Section: Dunya TV (Pakistan)
Maimed in war, Ukraine rebels recover in Russia
ROSTOV-ON-DON (AFP) – Former Ukrainian rebel fighter Valery glances down at where his right leg should be as he confronts lifes new reality across the border in Russia.Hopefully I will get my prosthetic soon and in a month try to learn to walk again with it, the father-of-one, 40, told AFP, refusing to give his surname as his son lives in...
IMF: Ukraine cannot use reserves to pay bondholders
WASHINGTON (AFP) – IMF chief Christine Lagarde said Friday that Ukraine cannot use its central bank reserves to pay creditors, rebuffing a suggestion by bondholders that it do so.The reserves of the National Bank of Ukraine cannot be used for sovereign debt service without the government incurring new debt, which runs against the aims of...
Teenager Bencic to face Jankovic in Topshelf Open semi-finals
S-HERTOGENBOSCH (AP) – Teenager Belinda Bencic of Switzerland will face veteran Jelena Jankovic of Serbia in the semi-finals of the Topshelf Open after saving three match points in a 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 7-5 win against seventh-seeded Kristina Mladenovic of France on Friday.The 18-year-old Bencic had match point at 6-5 in the second set, only...
Paris Air Show goes green but sales war takes centre-stage
PARIS (AFP) – With air passenger numbers set to double to six billion annually by 2030, the worlds premier air show in Paris will next week focus on green issues even as the aircraft sales war remains centre stage.The Paris Air Show brings together some 315,000 visitors and 2,260 exhibitors from 47 countries, with much of the attention...
Boxing: Wilder wants big KO in heavyweight title defense
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Deontay Wilder vowed to deliver the kind of savage knockout that helped forge his name when he makes his first defense of his World Boxing Council heavyweight world title Saturday against Eric Molina.Ive definitely got to knock him out, said the explosive Wilder, who in January became the first American since Shannon...
Athletics: Bislett Games world record hopes dashed
OSLO (AFP) – The celebrations of the Bislett Games 50th edition fell flat Thursday when anticipated world records in the mens high jump and womens 5,000m failed to materialise.Ethiopias Genzebe Dibaba finished way off her target in the 5,000m after being off the pace for large parts of the race and could only finish in 14min 21.29secThe...
Italy gives Putin stage to make case against sanctions
ROME (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin used a trip to Italy on Wednesday to press his case against international sanctions and was urged by Pope Francis to make a sincere effort for peace in Ukraine.After telling Italian premier Matteo Renzi that Western sanctions imposed over Russias actions in Ukraine would cost Italian companies a...
Isolated Putin seeks sympathetic hearing in Italy
ROME (AFP) – Vladimir Putin makes a rare international outing on Wednesday with a high-profile visit to Italy and the Vatican two days after the G7 threatened him with tougher sanctions over Ukraine.The Russian president is due in Milan to visit his countrys pavilion at the World Expo and will travel on to Rome, where an audience with Pope...
Obama: US lacks ‘complete strategy’ for training Iraqis
ELMAU (AP) -Acknowledging military setbacks, President Barack Obama said Monday the United States still lacks a complete strategy for training Iraqi forces to fight the Islamic State. He urged Iraqs government to allow more of the nations Sunnis to join the campaign against the violent militants.Nearly one year after American troops started...
United against ‘Russian aggression’, G7 to focus on militants
Elmau Castle (Germany) (AFP) – World leaders at a G7 summit in Germany were on Monday set to present a united front against global security threats ranging from militant insurgencies to what US President Barack Obama condemned as Russian aggression in Ukraine.While excluding Russian President Vladimir Putin for a third time, the Group of...
