Section: Dunya TV (Pakistan)
France urges Ukraine ceasefire as fighting intensifies
DAVOS (AFP) – France on Friday called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraines war-torn east, calling the upsurge in fighting barely hours after peace talks in Berlin dreadful.I renew a call in the firmest manner for a ceasefire… and to return to what we had agreed on yesterday, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told AFP on the...
Russian Orthodox leader warns against Western ‘pseudo values’
MOSCOW (AFP) – The head of the Russian Orthodox Church on Thursday delivered a historic first address to parliament in which he urged lawmakers to guard against Western pseudo values.Speaking to the lower house of parliament, the State Duma, Patriarch Kirill also warned Russians against interfering with Gods plan by having abortions or...
Pro-Russian rebels parade Ukrainian POWs through Donetsk
DONETSK, Ukraine (AFP) – Pro-Russian separatists Thursday paraded around 20 captive Ukrainian soldiers through the streets of the rebel stronghold city of Donetsk in a humiliating display hours after 13 people died in a horrendous trolleybus shelling.Dozens of Donetsk residents hurled snow and bits of glass from the shelling at the around...
Ukraine soldiers pull out of Donetsk airport
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraines military on Thursday said days of attacks by pro-Russian insurgents had forced its soldiers to pull out of the main part of a devastated airport that has become the symbolic prize of the nine-month war.Defence officials in Kiev said fighting around the ruins of Donetsk international airport continued despite the deaths...
Russian FM pledges cooperation with West to combat terror
MOSCOW (AP) — Moscow is continuing to cooperate with the West on fighting terrorism despite tensions over Ukraine, Russias foreign minister said Wednesday.Sergey Lavrov said that in particular Russian security agencies have maintained contacts with their counterparts in France, where five Russian citizens from the predominantly Muslim...
A father buries his 4-year-old son and curses Ukraine’s war
DONETSK, Ukraine (AFP) – Vladimir Bobryshchev was returning home early on a recent morning after a long night of work when a rocket ripped through the sky, falling straight toward his home.He saw it hit his house, and he rushed over to save his two sons and his wife. This week, he stood in a cemetery in the rebel bastion of Donetsk burying...
Davos elite gather in shadow of attacks
Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) – The worlds political and business elite gather for their annual meeting in the glitzy Swiss ski resort of Davos from Wednesday, with the shadow of recent attacks in France and ongoing global conflicts looming large.French President Francois Hollande and US Secretary of State John Kerry will be among the 2,500...
Shelling in eastern Ukraine kills at least 6 civilians
DONETSK (AP) – Shelling in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk killed at least six civilians Tuesday, as fighting intensified between government and rebel forces.AP reporters saw the bodies of two people who were killed while waiting for a bus in the separatist-held city of Donetsk. Separatist authorities said another person died from...
‘Russian forces’ attack Ukraine troops in separatist east
KIEV (AFP) – Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russian forces of attacking its soldiers fighting pro-Kremlin insurgents in the ex-Soviet republics separatist east.In violation of all prior agreements, Ukrainian military units were attacked in the north (of the war zone) by regular units of the Russian armed forces, Ukrainian military spokesman...
Tennis: Winning Open starts for Djokovic, Wawrinka, Nishikori
MELBOURNE (AFP) – Novak Djokovic led a trail of the top mens seeds into the second round at the Australian Open on Tuesday as Stan Wawrinka made a successful return to his life-changing court.World number one Djokovic, fighting off the effects of a virus, put paid to Aljaz Bedene in straight sets as he begun his quest for a fifth title at...
