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Pakistan wary as Afghanistan is set to get more arms from India
India has provided a little over $2 billion in economic assistance to Afghanistan in the last 15 years. India is set to deliver more arms to Afghanistan to help it fight Islamist militants, Kabul’s envoy to New Delhi said, even if Pakistan is wary of closer military cooperation between countries lying to its east and west. India has...
Arms sales to Saudi Arabia ‘illicit’ due to civilian deaths in Yemen: watchdog
GENEVA (Reuters) – A group that campaigns for stricter arms sales controls said on Monday that Western powers were breaking international law by selling vast amounts of weapons to Saudi Arabia that are being used to hit civilians in Yemen.The Control Arms Coalition said Britain, France and the United States were flouting the 2014 Arms Trade...
Afghans push India for more arms, despite Pakistan’s wary eye
India is set to deliver more arms to Afghanistan to help it fight militants, Kabul’s envoy to New Delhi said, even if Pakistan is wary of closer military cooperation between countries lying to its east and west. India has provided a little over $2 billion in economic assistance to Afghanistan in the last 15 years but has been more measured...
WIPO Announces Rating of World Innovative Technology Leaders
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has designed a new rating of world leading countries in the sphere of innovative technologies. Like in previous years, the leaders of the rating remained Switzerland, Sweden, Great Britain, the United States,...
Afghans push India for more arms, despite Pakistan’s wary eye
File – A helicopter donated by India is parked at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 25, 2015. Photo: Reuters NEW DELHI: India is set to deliver more arms to Afghanistan to help it fight Islamist militants, Kabul’s envoy to New Delhi said, even if Pakistan is wary of closer military cooperation between countries lying to its...
?Putin-mask? protester seeks asylum
KIEV: A Russian man who was repeatedly arrested for donning masks of President Vladimir Putin in anti-Kremlin pickets has crossed into Ukraine and is seeking political asylum. Roman Roslovtsev has spent weeks in detention for putting on an unflattering rubber caricature of the Russian leader´s face during protests against what critics call...
Russia’s Shoygu wanted by Ukraine
Ukrainian prosecutor’s office nails on charges against 39 Russia citizens, including Russian defense minister. …read more Source:...
JPMC admits suspected Congo case
A man suffering from symptoms like the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) was admitted in the Medical Intensive Care Unit of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) on Monday. An official of JPMC told PPI that a 35-year old man named Abdul Nabi who appeared to have symptoms of Congo fever was rushed to the emergency department of the...
U.S., Ukraine perform observation flights over Russia
The United States and Ukraine are carrying out observation flights over Russian territory using a U.S. observation plane under monitoring by Russian experts on Aug. 22-27, the Russian news agency Sputnik reported on Monday. …read more Source: <a href=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-08/22/c_135624637.htm target=_blank...
‘Vladmir Putin-mask’ protester seeks asylum in Ukraine
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