Section: Dunya TV (Pakistan)
Rising China, geopolitical tensions take stage at APEC
Beijing (AFP) – World leaders including Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin converge Monday in Beijing for an Asia-Pacific summit against the backdrop of a US-Russian chill and the inexorable rise of the meetings increasingly assertive host.The gathering is the biggest event yet hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping, who took over last year...
Thousands of balloons rise to sky to fete Berlin Wall fall
BERLIN (AFP) – Thousands of illuminated balloons sailed into the night sky Sunday from the former route of the Berlin Wall, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel said its fall 25 years ago proved that dreams can come true.The flight of the glowing white orbs through the heart of Berlin marked the climax of a huge open-air party at the...
OSCE ‘concerned’ by tanks, convoys in Ukraine
Kiev (AFP) – The OSCE said it is very concerned after its monitors witnessed columns of tanks, howitizers and troop carriers moving through east Ukraine in territory held by pro-Russia separatists.Monitors from the European security organisation said in a statement late Saturday they had observed convoys of heavy weapons and tanks in the...
Ukraine bloodshed rises
Kiev (AFP) – The remains of the last nine victims of flight MH17 may never be recovered from the Ukrainian battlefield where their plane was downed four months ago, the Dutch foreign minister said Saturday, as fighting rumbled on in the east of the country.Foreign Minister Bert Koenders made the grim assessment in the city of Kharkiv, where...
Tanks cross from Russia, fighting kills five soldiers: Ukraine
KIEV (AFP) – Ukraine said Friday that dozens of tanks and truckloads of soldiers had crossed from Russia into Kremlin-backed rebel territory, as five servicemen were killed in fighting that made a mockery of a supposed ceasefire.A column of 32 tanks, 16 howitzer cannons and 30 trucks carrying troops and equipment crossed the border into...
Ukraine accuses Russia of sending dozens of tanks
KIEV (AP) – Ukraine accused Russia on Friday of sending in dozens of tanks and other heavy weapons into Ukraines rebel-controlled eastern areas.National Security and Defense Council spokesman Andriy Lysenko said at least 32 tanks, 16 artillery systems and 30 trucks loaded with fighters and ammunition had crossed into eastern Ukraine from...
Spain drops Diego Costa for European qualifier
MADRID (AP) – Chelsea striker Diego Costa was dropped from the Spain squad on Friday for the European Championship qualifier next week while he nurses a groin injury.Our doctors have been in contact with Chelseas doctors and they have agreed it would be best for him to rest, Spain coach Vicente del Bosque said.Del Bosque added Diego Costas...
Ukraine moves to cut off separatist zone
Kiev (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine announced passport controls around pro-Russian rebel areas Thursday, effectively acknowledging the breaking away of the separatist zone, as intense shelling in Donetsk stirred fears of renewed full-scale fighting.Ukraines border guards service said anyone crossing in or out of rebel areas will now have to...
Ukrainian forces deny launching new offensive in east
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces denied allegations by pro-Russian separatists that they had launched a new offensive in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, saying they were strictly adhering to a ceasefire agreement.Sporadic violence has flared up since the Sept. 5 truce, but the ceasefire has come under particular strain this week with both...
Russia plans nuclear summit boycott
VIENNA (AP) Russia has informed the United States that it will boycott the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit, diplomats told The Associated Press on Tuesday, potentially stripping the meeting of one of its key participants and hurting efforts initiated by President Barack Obama to reduce the threat of nuclear terrorism.Officials already had told the...
