Section: Dunya TV (Pakistan)
Ukrainian pilot could ‘die within days’ in Russian jail
MOSCOW (AFP) – A Ukrainian airforce pilot, who has been on hunger strike in a Russian prison for 77 days, could die within days, a member of the Kremlins human rights council said Friday.Nadia Savchenko, a 33-year-old helicopter navigator, who has been charged with involvement in the deaths of two Russian reporters in a mortar attack in...
Two prisoners including Nanga Parbat massacre accused escape from Gilgit jail
SKARDU (Web Desk) – Four prisoners at the Gilgit District Jail made a jailbreak attempt on Friday, during which two inmates, including Nanga Parbat massacre accused, managed to flee while one prisoner was shot dead and another got injured, Dunya News reported.Security personnel have launched a search operation in the area after the incident.As...
Ukraine says pulling back arms as UN plans emergency session
Artemivsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraines military said it had started withdrawing heavy weapons from the frontline, bolstering a stuttering peace plan as the UN Security Council scheduled an emergency session Friday on the ceasefire deal.The announced pull-back — a key part of a peace deal negotiated earlier this month — comes after...
Kerry to meet Russian, Iranian FMs next week
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet next week with his Russian and Iranian counterparts seeking an end to fighting in Ukraine and to advance a nuclear deal with Iran, US officials said Thursday.His meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Geneva early next week would come days after Kerry accused...
Tennis: Federer earns a meeting with Croatian wunderkind
DUBAI (AFP) – Roger Federers bid to extend his record of Dubai Open titles to seven carried him into the semi-finals with record-breaking speed and to a meeting with the new wunderkind of tennis.It took only 20 minutes on Thursday for the 17-time Grand Slam champion to win the first set 6-1 against Richard Gasquet, whereupon the Frenchman...
ExxonMobil says Russia sanctions could cost it $1 bn
NEW YORK (AFP) – ExxonMobil said Thursday that US and European Union sanctions against Russia could cost the US oil giant as much as $1 billion.Exxon wound down last year a number of prohibited joint venture activities with Russian oil major Rosneft in the Black Sea, Arctic regions and onshore western Siberia, the company said in its annual...
ExxonMobil says Russia sanctions cost it $1 bn
NEW YORK (AFP) – US energy giant ExxonMobil said Thursday that US and European Union sanctions against Russia had cost it $1 billion last year.In a securities filing, Exxon said the loss stemmed from suspending joint venture activities with Russian oil major Rosneft under the sanctions imposed in 2014 on the Russian energy sector.In...
NATO spending down despite Russia tensions: think-tank
BRUSSELS (AFP) – Many NATO member countries are spending less on defence despite promises to boost their budgets in the face of growing tensions with Russia, a think-tank said Thursday.The European Leadership Network looked at figures for 2015 from 14 NATO members to see if they meet pledges made at a summit of the US-led military alliance...
EU invites Russia, Ukraine to fresh gas talks
BRUSSELS (AFP) – The EU said it has invited the Russian and Ukrainian energy ministers to Brussels on Monday for talks on resolving a bitter gas supply dispute which threatens deliveries to Europe.Russias state-owned gas giant Gazprom threatened on Tuesday to cut off deliveries to Ukraine, diverting deliveries instead to eastern parts of...
Kindergarten kids with AK-47s’ cause outrage in Russia
MOSCOW (AFP) – Pictures of young Russian children posing with mock AK-47 rifles and other weapons at a kindergarten have provoked a storm of controversy, but some defended them as patriotic education.Pictures making the rounds online show boys and girls around five or six years-old posing for cameras with mock-ups of AK-47 assault rifles, a...
