Section: Dunya TV (Pakistan)
Asian markets mostly higher on Greek debt deal
TOKYO (AFP) – Asian stocks were mostly higher on Monday morning as investors cheered a last-minute deal to extend Greeces bailout by four months, giving Athens a lifeline to pay its bills and avoid a damaging default.Tokyo led the charge with the benchmark Nikkei extending a 15-year high as it rose 0.81 percent by the break, while Sydney...
West hikes warnings over Ukraine truce as new flashpoint ignites
Debaltseve (Ukraine) (AFP) – The West sounded more forceful warnings over Ukraines battered truce Sunday as fighting raged around the port city of Mariupol and the warring sides wrangled over withdrawing heavy weapons.The volatility was underlined by a bomb blast in the eastern Ukraine city of Kharkiv that killed two people during a...
Britain will not send arms to Ukraine: minister
LONDON (AFP) – A senior British minister ruled out sending arms to Ukraine Sunday as the United States and European nations sought ways to pressure Russia over the conflict in the ex-Soviet republics east.William Hague, who was foreign secretary until last year and is still a minister seen as close to Prime Minister David Cameron, said...
As ruble weakens, Central Asian migrants head back home
SAINT PETERSBURG (AFP) – When heavy snowfall hit Russias second city of Saint Petersburg last month it was nothing unusual, but city officials were overwhelmed and scrambled to find anyone to clear the streets.As pedestrians slipped and suffered bruises and fractures, exasperated city officials ended up telling residents to go out and...
Major prisoner swap in Ukraine bolsters shaky truce
ZHOLOBOK (AFP) – Ukrainian forces and rebel separatists traded dozens of prisoners in a frontline eastern town on Saturday, the first clear sign of progress for an otherwise shaky truce signed a week ago.The rare glint of optimism came on the heels of a pro-Russian rebel offensive in the east, capturing a major town from loyalists and...
Karlovic to face Young in Delray Beach final
DELRAY BEACH, United States (AFP) – Fourth seeded Croatian Ivo Karlovic pounded 17 aces, overpowering fifth-seeded Adrian Mannarino on Saturday to reach the ATP Delray Beach Open final.Karlovic, ranked 29th in the world, saved all five break points he faced in the 70-minute match. Hell face American Donald Young, a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 winner over...
US warns of Russia sanctions over Ukraine, despite prisoner swap
Zholobok (Ukraine) (AFP) – The United States warned Saturday it could level serious sanctions on Russia within days over breaches of Ukraines truce, which is in tatters despite pro-Moscow rebels and government forces exchanging scores of prisoners.AFP journalists in Ukraines eastern frontline town of Zholobok saw 139 Ukrainian soldiers...
‘179 soldiers killed’ in Ukraine battle; rebels ready prisoner swap
LUGANSK (AFP) – An adviser to Ukraines president said Kiev lost 179 troops in a month-long battle for the town of Debaltseve, while pro-Russian rebels readied a prisoner swap Saturday as part of a battered ceasefire.The death toll for Debaltseve — which the rebels overran on Wednesday in defiance of the UN-backed truce — was...
Merkel and pope discuss Ukraine at Vatican meeting
VATICAN CITY (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on a visit to the Vatican Saturday met with Pope Francis and discussed efforts to end the bloody conflict in Ukraine.Merkel, who played a key role in negotiating the latest ceasefire, had a private audience with the pope where the two underlined their commitment to reaching a peaceful...
US and Britain mulling ‘extra sanctions’ against Russia: Kerry
LONDON (AFP) – The US and Britain are considering deepening sanctions against Russia due to its craven behaviour in Ukraine, Secretary of State John Kerry said before talks with British counterpart Philip Hammond in London on Saturday.We are talking about additional sanctions, additional efforts, Kerry told reporters.Were not going to sit...
