Section: Dunya TV (Pakistan)
Tennis: Wawrinka latest star to fall at Queen’s
LONDON (AFP) – Stan Wawrinka became the latest star to suffer a shock exit from Queens Club as the French Open champion was beaten 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (13/11) by South Africas Kevin Anderson on Wednesday.Just 24 hours after Rafael Nadals first round defeat against unheralded Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov, it was Wawrinkas turn to succumb to an...
EU agrees to extend Russia sanctions to January 2016: sources
BRUSSELS (AFP) – EU member states agreed Wednesday to extend damaging economic sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis by another six months to the end of January 2016, European sources said.Ambassadors from the 28 European Union nations reached a consensus on the legal text extending the sanctions from July, which is expected to...
Ukraine creditors baulk at proposed ‘haircut’ as deal deadline looms
KIEV (AFP) – Ukraines biggest private creditors mounted a firm defence Wednesday of their refusal to accept a debt write-off that could keep the impoverished but strategic ex-Soviet nation from slipping into default.The group of four US investment giants — who own nearly two-thirds of the $15.3 billion (16.3 billion euros) Ukraine is...
Russia doesn’t want arms race with US: Putin aide
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia does not want to enter a costly new arms race with the United States, a top Kremlin aide said Wednesday, after President Vladimir Putin said it was boosting its nuclear arsenal.Russia is trying to react to possible threats with some sort of means but thats it, Yury Ushakov, Putins top foreign policy aide, told a...
Russia cites ‘threats’ as nuclear arsenal boosted
MOSCOW (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia must defend itself if threatened, as the US warned against a return to a Cold War status after Moscow announced plans to boost its nuclear arsenal.The declaration from the Kremlin strongman came as Russia reacted with fury to reports the US is planning to bulk up its military...
Tennis: Stunned Nadal crashes out at Queen’s
LONDON (AFP) – Rafael Nadal suffered a shock first-round exit from the Wimbledon warm-up event at Queens Club as the Spanish star was beaten 6-3, 6-7 (6/8), 6-4 by unheralded Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov on Tuesday.Nadals dismal defeat against the world number 79 is the latest in a growing list of lacklustre performances in a troubled 2015...
Putin says Russia to boost nuclear arsenal
MOSCOW (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia will boost its nuclear arsenal by more than 40 intercontinental missiles this year, in a move likely to further unnerve the West.The declaration from the Kremlin strongman came as Russia reacted with fury to reports that the US is planning to bulk up its military deployments...
East Ukrainians stage rare rally against rebel command
DONETSK (AFP) – Several hundred Ukrainians in the countrys war-torn east demanded Monday that pro-Russian insurgents remove scores of rocket launchers from crowded city neighbourhoods and stop provoking return government fire on their homes.The small but unusual demonstration outside the offices of the self-proclaimed Donetsk Peoples...
Football: Neymar to the rescue as Brazil down Peru
TEMUCO (AFP) – Brazil captain Neymar scored one goal and set up an injury-time winner as the five-time world champions opened their Copa America campaign with a desperate 2-1 win over Peru here Sunday.Neymar nodded in a fifth-minute equaliser for the Brazilians — his 44th international goal at the age of just 23 — after Peru had...
New deaths and diplomatic warfare rattle Ukraine truce
KIEV (AFP) – Ukraines faltering peace deal suffered fresh setbacks on Saturday when Kiev reported the deaths of six soldiers and accused Moscow of abetting an attack on one of its Russian consulates.The latest fatalities in the twisting and hotly disputed zone separating Ukrainian forces from their pro-Russian foes in the separatist east...
