Section: Dunya TV (Pakistan)
Russian secret services foiled 30 planned attacks in 2015: Putin
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday hailed the countrys secret services for foiling around 30 planned attacks and uncovering more than 320 foreign spies in 2015.I want to point out that this year, thanks to the efforts of the FSB employees, more than 30 crimes of a terrorist nature have been prevented, said Putin in a...
EU agrees to extend Russia economic sanctions for 6 months: sources
BRUSSELS (AFP) – EU member states agreed Friday to roll over for another six months damaging economic sanctions against Russia for its involvement in the Ukraine crisis, EU sources said.COREPER agreed to the extension of sanctions against Russia, one of the sources told AFP, referring to a formal meeting of the 28 country ambassadors to the...
Number of people forced to flee war, violence to hit record in 2015: UN
GENEVA (AFP) – The number of people who have been forced to flee war, violence and persecution looks set to soar in 2015 past last year’s record of nearly 60 million, the UN said Friday.The UN refugee agency released a report showing rocketing numbers of people living as refugees, asylum seekers or displaced within their countries...
US brings ambitious Syria peace plan to UN
NEW YORK (AFP) – Senior international envoys began gathering in New York on Thursday to seek UN backing for an ambitious US and Russian plan to seek a negotiated ceasefire in Syrias brutal civil war.US Secretary of State John Kerry has already travelled to Moscow this week to assure Bashar al-Assads key Russian ally that Washington is not...
Putin denies Russian troops in Ukraine
MOSCOW (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin insisted Thursday that Russia has no regular troops in eastern Ukraine but admitted that some people have been carrying out military tasks there.Putins comments during his annual news conference raised eyebrows after months of bluntly denying US and NATO charges that Moscow had any direct presence or...
Putin, Kerry agree to push ahead with Syria peace process
MOSCOW (AFP) – The United States and Russia agreed Tuesday to push ahead with Syrian peace talks in New York this week, after intense talks between US Secretary of State John Kerry and President Vladimir Putin.After a three-hour meeting in Moscow between Putin and Kerry, Russia and the United States appeared to be a step closer to each...
Syria talks to go ahead on Friday in New York: Lavrov, Kerry
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia and the United States said that a planned international meeting on the Syrian crisis would take place in New York on Friday, after President Vladimir Putin received US Secretary of State John Kerry.We support the idea of convening in New York another meeting of the International Syria Support Group at the ministerial...
First Briton to travel to ISS blasts off into space
BAIKONUR (AFP) – Tim Peake, the first Briton to travel to the International Space Station, blasted off on Tuesday from the Baikonur cosmodrome with two other astronauts, to cheers and excitement back home.Peake, 43, joins Russian space veteran Yury Malenchenko and Tim Kopra of NASA for a six-month mission on the ISS. Fire from the boosters...
British astronaut swaps family Christmas for space mission
BAIKONUR (AFP) – Astronaut Timothy Peake, set to become the first Briton to travel to the International Space Station, said on the eve of his departure that he would look down on Earth at Christmas time and think of his family — hopefully while tucking into some Christmas pudding himself.The former army major — a European Space...
Football: Barca draw Arsenal in Champions League last 16
NYON (AFP) – European champions Barcelona will go up against English Premier League leaders Arsenal in the Champions League last 16 after they were thrown together in Mondays draw.French heavyweights Paris Saint-Germain were drawn against 2012 winners Chelsea for the third straight season, while Bayern Munich will meet last years finalists...
