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South China Sea dispute: As Obama weighed patrol to counter China, Pentagon urged faster action
South China Sea islands. The U.S. naval challenge to China’s territorial assertiveness in the South China Sea this week came after months of frustration within the Pentagon at what some defense officials saw as unnecessary delays by the White House and State Department in approving the mission. As early as mid-May, the Pentagon was...
Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene sign up for Pakistan Super League
The PCB has announced that Sri Lankan stalwarts Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene have signed up for the inaugural edition of the Pakistan Super League. The Lankan legends, who retired this year from all forms of cricket are the first official signings of the league, although the PCB has announced that around 150 overseas players have given...
Roger Federer easily beats Mikhail Kukushkin in Swiss Indoors
Roger Federer bounced back to form with a quick-fire win over Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan on Tuesday as he began his bid for a seventh title at his hometown tournament in Basel. The Swiss maestro had been dumped out by Spain’s unheralded Albert Ramos-Vinolas in his opening match at the Shanghai Masters last time out but recovered his...
Rafael Nadal narrowly avoids another defeat to Lukas Rosol
Third seed Rafael Nadal came within two points of defeat by old nemesis Lukas Rosol before sparking into life and reaching the second round of the Swiss Indoors tournament in Basel on Monday. Spaniard Nadal was in all sorts of trouble, trailing by a set and 5-4 and with 69th-ranked Rosol serving at 30-0, but his Czech opponent framed a basic...
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Slams Ukraine’s Flight Ban
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev today slammed the Ukrainian government’s decision to ban Russian airlines from flying to Ukraine, describing it as an action of shooting itself in the foot. …read more Source:...
Decisive Ukraine polls marred by cancelled vote in key port
Western-backed Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s fragile ruling coalition faced a major survival test on Sunday in local elections that were instantly marred as voting was cancelled in the strategic port of Mariupol. …read more Source: The Times of...
Direct flights between Russia and Ukraine stopped
Travelers between the two nations will now have to fly through another country, take the overnight train or drive. …read more Source: The Times of...
Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif faces contempt case for speaking English at United Nations
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif faces a contempt case for failing to deliver his speech in Urdu at the UN General Assembly in violation of a verdict by the country’s Supreme Court. The court in September ordered the government to take steps for implementation of article 251 of the Constitution to make Urdu the official language. The...
Flights between Russia and Ukraine to stop due to sanctions
Flights between Russia and Ukraine will be terminated on Sunday after the countries exchanged sanctions against their airlines amid a standoff over Moscow’s support of separatists in the east of Ukraine. …read more Source: The Times of...
Flights between Russia and Ukraine to stop due to sanctions
Air passenger traffic between the two countries stood at 657,000 in the first half of 2015 with Russian airlines handling two-thirds of that …read more Source: The...
