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Pakistan tops Asian countries in Chinese arms imports: study
STOCKHOLM (AFP) – China has eased ahead of Germany and France to become the worlds number three arms exporter after the United States and Russia, a Stockholm-based think-tank said Monday.The volume of the multi-billion dollar world arms trade rose 16 percent during the period 2010 to 2014 over the previous five years, the Stockholm...
Study: China has grown to world’s 3rd-biggest arms exporter
China has overtaken Germany to become the world’s third-biggest arms exporter, although its 5 percent share remains small compared to the combined 58 percent of exports from the US and Russia, a new study says. China’s share of the global arms market rose 143 percent from 2010 to 2014, a period during which the total volume of global...
Germany says Minsk ceasefire has reduced violence in east Ukraine
The Minsk ceasefire deal brokered by the leaders of Germany and France last month has lead to a de-escalation of the violence in east Ukraine, a government spokesman said on Monday. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia's Lavrov – U.S. plans to arm Ukraine would hit peace deal: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that U.S. plans to send weapons to Ukraine, fighting pro-Russian rebels in its east, would be a direct hit against a Minsk peace agreement struck last month, RIA news agency reported. …read more Source: The...
One Ukrainian serviceman killed in separatist east – Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – One Ukrainian serviceman has been killed in fighting in the separatist-minded east of the country in the past 24 hours despite a ceasefire deal, a spokesman for Ukraine’s military said in a televised briefing on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Germany says Minsk ceasefire has reduced violence in east Ukraine
BERLIN (Reuters) – The Minsk ceasefire deal brokered by the leaders of Germany and France last month has lead to a de-escalation of the violence in east Ukraine, a government spokesman said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Vladimir Putin set to reappear after 10-day absence
President Vladimir Putin was due to reappear in public on Monday after an unusually long 10-day absence that unleashed frenzied speculation about the whereabouts and health of the Russian strongman. Putin is scheduled to meet with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev in Saint Petersburg later on Monday, and a Kremlin official confirmed to AFP that...
Seven killed, nine injured in road accident in Ukraine
At least seven people were killed and nine others were injured in a road accident in central Ukraine on Monday, local authorities said. …read more Source: Global...
Vladimir Putin to reappear in public after a 10-day absence
Putin was last seen in public on March 5 at a news conference with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. Russian President Vladimir Putin was due to reappear in public on Monday, after an unusually long 10-day absence that unleashed frenzied speculation about his whereabouts and health. However, a Kremlin official confirmed that Putin’s...
Russia: 5 day military drills including 40,000 troops launched in the Arctic
The five-day Arctic drills involving 38,000 servicemen, more than 50 surface ships and submarines and 110 aircraft are intended to check the readiness of Russia’s Northern Fleet and the military’s ability to deploy additional forces from central Russia. The Russian military on Monday launched sweeping military maneuvers in the Arctic...
