Section: Dunya TV (Pakistan)
Russia strikes IS stronghold in Syria ahead of Putin talks
Paris (AFP) – Russia said Friday it had bombed the Islamic State stronghold of Raqa in Syria as President Vladimir Putin faced Western leaders for the first time since starting the bombing campaign, amid mounting criticism of the strikes.Russias defence ministry said it carried out air strikes Thursday on an IS training camp… and on a...
Hollande and Putin to discuss Syria ahead of Ukraine meet
PARIS (AFP) – President Francois Hollande and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will meet to discuss the Syria crisis on Friday before a summit on the Ukraine peace process in Paris, the French presidency said Thursday.In the wake of Russia launching air strikes in the war-ravaged country, the two presidents will discuss bilateral...
Ukraine, rebels agree full small weapons withdrawal
KIEV (AFP) – Kiev and pro-Russian insurgents struck a vital agreement on Wednesday to withdraw their entire arsenal of smaller weapons from the buffer zone splitting eastern rebel-held lands from the rest of Ukraine.International monitors said the two sides February commitment to pull back heavy weapons from the 500-kilometre (300-mile)...
Putin wins parliament approval for Syria air strikes
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday won permission from parliament to carry out air strikes in Syria, in what would be Moscows first engagement in a distant theatre of war since the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.The announcement comes as Putin and US President Barack Obama are pushing rival plans on ways to...
Football: Paris stronger than Real – Shakhtar coach
LVIV (AFP) – A day ahead of hosting Paris Saint Germain in the Champions League Shakhtar Donetsk coach Mircea Lucescu said the Qatar-backed outfit were even stronger than Real Madrid right now.We have every chance because were playing at our place but Paris are just incredible. They are rolling in cash and have the best players and talent...
Toll reaches four as one more Congo virus case surfaces in Karachi
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Another case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus has surfaced in Karachi today (Tuesday), taking toll to four in the metropolis.According to sources, the patient was admitted in hospital on September 23 and is better now whereas strict precautionary measures have also been ensured.Moreover, as many as four Congo...
Obama ‘prepared to work’ with Russia, Iran on Syria
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – President Barack Obama declared Monday that the United States does not want a new Cold War over the Ukraine conflict and is prepared to work with Russia and Iran on the Syrian crisis.The United States is prepared to work with any nation, including Russia and Iran, to resolve the conflict, Obama said of Syria,...
Football: Mourinho goes back to Porto as Chelsea seek comfort in Europe
Porto (Portugal) (AFP) – In the midst of a frustrating start to the season, Jose Mourinho returns to Portugal on Tuesday as Chelsea face his old side FC Porto in the Champions League.The London club are looking to make it two wins out of two in Group G after their straightforward 4-0 victory against Maccabi Tel-Aviv at Stamford Bridge two...
Putin heads for UN showdown with Obama over Syria
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin squared up for a clash Monday with his US counterpart Barack Obama at the United Nations as the Kremlin leader pushes for a new coalition against the Islamic State group.Putin and Obama are due to make competing speeches before the UN General Assembly in New York, and...
Poland ‘co-responsible’ for WWII says Russian ambassador
WARSAW (AFP) – The Russian ambassador to Poland has claimed Warsaw was partly to blame for World War II, prompting a storm of protest in the country which claims to be its greatest victim.Sergei Andreev accused Poland — which lost the highest proportion of its population in the conflict — of blocking the creation of an anti-Nazi...
