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Putin cancels Paris visit amid heated Syria row
PARIS: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday cancelled a visit to France due to a furious row with French President Francois Hollande over Moscow’s role in the Syrian conflict. The announcement from the Kremlin came a day after French President Francois Hollande said Syrian forces had committed a “war crime” in the battered city of...
Good news! Shah Rukh Khan’s unreleased mini series ‘Ahamaq’ to be screened at Mumbai film festival
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s lesser known mini series-turned-film Ahamaq will be screened at the upcoming Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival in Mumbai. Directed by filmmaker Mani Kaul, the film was first released as a four part TV mini-series on Doordarshan in 1991, before being screened at the New York Film Festival in 1992. Ahamaq, however, was...
Desmond Ball Unbound
Professor Desmond Ball, as seen on the Thai-Burma border. (Photo: Phil Thornton) For the past 20 years Professor Ball, an Australian, spent much of his time among Burma’s ethnic people and armed groups. His books include The Ties That Bind, Burma’s Military Secrets and The Boys in Black, about Thailand’s paramilitary border...
Turkey ‘fears Russia-US war’ over Syria
ANKARA, Turkey: Turkey said on Wednesday it fears the world will be plunged into a global conflict with superpowers Russia and the US on opposing sides if the proxy war in Syria continues. “If this proxy war continues, after this, let me be clear, America and Russia will come to a point of war,” Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus...
Kremlin says too early to confirm Putin visit to Berlin
MOSCOW – The Kremlin is not yet ready to say whether Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend a meeting with EU leaders for talks on the Ukraine crisis in Berlin on Oct. 19, spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a conference call with reporters on Wednesday…. …read more Source:...
Koshpendiler Project Connects Kazakhstan-Born People Overseas
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Young and old are actively travelling and exploring the world, thus rethinking the role of nomad in today’s international society. Four ambitious professionals who currently reside in Germany, Kazakhstan and Russia recently launched the...
Clinton blames Trump, WikiLeaks, Moscow after new leaks
WHITE PLAINS, United States: The head of Hillary Clinton’s campaign team John Podesta slammed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday for helping Republican rival Donald Trump in the bitter White House race, while accusing Moscow of being behind the hack. The anti-secrecy website has published thousands of emails from John...
Duterte to keep US ties but questions the need for military alliance
AFTER previously declaring that he would eventually break up with the United States, President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday, October 11 that he does not intend to cut the military alliance with the country’s long-standing ally. “I do not mean to cancel or abrogate the military alliances [with the U.S.],” Duterte said after the...
Putin cancels visit to Paris in heated Syria row
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday cancelled a visit to France in a furious row over Moscow’s role in the Syrian conflict. Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with reporters during a visit for a summit of former Soviet republics at Kyrgyzstan’s international Manas airport outside Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, September 17, 2016....
Duterte warns vs ‘arrogant’ Putin, Xi
President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he will not end military alliances with other countries but he warned against the “arrogance” of some of the world’s leaders. In his speech during an oath-taking ceremony in Malacañang, Duterte not only went after the United States, but also the leaders of China and Russia. “Alam mo, itong arrogance...
