Section: Dunya TV (Pakistan)
Trump vows ‘Cold War’ terror fight, immigrant controls
NEW YORK (AFP) – Donald Trump on Monday laid out a US blueprint for defeating global terrorism in partnership with NATO and Middle East allies, demanding extreme restrictions on immigration and likening the fight to the Cold War.The Republican nominee, who is tanking in the polls following weeks of self-inflicted disasters, made his pitch...
Olympics: Phelps peeved after ‘screwing up’ timetable
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 11, 2016 (AFP) – Michael Phelps launched his assault on a fourth successive Olympic 100m butterfly title Thursday but added an awkward complication to his schedule after a rare miscalculation.The world record holder has remarkably won the event at the past three Games but was peeved after failing to qualify for the...
Olympics: King Kohei wins third gold with all-around defense
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) – Gymnastics superstar Kohei Uchimura soared to his third Olympic gold on Wednesday as he defended his all-around crown two days after winning a first team title with Japan.The 27-year-old snatched the title after a thrilling battle with Ukraines Oleg Verniaiev, winning by just 0.097. Britains Max Whitlock won bronze in...
Phelps still hungry for more after 21 Gold medals
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 10, 2016 (AFP) – After taking his haul of Olympic gold to an all-time record 21 medals, US legend Michael Phelps returns to the pool on Wednesday in search of further booty.Majestically seizing two more golds, Phelps was the buzz of the Games on Tuesday — even more than the speculation over why the water in the...
IOC bans four after retests of London, Beijing samples
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 10, 2016 (AFP) – The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday stripped Ukrainian javelin thrower Oleksandr Pyatnytsya of his silver medal from the 2012 Olympics as it announced the first sanctions after retests on doping samples from the London and Beijing Games.The sanctions against four athletes were the first...
Serena Williams shocked by Elina Svitolina in straight sets
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 9, 2016 (AFP) – Defending champion and world number one Serena Williams was sent crashing out of the Olympic Games Tuesday, losing 6-4, 6-3 to Elina Svitolina of Ukraine.Defeat for the 34-year-old American robbed her of the chance to secure a fifth gold medal and her 2016 Games are now over after she and sister Venus...
Olympics: Muguruza crashes as Murray, Nadal breeze in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) – Garbine Muguruzas post-French Open slump continued Tuesday when she crashed out of the Olympics while Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal made the third round, happy to avoid Novak Djokovics fate.Third seed Muguruza slipped to a worrying 6-1, 6-1 loss to Monica Puig of Puerto Rico, the world number 34.Puig, 22, closed in on...
Andy Murray reaches third round of the Olympic Games
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 9, 2016 (AFP) – Defending champion Andy Murray raced into the Olympic Games third round Tuesday, blitzing close friend Juan Monaco of Argentina 6-3, 6-1.World number two Murray is looking to make the most of the shock opening round exit of top seed Novak Djokovic and become the first man to win two singles golds.The...
Russia-Turkey feud: from jet downing to making up
MOSCOW (AFP) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday hold their first meeting since the two leaders began healing a bitter feud over Ankara’s downing of a Russian warplane.Here is a timeline of the crisis that slammed the brakes on burgeoning ties between the two strategically...
U.S. urges Russia to halt Syria sieges; Russia slams aid politicization
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council must not allow civilians on both sides of the Syrian city of Aleppo to be cut off from humanitarian aid, the United States said on Monday as Russia accused Washington of politicizing a humanitarian issue.Insurgents effectively broke a month-long government siege of eastern,...
