ukraine vie for attention
US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in New York next week at a time of high tension in Europe and the Middle East, but the Kremlin and the White House disagreed on Thursday over the top priority for the talks. …read more Source:...
Ukraine leader expresses wish to join NATO
KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday told the country’s security council that staying out of the NATO alliance was a “criminal” policy that his government is ready to reverse, AP/UNB reported. More than 8,000 people have died in Ukraine’s fight against separatist rebels in the east since April 2014. Russia backed the...
Chelsea hammers Maccabi Tel Aviv 4-0 in UEFA Champions League
Sports Desk Chelsea eased to a 4-0 victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv in its opening Group G match in the Champions League on Wednesday, but the performance at Stamford Bridge was not as convincing as the scoreline, reports Yahoo. Willian and Oscar hit the back of the net in the first half, before a brilliant finish from Diego Costa and a late Cesc...
It took a toddler’s death for us to wake up
Three-year-old Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi wearing tiny shoes was found lying face-down on a beach near Turkish resort of Bodrum on 2nd September, shocking the conscience of the community of the world and at the same time depicting the deplorable state of humanism. Among the Europeans, Germany, France, Britain, Netherlands, Sweden and Finland have...
Ukraine campaigns to strip Russia of UN veto power
KIEV : Ukraine redoubled its efforts Wednesday to see Russia stripped of its veto power on the UN Security Council when the global body’s General Assembly meets in the coming weeks, BSS/AFP reported. Numerous nations are upset with Russia for being one of the five permanent council members that together with China has blocked a series of UN...
Syria crisis tests Obama’s legacy
WASHINGTON: US presidents are just as likely to be remembered for their foreign policy failures as their successes. Jimmy Carter sealed the Camp David accords, bringing peace between Israel and Egypt, but his presidency wilted with every passing day of the Iran hostage crisis, BSS/AFP reported. Bill Clinton failed to stop the horrors of...
Ukrainian PM warns West not to lift Russia sanctions
KIEV: Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Saturday urged the West not to lift sanctions on Russia for its role in the Ukraine conflict unless the Minsk peace deal is fully implemented, BSS/AFP reported. His call came ahead of a meeting of the foreign ministers of Germany, Russia, Ukraine and France in Berlin to prepare for a summit to...
