Section: Dunya TV (Pakistan)
Russia to join China-led development bank: official
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia is to sign up to the Chinese-led development bank AIIB, first deputy prime minister Igor Shuvalov said Saturday at an international forum in China, cited by Russian news agencies.Id like to inform you that Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken the decision that Russia will participate in the capital of the Asian...
Soyuz spacecraft docks at ISS for year-long mission
BAIKONUR (AFP) – A Russian Soyuz spacecraft with three crew on board successfully docked at the International Space Station Saturday after blasting off from Kazakhstan, NASA said, launching a year-long mission on the orbiting outpost.The Soyuz-TMA16M spacecrafts crew included a US astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut who will be the first to...
Soyuz spacecraft with Russian, US astronauts blasts off to ISS
BAIKONUR (AFP) – A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three crew, including a US astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut who will be the first to spend an entire year on the International Space Station, blasted off on schedule Friday, Russian mission control said.The Soyuz-TMA16M spacecraft took off from Russias Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan...
Ukraine’s debt to Russia threatens lifeline of IMF
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A default by Ukraine on $3 billion in debt to Russia this year could threaten the International Monetary Funds lifeline to the embattled country, an IMF spokesman said Thursday.The Ukrainian government has begun negotiations with creditors for $15 billion in debt relief, part of a $40 billion, four-year financial rescue...
Ukraine’s Russia debt threatens IMF rescue
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A default by Ukraine on $3 billion in debt owed to Russia this year could threaten the International Monetary Funds lifeline to the embattled country, an IMF spokesman said Thursday.The Ukrainian government has begun negotiations with creditors for $15 billion in debt relief, part of a $40 billion, four-year financial...
Iran ‘optimistic’ amid final countdown for nuclear deal
LAUSANNE (AFP) – Irans nuclear chief said Thursday he was optimistic about reaching a ground-breaking nuclear deal, as US and Iranian diplomats launched down-to-the-wire talks chasing a March 31 deadline.On the whole I am optimistic, Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran, said in an exclusive interview with AFP on...
Feud on Earth but peace in space between US, Russia
MOSCOW (AFP) – Hundreds of kilometres below on Earth, their governments are locked in a standoff over Ukraine — but up in space, Russian cosmonauts and American astronauts are still working together side by side.The International Space Station (ISS) is one of the rare areas of US-Russian cooperation that has not been hit by the...
Moscow could reignite Ukraine fighting: US diplomat
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States fears that Moscow and pro-Russian separatists will reignite the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine following a February ceasefire that has largely held, a US diplomat warned Wednesday.Russia can reignite the conflict at any time of its choosing, the senior State Department official told...
US sees ‘path’ to long-elusive Iran deal
LAUSANNE (AFP) – A nuclear deal with Iran capping over a decade of talks is in sight by a March 31 deadline, US officials said, but they remained cautious as top diplomat John Kerry prepared Thursday for down-to-the-wire negotiations.Kerry will push Iran to agree the outlines of the long-elusive deal disabling parts of its nuclear...
Moody’s cuts Ukraine rating to just above default
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Ratings firm Moodys cut Ukraines sovereign debt rating to one notch above default Tuesday, saying creditors will be forced to take deep losses in a debt restructuring.The key driver of the downgrade is the likelihood of external private creditors incurring substantial losses as a result of the governments plan to...
