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France's Marine Le Pen in Moscow amid Ukraine tensions
MOSCOW (Reuters) – French far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen met a senior Russian official in Moscow on Tuesday, underlining her party’s cosy relationship with the Kremlin despite East-West tensions smouldering over Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Pakistani men involved in trafficking for sham marriages: Brides-for-sale
LONDON: Klara Balogova was 18, penniless and heavily pregnant when she rode thousands of miles from Slovakia to England to marry a man she had never met. She knew he did not want her, or her child. He wanted her European identity card. The marriage was arranged so the 23-year-old Pakistani groom could gain the right to live and work in Europe....
Cambodian court acquits Ukraine lawmaker of rape
Pic: AP. PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian court has acquitted a senior Ukrainian lawmaker of rape in a case he says was cooked up by political opponents. Phnom Penh Municipal Court says Mykola Kniazhytsky is not guilty of raping a teenage woman in 2011. The case drew a brief flurry of media interest in Ukraine after Interpol issued a red...
Abe eyes visiting Ukraine, attending G-7 summit in Germany in June
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One Ukrainian servicemen killed in rebel attack on ambulance
KIEV (Reuters) – One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and another wounded when pro-Russian separatists attacked a military ambulance near Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, the head of the Kiev-controlled regional administration said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Full-house in Kiev bar inspired by Russian propaganda
KIEV – The title of the menu, “Long live Junta”, and its Hitler-like caricatures of Vladimir Putin are some of the more benign gags at a new bar in Kiev packed nightly with crowds.Opened this month, the Karatel bar, whose name translates as “The Punisher”, offers a tongue-in-cheek gastronomical take on all the main...
Brides for sale: European women lured for sham marriages
In this March 2, 2015 photo, Klara Balogova is silhouetted against a window at a Roma settlement near Kralovsky Chlmec, Slovakia. (Source: AP) Klara Balogova was 18, penniless and heavily pregnant when she rode thousands of miles from Slovakia to England to marry a man she had never met. She knew he did not want her, or her child. He wanted her...
Cameron, Putin discuss Ukraine, Syria over phone
British Prime Minister David Cameron and Russian President Vladimir Putin made a 30-minute phone call on Monday, focusing their talks on Syria and Ukraine. …read more Source: Global...
Britain and Russia agree to resume talks on Syria
LONDON: Britain’s David Cameron and Russia’s Vladimir Putin (pix) have agreed to re-start talks on finding a solution to the crisis in Syria, a statement from Cameron said on Monday. The Russian president phoned Cameron to congratulate him on his re-election as prime minister and the two agreed that Syria talks should resume, a...
ICRC Seeks Increased Dialogue with Kazakhstan on KazAID, Humanitarian Work
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – As Kazakhstan develops as a regional player and establishes its national development aid agency as a donor, international development and aid organisations are keen to establish more strategic partnerships and more dialogue with the country. Among these...
