Section: theSun (Malaysia)
Putin lifts Turkey travel restrictions, orders trade ‘normalised’
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday lifted Moscow’s travel restrictions to Turkey and ordered trade ties normalised after his first phone call with counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan since Ankara downed a Russian jet last year. In the wake of the November incident Moscow slapped a range of sanctions on Ankara, including an embargo...
First foreign victims confirmed in Istanbul blasts
ISTANBUL: An Iranian and a Ukrainian have been confirmed as the first foreign victims in the Istanbul airport suicide attack, a Turkish official said Wednesday. “I confirm one Iranian and one Ukrainian national have been killed in yesterday’s terror attack,” the official told reporters on condition of anonymity. At least 36...
US accuses Russia of harassing, intimidating diplomats
WASHINGTON: The United States has complained to Russia about a mounting campaign of harassment and intimidation of American diplomats and their families in Moscow, the State Department said on Monday. Among those to raise objections, US Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the issue with Russian President Vladimir Putin in March, State...
Will the Dutch follow Britain out the door?
THE HAGUE: Britain’s vote to leave the EU has sent shockwaves across the Netherlands, a founding father of the European community, but despite a push by eurosceptics analysts say a referendum here is unlikely soon. “Now it is our turn,” trumpeted Geert Wilders, the leader of the anti-Islam far right Freedom Party (PVV), just...
Knockout ties will bring out best in Germany: Neuer
LILLE, France: Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer believes the world champions can put a slow start to Euro 2016 behind them and thrive under the pressure of knockout football when they face Slovakia on Sunday. Joachim Loew’s side progressed to the last 16 as winners of Group C, beating Ukraine and Northern Ireland, drawing with Poland and all...
Nato to boost Romania presence
BRUSSELS: Nato will send units to Romania, alliance head Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday, on top of battalions being deployed in the three Baltic states and Poland in response to Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. Nato has undergone a major revamp since the Ukraine crisis and Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, beefing up its presence...
Nato to deploy 4 ‘robust’ battalions in Baltics, Poland
BRUSSELS: Nato will deploy four international battalions to Poland and the three Baltic states as part of the wider pushback against Russia’s intervention in Ukraine, alliance head Jens Stoltenberg said Monday. “We will agree to deploy by rotation four robust multi-national battalions in the Baltic states and Poland,”...
Security fears, strikes cloud French Euro 2016 buildup
PARIS: Two days before Euro 2016 kicks off in France, unresolved strikes and security fears hung over the tournament with Paris scrambling Wednesday to stop rubbish piling up in its streets. Europe’s four-yearly football extravaganza is taking place just seven months after jihadists killed 130 people in the French capital and there are...
Obama to make last trip to Europe
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama will visit Poland and Spain in July, in what will likely be his final trip to Europe, a continent that has often presented more problems than opportunities during his presidency. The White House said that Obama will travel to Warsaw on July 7-9 for “his fifth and final summit with NATO leaders,”...
France tries to resolve transport woes before Euro 2016
PARIS: French rail unions held make-or-break talks with employers Monday to try to end a six-day strike that threatens to disrupt the Euro 2016 football championships already clouded by security fears. Tensions were raised on Monday as Ukraine’s intelligence service said it had arrested a Frenchman who was allegedly planning to stage 15...
