Section: The Himalayan Times (Nepal)
German defense minister says Trump can’t treat NATO like a business
German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen speaks to Kurdish Peshmerga and German Bundeswehr soldiers during her visit to the educational centre Banslawa near Erbil, Iraq, on September 23, 2016. Photo: Reutes US president-elect Donald Trump needs to clarify his views on Russia, and to understand that NATO must be treated as an alliance of...
Clinton, Obama pledge unity behind Trump presidency
US President-elect Donald Trump speaks at his election night rally in Manhattan, New York, US, on November 9, 2016. Photo: Reuters Republican Donald Trump put aside the celebrations and focused on Wednesday on his 73-day transition to the White House as rival Hillary Clinton promised to bury the bitterness of their long presidential race and work...
Presidential vote in Bulgaria could herald closer Russia ties
Tsetska Tsacheva (left), presidential candidate of the Bulgaria’s ruling centre-right GERB party, waves next to vice-presidential candidate Plamen Manushev during an election rally in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, on November 4, 2016. Photo: Reuters SOFIA: Bulgarians vote in a closely fought presidential election on Sunday that could plunge the Black...
Napoli’s Captain Fantastic Hamsik denies Besiktas
Napoli’s Amadou Diawara reacts after Marek Hamsik scored a goal REUTERS ISTANBUL: A stunning strike from Marek Hamsik cancelled out Ricardo Quaresma’s penalty as Napoli forced a 1-1 draw at Besiktas on Tuesday to stay on course for the last 16 of the Champions League. Portugal winger Quaresma crashed the ball in from the spot in the...
Salvio penalty hands Benfica victory over Kiev
Benfica’s Eduardo Salvio in action against Dynamo Kyiv’s Yevhen Khacheridi. REUTERS LISBON: Benfica’s Eduardo Salvio converted a penalty and Dynamo Kiev missed one as the Portuguese side won 1-0 on Tuesday to go level on points with Napoli at the top of their Champions League group. Salvio put Benfica ahead in first-half...
NATO seeks troops to deter Russia on eastern flank
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a news conference at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, October 25, 2016. REUTERS BRUSSELS: NATO will press allies on Wednesday to contribute to its biggest military build-up on Russia’s borders since the Cold War as the alliance prepares for a protracted quarrel with...
Italy resists EU push for Russia sanctions over Aleppo bombings
Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi talks to the media as he leaves a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, on October 21, 2016. Photo: Reuters BRUSSELS: European Union leaders condemned Russia on Friday for its bombing of civilians in Syria’s besieged city of Aleppo but faced resistance from Italy to impose new...
Clinton accuses Trump of being Putin’s ‘puppet’
WASHINGTON: Democrat Hillary Clinton accused Republican presidential rival Donald Trump on Wednesday of being a “puppet” for Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose country has been accused by US intelligence officials of meddling in the US election. Putin has been repeatedly thrust into the campaign for the November 8 US election. Trump has...
Four-way talks move ahead on Ukraine, scant progress on Syria
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, French President Francois Hollande, Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier attend talks on a stalled peace plan for eastern Ukraine at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, October 19, 2016. REUTERS BERLIN: Germany and France pressed...
Major Russian naval deployment to intensify Aleppo assault: NATO diplomat
A man rides a bicycle near damaged buildings in the rebel held besieged al-Sukkari neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria October 19, 2016. REUTERS BRUSSELS: Russian warships off the coast of Norway are carrying fighter bombers that are likely to reinforce a final assault on the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo in two weeks, a senior NATO diplomat said on...
