Section: Dunya TV (Pakistan)
In Russia-West tug of war, Moldova sees EU as only option
CHISINAU (AFP) – Moldovas decision to sign key trade and political agreements with the European Union has cost it dearly, as its giant trading partner Russia swiftly punished it through an embargo strangling its farm and wine industries.Nevertheless, in the tug of war between the West and Russia, Moldovas foreign minister told AFP that...
Czech leader, US ambassador clash over Moscow visit
PRAGUE (AFP) – Czech President Milos Zeman and the US ambassador to Prague have clashed over the leaders plan to travel to Moscow for a World War II victory anniversary, an event largely snubbed by Western leaders.In a TV interview last week, US ambassador Andrew Schapiro questioned the staunchly pro-Russian Zemans wish to be probably the...
After a year at war, Ukraine at financial breaking point
Paris (AFP) – Bruised and battered after a year of armed conflict, Ukraine has been crippled by a combination of monetary, budgetary, industrial, banking and energy crises that could make it dependent on outside help for decades.The country has suffered a series of shocks that has obliterated its fragile economy.Its vital heavy industry, in...
A year on, Putin’s Ukraine gamble brings mixed results
Moscow (AFP) – A year since the start of the fighting in eastern Ukraine, Vladimir Putin may not have emerged the winner in his showdown with the West but he has not lost either, analysts say.By supporting Ukrainian separatists, they say, he took a huge risk but it largely paid off as it allowed him to punish Kievs pro-Western authorities...
After a year at war, Ukraine at financial breaking point
Paris (AFP) – Bruised and battered after a year of armed conflict, Ukraine has been crippled by a combination of monetary, budgetary, industrial, banking and energy crises that could make it dependent on outside help for decades.The country has suffered a series of shocks that has obliterated its fragile economy.Its vital heavy industry, in...
From rebellion to stalemate: a year of war in east Ukraine
DONETSK (AFP) – On April 6, 2014, pro-Russian activists stormed the offices of the Donetsk regional administration and the Lugansk office of the secret service in eastern Ukraine, sparking a year-long insurgency against the Kiev government in which 6,000 people have died.Their ire was directed at the pro-westerners who took the helm in Kiev...
Israeli options limited despite warnings on Iran deal
JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israel has warned relentlessly against a nuclear deal with Iran but experts say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus options are limited and immediate military action is unlikely.Ahead of Thursdays announcement in Lausanne on the framework of a potentially historic deal, Netanyahu had said any agreement needed to...
ExxonMobil sues Russia over back taxes: ministry
MOSCOW (AFP) – US oil and gas giant ExxonMobil is suing Russia at the Swedish Arbitrage Court for back taxes it believes it overpaid on a joint project, the energy ministry said Thursday.A spokeswoman for Russias energy ministry confirmed to AFP the launch of the legal proceedings, but would not give further details.But Vedomosti business...
At least 54 dead in trawler sinking off Russia’s Far East
MOSCOW (AFP) – At least 54 sailors have died and 15 others are still missing after a trawler with 132 people on board sank Wednesday night in the Sea of Okhotsk in Russias Far East, Russian media said.We have recovered the bodies of 54 victims. Sixty-three crew members have been rescued alive, Russian news agency Tass reported, saying that...
IntelCenter’s CTI ranks Pakistan eighth most dangerous country
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Pakistan ranks the eighth most dangerous country in the world according to the IntelCenter’s list of top 10 as of March 8 2015.Country Threat Index (CTI) analyses the messaging traffic, photos, videos, incidents, rebel alerts, people killed and injured in the last month along with other variables in the past month to...
