Section: Dunya TV (Pakistan)
Obama wants US to have ‘strategic patience’
WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama believes the United States must resist the temptation to over-reach in its foreign policy and have strategic patience when it comes to tough international problems.In a strategy document released Friday, Obama made the case for a more deliberative, cautious and restrained US foreign policy.The...
German Chancellor: Germany, France to use ‘all power’ for Ukraine peace
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she and French President Francois Hollande will use all our power on their visit to Moscow to try and stop the bloodshed in eastern Ukraine.Speaking Friday before flying to Russia for talks with President Vladimir Putin, Merkel said she couldnt speculate on whether she and Hollande, who...
Popular ‘dashcams’ catch everything from scammers to disasters
PARIS (AFP) – The terrifying footage of a plane clipping a bridge in Taiwan and crashing into a river this week was a reminder that dashcams have become an increasingly standard piece of kit in cars around the world.The TransAsia crash, which killed at least 31 people on Wednesday, was filmed by at least two cars each carrying a dashboard...
Popular ‘dashcams’ catch everything scammers to disasters
PARIS (AFP) – The terrifying footage of a plane clipping a bridge in Taiwan and crashing into a river this week was a reminder that dashcams have become an increasingly standard piece of kit in cars around the world.The TransAsia crash, which killed at least 31 people on Wednesday, was filmed by at least two cars each carrying a dashboard...
Merkel, Hollande take Ukraine peace plan to Putin
Moscow (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande were due in Moscow Friday after getting Kievs tentative backing for a crunch peace plan aimed at ending surging violence in Ukraine.Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said talks with Merkel and Hollande late Thursday raised hope for a ceasefire after the...
NATO agrees to boost defences after Russian ‘aggression’
BRUSSELS (AFP) – NATO agreed Thursday to dramatically boost its defences with six command centres in eastern Europe and a spearhead force of 5,000 troops, to counter what the alliance called Russian aggression in Ukraine.Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg insisted that the increase approved by defence ministers in Brussels was purely...
Obama to decide on Ukraine arms ‘soon’: Kerry
KIEV (AFP) – US President Barack Obama will soon decide whether to arm Ukraine against pro-Russian separatists but prefers a diplomatic solution, Secretary of State John Kerry said in Kiev on Thursday.The president will make his decision, Im confident, soon, Kerry told journalists after the White House signalled it may be ready to provide...
Putin congratulates new Greek premier, invites him to Moscow
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited Greeces new prime minister to Moscow in May, as Athens and Berlin publicly traded barbs over European Union policy on Ukraine.Alexis Tsipras expressed his intention to attend May 9 celebrations for the World War II victory over Nazism, his office said.Greece has...
Russia erects controversial ‘Big Three’ monument in Crimea
YALTA (AFP) – Russia on Thursday defied anger by unveiling a controversial monument to Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, Britains Winston Churchill and US President Franklin Roosevelt at their fateful meeting in Crimea in 1945.The huge monument was inspired by enduring images of the Big Three meeting in the resort town of Yalta on the balmy...
Hollande floats Ukraine peace plan as leaders flock to Kiev
KIEV (AFP) – French President Francois Hollande said Thursday he and German Chancellor Angela Merkel were taking a new peace plan to Kiev and Moscow after a surge in deadly fighting in eastern Ukraine.Hollande and Merkel were expected in Kiev after US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived for talks with Ukraines leaders who are pushing for...
