Section: Dunya TV (Pakistan)
UN Security Council to meet on Ukraine crisis after deadly clashes
Kiev (AFP) – The UN Security Council will hold a special meeting Monday on the violence in eastern Ukraine after a rocket barrage blamed on Kremlin-backed rebels killed 30 and threatened to open up a new front in the war.US President Barack Obama vowed to ramp up pressure on Russia after Saturdays assault on Mariupol — the main city...
World leaders pay respects on Saudi day of mourning
RIYADH (AFP) – More foreign leaders flocked to Saudi Arabia paying their respects to King Salman Sunday, as the normally gridlocked streets of Riyadh turned quiet on a day of mourning for his predecessor Abdullah.Singapores Home Affairs Minister Teo Chee Hean arrived, as did Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Tanzanian President Jakaya...
Ukraine: Phone calls prove rebels attacked city, killed 30
KIEV (AP) – Intercepted radio and telephone conversations prove that Russian-backed separatists were responsible for firing the rockets that pounded Ukraines southeastern city of Mariupol and killed at least 30 people, President Petro Poroshenko said Sunday during an emergency meeting of his Security Council.U.S. President Barack Obama also...
Pope’s plea to Ukraine fighters: Stop warfare, start talking
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has decried the mounting civilian casualties in eastern Ukraine and is appealing for fresh attempts at dialogue to end the warfare.In off-the-cuff remarks Sunday, Francis told pilgrims and tourists in St. Peters Square that he is following the Ukrainian conflict with intense worry.Francis told them: I renew...
US ‘deeply concerned’ by Ukraine attacks: Obama
NEW DELHI (AFP) – US President Barack Obama expressed deep concern Sunday over ceasefire violations in Ukraine, after rocket strikes on a government-held port killed 30 people.We are deeply concerned about the latest break in the ceasefire, Obama said at a press conference in New Delhi, blaming separatists with Russian backing, Russian...
Pressure mounts on Russia as Ukraine rebels launch bloody offensive
MARIUPOL (AFP) – World leaders ramped up pressure on Moscow Sunday to stop pro-Kremlin rebels from embarking on a major new offensive in eastern Ukraine after rocket fire killed at least 30 people in a strategic government-held port.The mayor of Mariupols office said 97 people were also wounded by dozens of long-distance rockets that...
Davos elites warned about catastrophic cyberattacks
Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) – Attacks on power plants, telecommunications and financial systems, even turning all of Los Angeles traffic lights green: Davos elites were warned Saturday of the terrifying possibilities of modern cyber terrorism.Eugene Kaspersky, who heads the Kaspersky Lab security group, said the possibilities of individuals...
Bank of Japan’s Kuroda praises ‘big decision’ by ECB
Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) – Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Saturday urged a Davos panel not to succumb to pessimism over the state of the world economy, as he welcomed the big decision by the ECB to embark on a huge bond-buying spree.Kuroda was addressing the closing event at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the four-day...
Tennis: Serena and Venus show makes Grand Slam return
MELBOURNE (AFP) – The Serena and Venus show that dominated womens tennis for years returned to the Australian Open on Saturday with an unheralded American teenager joining the evergreen Williams sisters in the last 16.In a banner day for the Stars and Stripes, top seed Serena advanced despite conceding her first set of the tournament, with...
At least 20 killed in rocket attack on Ukraine’s Mariupol: minister
KIEV (AFP) – At least 20 people died Saturday when rockets hit Ukraines strategic government-held port of Mariupol in the wake of Russian-backed rebels rejection of peace talks, Ukraines interior minister said.The eastern Donetsk region police chief said another 86 people were injured in the attack.The morgue has already received 20 bodies,...
