Section: Dunya TV (Pakistan)
Turkey launches work on $10 bn pipeline to pump Azeri gas to Europe
ANKARA (AFP) – Turkey and Azerbaijan on Tuesday formally began construction on a new gas pipeline costing $10 billion which will pump gas from the vast Azerbaijani Shah Deniz 2 field across Anatolia to Turkish and EU consumers.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev and Georgian President Giorgi...
Russia to send new missiles to Baltic exclave on maneuvers
MOSCOW (AP) -Russia plans to station state-of-the art missiles to its westernmost Baltic exclave and deploy nuclear-capable bombers to Crimea as part of massive war games intended to showcase the nations resurgent military power amid bitter tensions with the West over Ukraine.The Iskander missiles will be sent to the Kaliningrad region that...
Putin laughs off ‘rumours’ over his 10-day absence
SAINT PETERSBURG (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday dismissed days of frenzied rumours over his health and whereabouts as he reappeared in public after an unusually long 10-day absence.The feverish speculation fuelled by social media saw all eyes turn to an otherwise unexceptional meeting planned between Putin and the leader...
With pomp and no regrets, Crimea celebrates choice to join Russia
SEVASTOPOL (AFP) – Crimea kicked off celebrations that will see fireworks and concerts on Monday to mark a year since a controversial vote to join Russia that the West blasted as an illegal takeover.The annexation of Ukraines Black Sea peninsula however won President Vladimir Putin huge acclaim at home and Moscow is pulling out all the...
Pakistan tops Asian countries in Chinese arms imports: study
STOCKHOLM (AFP) – China has eased ahead of Germany and France to become the worlds number three arms exporter after the United States and Russia, a Stockholm-based think-tank said Monday.The volume of the multi-billion dollar world arms trade rose 16 percent during the period 2010 to 2014 over the previous five years, the Stockholm...
No compromise with Russia over Ukraine sanctions: EU chief
LONDON (AFP) – The European Union must not compromise with Russia over sanctions in response to the Ukraine crisis, the blocs chief Donald Tusk said in an interview Monday.Tusk said that a failure to uphold the sanctions until Ukraine regains control of its border with Russia could strain relations with the US.He added that it was either...
Football: Everton down Newcastle to ease relegation fears
LIVERPOOL (AFP) – Everton ended a five-match winless run and eased their relegation worries with a 3-0 rout of 10-man Newcastle at Goodison Park on Sunday.Roberto Martinezs team had slumped to within three points of the Premier Leagues bottom three after their recent struggles.But goals from James McCarthy, Romelu Lukaku and Ross Barkley...
Putin: Russia helped Yanukovych flee Ukraine
MOSCOW: (AP) – In a new documentary about Russias annexation of Crimea, President Vladimir Putin says Russian forces helped ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych escape to Russia.The documentary is being shown Sunday on state TV, marking a year since the widely questioned referendum in Crimea that supported its secession from...
US, Iran in new nuclear talks as tempers fray
LAUSANNE (AFP) – Iran and the US aim in talks starting Sunday in Switzerland to begin closing in on a milestone deal reducing Tehrans nuclear activities to within strict limits after 18 months of tortuous negotiations.Time is however running very short and tempers are fraying in Washington where critics fear that the mooted accord will not...
Ukrainian doctors visit pilot in Moscow jail
KIEV (AFP) – Ukrainian doctors have visited pilot Nadiya Savchenko in her Moscow prison for the first time since her capture nine months ago, Ukraines government said Saturday.Thanks to joints efforts of many, from @ poroshenko (President Petro Poroshenko) to our consul in Moscow, Ukrainian doctors are now with Nadiya, Foreign Minister...
