Section: Dunya TV (Pakistan)
Aerojet makes $2 billion offer for Lockheed-Boeing joint venture: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc submitted a $2 cash billion offer to buy United Launch Alliance (ULA), a satellite launch provider jointly held by Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co, sources familiar with the matter said Tuesday, a deal that would further consolidate the space business.Aerojet Rocketdyne board member Warren...
U.S. sees continued international support for Ukraine: senior official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A debt deal between Ukraine and creditors marks a way forward and the United States expects the International Monetary Fund and international community to keep supporting the country, a senior U.S. Treasury official said on Tuesday.The official, who asked not to be named in order to speak freely, said the IMF, the United...
Kiev invites ICC to probe war crimes in east Ukraine
THE HAGUE (AFP) – Ukraine on Tuesday accepted the International Criminal Courts jurisdiction to probe war crimes, including in its war-torn east, since February 2014.Ukraine accepts the jurisdiction of the court for the purpose of identifying, prosecuting and judging perpetrators and accomplices of acts committed on the territory of Ukraine...
Tennis: Nadal and Ferrer return for Davis Cup tie against Denmark
MADRID (AFP) – Spanish stars Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer will make their long-awaited Davis Cup return when their country face Denmark in a Europe-Africa zone playoff tie from September 18-20, the Spanish federation confirmed on Tuesday.The announcement is a huge boost for Spain who have not included world number eight Nadal in their...
NATO chief concerned by reported Russian Syria build-up
BRUSSELS (AFP) – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday voiced concern over reports of a Russian military build-up in Syria, warning that any support for Bashar Al-Assad would escalate the bloody conflict.Yes, I am concerned by reports that Russia may have deployed military personnel and aircraft to Syria, Stoltenberg said in a...
Hit by new wave of refugees, Germany warns EU partners
BERLIN (Reuters) -Struggling to cope with record numbers of asylum seekers, Germany told its European partners on Monday they too must take in more refugees, as police in Hungary used pepper spray on desperate migrants who broke out of a reception center at the border.Chancellor Angela Merkel, speaking after a weekend in which 20,000 migrants...
Tear gas, water cannon at mass EU farmer protest in Brussels
BRUSSELS (AFP) – Belgian police on Monday fired tear gas and water cannon at protesting European farmers as the EU said it would release 500 million euros ($557 million) in emergency funds to help ease the pressure.EU agriculture ministers held crisis talks in Brussels to face the deep crisis hitting Europes farmers triggered by plunging...
Polio case detected in Mali, country on ‘high alert’: WHO
GENEVA (AFP) – Mali is on high alert after a baby was found to have the highly contagious, crippling polio virus, the World Health Organization said Monday, blaming low vaccination coverage.A case of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) has been confirmed in Bamako, WHO said in a statement.Mali authorities had detected...
US asks Greece to deny Russian flights to Syria
ATHENS (AFP) – The United States has asked Greece to bar Russian supply flights to Syria from its airspace, a Greek official said Monday, as Moscow vowed to continue arming the regime of Bashar al-Assad.We received the (US) request on Saturday and are examining it, a Greek foreign ministry official said on condition of anonymity.Washington...
New Ukraine truce: rays of hope and clouds of doubt
KIEV (AFP) – Ukraines warring sides marked a week without heavy fighting Monday in a tentatively encouraging change to a 17-month war that has debilitated Western relations with Russia and unsettled eastern Europe.The pro-European leaders in Kiev and separatist eastern rebels whom Russia denies arming are preparing a meeting Tuesday that...
