Section: Dunya TV (Pakistan)
Britain joins call for MH17 tribunal as relatives mourn dead
The Hague (AFP) – Britain on Friday joined a chorus of countries calling for a UN-backed tribunal to prosecute those responsible for downing flight MH17, as relatives remembered their dead in ceremonies on the first anniversary of the disaster.All 298 passengers and crew — the majority Dutch — died on July 17 last year when the...
Space crew praises US-Russian ‘handshake in space’ 40 years on
MOSCOW (AFP) – Two Russians and an American in orbit commemorated Wednesday the 40th anniversary of the Apollo-Soyuz mission, when a handshake in space brought the two Cold War rivals closer together.The three delivered a video address to mark the 1975 event as they floated side by side in the International Space Station (ISS), a show of...
Eleven killed in heaviest Ukraine clashes in weeks
KIEV (AFP) – Ukraine lost eight soldiers Wednesday in a dramatic spike in fighting with pro-Russian gunmen that further imperilled a truce Washingtons top European envoy is desperately trying to salvage in Kiev.Separatist rebels also reported the death of two fighters and a civilian in shelling across the eastern industrial heartland of the...
Obama calls Putin to discuss Iran deal: White House
WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama spoke by phone Wednesday with Vladimir Putin, thanking his Russian counterpart for his role in reaching a deal on Irans nuclear program.US ties with Russia have been strained to breaking point over the war in Ukraine, but Russia was an important part of the group of nations that negotiated the deal...
Putin lambasts Finnish leader for barring sanctioned Russian officials
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ticked off his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto over Helsinkis barring of officials on a European Union sanctions list over Ukraine, the Kremlin said.Finland earlier this month blocked six Russian lawmakers — including the speaker of parliaments lower house — from...
Tennis: Tomic toppled, Karlovic advances at Newport
NEWPORT (AFP) – Australian John-Patrick Smith won his first ATP main draw victory Monday, upsetting third-seeded countryman Bernard Tomic 6-3, 7-5 in the first round of the Hall of Fame Championships.Smith, ranked 156th, needed only 70 minutes to dispatch Tomic, taking 15 of 23 points off Tomics second serve and surrendering only one...
Poroshenko faces new security crisis in western Ukraine
KIEV (AFP) – President Petro Poroshenko confronted a fresh crisis Monday as a deadly standoff between interior ministry units and armed Ukrainian ultranationalists entered a third day in a western enclave near Hungary.The EU-backed leader convened his military cabinet of top generals to try and diffuse tensions between two forces vital to...
23 conscripts killed in Russian military barracks collapse
MOSCOW (AFP) – Twenty-three Russian conscripts were crushed to death when their military barracks collapsed in Siberia, the latest disaster blamed on apparent shoddy construction work and lax safety standards.An entire section of military barracks, including parts of the roof and walls, collapsed on Sunday evening just outside the Siberian...
Four killed in eastern Ukraine clashes
KIEV (AFP) – Two soldiers, a pro-Russian rebel and a civilian were killed in 24 hours of fighting in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian military and rebels said separately on Sunday.We have lost two soldiers in fighting and acts of provocation, five have been wounded, Ukraine army spokesman Andriy Lysenko told journalists, reporting heavy...
As first anniversary looms, MH17 families demand justice
SEPANG, Malaysia (AFP) – Families of those killed when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine last year demanded justice Saturday at an emotional memorial ceremony ahead of the first anniversary of the disaster.The sombre memorial service at Kuala Lumpur International Airport was attended by Prime Minister Najib Razak, and...
