Section: Dunya TV (Pakistan)
World Economic Forum warns over international conflicts
LONDON: (AP) – Following a year marked by the conflict in Ukraine and the rise of the Islamic State, geopolitical issues are considered to be the biggest threat to global stability over the coming decade, according to experts polled by the World Economic Forum.In its 2015 Global Risks Report, published Thursday, the WEF found interstate...
Cancelled Ukraine summit to go ahead at ‘end of January’
ASTANA (AFP) – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko agreed Thursday that the delayed talks on Ukraine conflict with leaders of Russia, France and Germany will take place at the end of the month, Kazakhstan said Thursday.In a telephone call, the two leaders noted that the meeting of leaders of...
Russia warns Ukraine against stoking conflict
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned Kiev on Wednesday against using force in the conflict in eastern Ukraine, where violence rose sharply this week.We are warning our Ukrainian colleagues against attempts to once again return to the scenario of force, Lavrov said at a press conference in Moscow.He said the shaky...
Space station crew safe, no ammonia leak confirmed: NASA
MIAMI (AFP) – The six astronauts at the International Space Station are safe and are taking shelter in the Russian segment after an alarm went off on the US side of the orbiting outpost, NASA said Wednesday.The US space agency said it could not confirm that an ammonia leak was the cause, as the Russian space agency reported earlier.ISS...
Tennis: Del Potro ousts top seed Fognini in Sydney comeback
SYDNEY (AFP) – Defending champion Juan Martin del Potro came from a set down to dump top seed Fabio Fognini out of the Sydney International and advanced to the quarter-finals on Wednesday.The Argentine Grand Slam champion has won his first two matches in 10 months at the tournament following wrist surgery as he fights his way back to the...
Russia, Ukraine trade blame for bus attack
KIEV (AFP) – The death toll from a stray rocket that hit a Ukrainian bus climbed to 12 on Wednesday as Moscow and Kiev traded blame for the separatist wars bloodiest incident since a September truce.The long-range Grad rocket exploded on Tuesday near a commuter bus travelling towards the pro-Russian rebel stronghold of Donetsk from Ukraines...
Nishikori, Verdasco score wind-blown Kooyong Classic wins
Melbourne (AFP) – Japans Kei Nishikori and Spanish veteran Fernando Verdasco scored a pair of opening victories amid a little typhoon to begin final Australian Open preparations at the Kooyong Classic on Wednesday.US Open finalist Nishikori fought past a tough Australian challenge from Jordan Thompson to post a 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-4) result...
Ten Ukraine civilians killed when rocket hits bus
DONETSK (AFP) – Ten Ukrainian civilians were killed and more than a dozen wounded on Tuesday when a long-range Grad rocket apparently fired by pro-Russian insurgents hit an intercity bus.Local police said the rocket appeared to have gone astray after being fired by the gunmen at a checkpoint set up by government soldiers on the main highway...
Putin will not go to Auschwitz for 70th anniversary of liberation
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend ceremonies in Poland for the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi concentration camp, his spokesman said on Tuesday.A trip to Poland is not on the Russian presidents agenda, spokesman Dmitry Peskov told AFP, without giving any reason.Putin did not...
Ruble down around 5% against dollar on back of falling oil price
MOSCOW (AFP) – The Russian ruble on Tuesday plunged by around 5 percent against the dollar as global oil prices tumbled towards a six-year low.By 1345 GMT the dollar was up to 66.35 against the ruble from 63.17 Monday evening, while the euro was at 78.15 to the ruble from 74.68.Stocks in the oil exporting nation were also hit, with Russias...
