Section: Geo TV (Pakistan)
South Asian media should avoid war rhetoric: Gen (retd) Athar Abbas
BRUSSELS: Pakistan’s Ambassador to Ukraine, Major General (retd) Athar Abbas in a lecture on the issue of media and conflict resolution stressed on South Asian and international media to fulfil its responsibility as a peace-builder and avoid war rhetoric. Speaking at the conference held at the Diplomatic Media Centre in Kiev, he said that...
US strikes on Syria are creating ripples in France
Brussels: Jean-Luc Melenchon, a far-left presidential candidate in France, projected as number three with approval rating of 19%, has declared the American missile attacks on Syria as, “criminal, irresponsible act….a huge mistake that will increase tension.” Combined with Russia-friendly, anti-EU, Marine Le Pen, both far-left and far-right,...
Fake news? Viral video raises questions for global mainstream media
A video circulating on social media has raised questions over the authenticity and reliability of news coverage by the Western mainstream media companies. Created by right-wing American radio show and news website Infowars, the video claims that leading news media outlets in the US — including CNN and the New York Times — runs ‘fake news...
G7 ministers look to persuade Russia to abandon Syria’s Assad
LUCCA: Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major industrialised nations met in Italy on Monday, looking to put pressure on Russia to break its ties with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. In a shift in Washington’s strategy, US missiles hit a Syrian air base last week in retaliation for what the United States and its allies say...
Social media groups encouraging teen suicides prompt panic in Russia
SAINT PETERSBURG: Chilling online “death groups” on popular social media that egg on teenagers to kill themselves are causing panic in Russia after a string of teen suicides. Hidden groups on social networking site VK, the Russian equivalent of Facebook, are reportedly controlled by “mentors” who incite their members to...
US Secretary of State to skip NATO meeting, head to Russia instead
BRUSSELS: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will skip a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels in April, but will travel to Russia and Italy the same month, a US official said Tuesday. Tillerson will be replaced by a lower-level official at the NATO meeting on April 5-6, a development that will likely fuel new concerns about US President...
FBI head confirms Russia election probe, says Moscow backed Trump
WASHINGTON: FBI Director James Comey on Monday confirmed for the first time that the bureau is investigating possible ties between Republican Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia as Moscow sought to influence the 2016 U.S. election. Comey and Admiral Mike Rogers, the director of the National Security Agency, made clear that their...
Fillon criticises Merkel refugee policies in French TV debate
French conservative Francois Fillon criticised German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her refugee policies in a televised presidential debate on Monday, saying her management of the migration crisis had caused huge problems for Europe. “I completely disagree with Emmanuel Macron who praised the German chancellor when he was in Berlin for...
Tens of thousands march for equality on Women’s Day
Tens of thousands of women marched around the world Wednesday as protests stretched from Turkey to Spain to the United States demanding equal rights and slamming Donald Trump with an avalanche of criticism. As the world marked International Women’s Day, officials said 40,000 people gathered in Madrid to denounce violence against women and...
Under fire, Trump’s attorney general removes himself from campaign probes
WASHINGTON: US Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Thursday he would stay out of any probe into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election but maintained he did nothing wrong by failing to disclose he met last year with Russia’s ambassador. Sessions, a longtime U.S. senator who was an early and high-ranking player in...
