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John Kerry flies into ex-Soviet Georgia to improve security cooperation
John Kerry, US Secretary of State, arrived in Georgia to sign agreements to deepen defence and security cooperation with the former Soviet state days before an important NATO summit. US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Georgia on July 6 where he will sign agreements to deepen defence and security cooperation with the former Soviet state...
NATO-Russia talks must tackle Ukraine ‘withdrawal’: Poland
Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz) Planned NATO talks with Moscow should be focussed solely on Russia’s “withdrawal” from Ukrainian soil, Polish Defence Minister Antoni Macierewicz has said. The minister was reacting to NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg’s announcement Monday that the transatlantic alliance...
MMRC awards Metro III corridor contracts to L&T, HCC
Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRCL) has awarded contracts worth Rs 7,796 crore to L&T and HCC for construction of underground stations and metro lines for the 33.5 km Colaba-Bandra-Seepz corridor. The corporation awarded a Rs 2,523-crore contract to Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) and its joint venture firm MMS, for construction of...
Rio 2016: India’s Neeraj Goyat one step closer to Olympic qualification
WBC Asian champion Neeraj Goyat was the lone Indian left in fray for an Olympic berth after he entered the semifinals even as other two bowed out following first round losses in the International Boxing Association’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament for professional boxers in Vargas, Venezuela. The 24-year-old Neeraj (69kg) defeated...
Dhaka terror attack: Bodies of seven Japanese return from Bangladesh
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, left, lays flowers on the coffins of the victims who were killed in the last weekend’s attack on a restaurant in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, at Tokyo airport. (AP Photo) Under gray skies, the bodies of the seven Japanese killed in a militant attack in Bangladesh returned to home soil early Tuesday...
Russian spy sought to bug Lithuanian president’s home: prosecutors
Identified only as Russian FSB security service agent NF, the Russian citizen was charged with espionage, document forgery and illegally crossing the border, the prosecutors’ office said in a statement. A Russian spy attempted to recruit Lithuanian officials to bug the home of the Baltic NATO state’s president, prosecutors said on...
Ukraine will join EU within 10 years: PM Groysman
Ukraine will join the EU within the next decade, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said on Friday, adding that his country still believed strongly in the bloc despite Britain’s vote to leave. Groysman told Germany’s Funke media group that Ukraine saw its future in the West and hailed an association agreement with the EU as a...
UN General Assembly elects Italy for 2017 in deal with Netherlands
The United Nations General Assembly elected Italy to fill the final UN Security Council seat for 2017 on Wednesday after voting between Italy and The Netherlands was deadlocked and the pair agreed to split the two-year term on the council. Italy has pledged to step down after one year to allow The Netherlands to be elected to the council by the...
Italy, Netherlands to share terms on UN Security Council 2017
Countries need more than two-thirds of the vote to win a seat at UN council. (File) The United Nations General Assembly elected Italy to fill the final UN Security Council seat for 2017 on Wednesday after voting between Italy and the Netherlands was deadlocked and the pair agreed to split the two-year term on the council. Italy has pledged to...
Vladimir Putin says NATO provoking arms race ‘frenzy’ in Europe
Russia bitterly opposes NATO’s expansion into its Soviet-era satellites and has said it will create three new divisions in its southwest region to meet what it described as a dangerous military build-up along its borders. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, insisted Moscow will not be dragged into an arms race by NATO as he...
