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Kazakhstan’s Air Ambulance – More than 8,000 Departures in Five Years
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s air ambulance service has made 8,643 departures beginning with its first flight on July 12, 2011. Since its inception, 323 calls were made in 2011, 1,005 in 2012, 1,355 in 2013, 1,875 in 2014, 2,149 in 2015 and 1,936 missions in the...
Pakistan signs deal to supply 52 Super Mushshak jets to Turkey
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Minister for Defence Production Rana Tanveer Hussain on Wednesday said that Pakistan has signed a deal with Turkey to supply 52 Super Mushshak aircrafts.Talking to media at IDEAS 2016 in Karachi, Rana Tanveer said the deal will strengthen ties between two brotherly countries and will result in huge foreign exchange for...
Russian tankers defy EU ban to smuggle jet fuel to Syria
File- Russian military jets are seen at Hmeymim air base in Syria, on June 18, 2016. Photo: Reuters LONDON: Russian tankers have smuggled jet fuel to Syria through EU waters, bolstering military supplies to a war-torn country where Moscow is carrying out air strikes in support of the government, according to sources with knowledge of the matter....
Burmese govt named & shamed as landmine user
The number of people killed or injured by landmines across the world reached a 10-year high last year, driven by a spike in improvised devices planted by militant groups like the Islamic State, researchers said on Tuesday. Casualties caused by landmines, victim-activated explosive devices and unexploded weapons left behind after war totalled...
Maintaining the calm after the storm
November 23, 2016 5:00 AMUkrainian National Guard members walking past a woman wearing a colourful costume as they patrolled near Independence Square in Kiev yesterday, following a night of violence by activists of some far-right Ukrainian parties. …read more Source: The Straits...
Not to give Ukraine EU visa deal will embolden Putin – Rasmussen
KIEV (Reuters) – Russia will be more aggressive towards Ukraine if the European Union does not honour a promise of visa-free travel for Ukrainians, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the former NATO chief and now an adviser to Kiev’s president, said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Not to give Ukraine EU visa deal will embolden Putin – Rasmussen
Russia will be more aggressive towards Ukraine if the European Union does not honour a promise of visa-free travel for Ukrainians, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the former NATO chief and now an adviser to Kiev’s president, said on Tuesday. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine’s Chernihiv hosts exhibition “Armenian heritage of Ukraine”
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Envoy for enhancing trade ties between Pakistan, Ukraine
Ambassador of Ukraine to Pakistan Volodymyr Lakomov has said that Ukrainian Embassy considers enhancing business-to-business (B2B) interaction between the entities in Ukraine and Pakistan as one of the most promising and priority directions within the bilateral relations. Speaking at a meeting during his visit to Karachi Chamber, the Ukrainian...
Ukraine investing attacks by far-right activists on Russian bank, office of pro-Kremlin politician
November 22, 2016 8:31 PMKIEV (AFP) – Kiev police said on Tuesday (Nov 22) they were investigating an attack by far-right activists on a Russian bank and the office of a Ukrainian politician who is close friends with Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: The Straits...
