Section: Geo TV (Pakistan)
US set to announce response to Russian election hacking: sources
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration plans to announce on Thursday a series of retaliatory measures against Russia for hacking into US political institutions and individuals and leaking information in an effort to help President-elect Donald Trump and other Republican candidates, two US officials said on Wednesday. Both officials declined to...
Parts of crashed Russian plane found in Black Sea
SOCHI: Russian rescuers found Monday the first parts of the Syria-bound military plane that plunged into the Black Sea, as officials dismissed terrorism as a possible cause of the crash that killed all 92 people on board. The Tu-154 jet, whose passengers included more than 60 members of the internationally-renowned Red Army Choir, was heading to...
Israel, angered by anti-settlement UN vote, summons foreign ambassadors
JERUSALEM: Israel summoned the ambassadors of 10 nations to Jerusalem to reprimand them on Sunday and had more harsh words for the Obama administration over a UN Security Council resolution demanding an end to settlement-building. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu put his personal imprint on the show of anger by repeating at the weekly cabinet...
Kremlin says almost all Russia-US dialogue ‘frozen’
MOSCOW: The Kremlin said Wednesday that nearly all the communication channels between Moscow and Washington were frozen, local media reported. “Practically all levels of dialogue with the United States are frozen,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Mir TV, state news agency RIA Novosti reported. “We don’t communicate...
US sanctions companies, people over Russia actions in Ukraine
The United States on Tuesday targeted more Russian businessmen and companies over Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the conflict in Ukraine, slapping them with US sanctions in a move Moscow criticized as hostile. The measures come a month before US President Barack Obama hands over power to President-elect Donald Trump, who has praised...
Abe, Putin start hot spring summit, seeking progress on Japan-Russia islands row
NAGATO: Japan and Russia will likely revive security talks and keep discussing a territorial row that has kept them from signing a peace treaty formally ending World War Two, Russia’s foreign minister said on Thursday, as the countries’ leaders met. Japanese Prime Minister Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President...
Syrian army says battle for Aleppo in ?final phase?
ALEPPO: The crucial battle for Aleppo entered its “final phase” Monday after Syrian rebels retreated into a small pocket of their former bastion in the face of new army advances. President Bashar al-Assad´s forces held more than 90 percent of the onetime opposition stronghold of east Aleppo, a monitor and military official said, and...
Trump likely to name Exxon CEO secretary of state: source
BALTIMORE: US President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name the chief executive of Exxon Mobil Corp as the country’s top diplomat, a source familiar with the situation said on Saturday, an appointment that would put in place an official with close ties to the Russian government. News of Rex Tillerson’s possible appointment comes as...
Kerry on Europe farewell tour to reassure US allies
BERLIN: US Secretary of State John Kerry kicked off a European farewell tour on Monday, six weeks before the inauguration of President elect Donald Trump whose shock victory has deeply unsettled the continent. The top American diplomat is visiting Germany and Brussels seat of the EU and NATO to stress the importance of transatlantic ties before...
Ukraine prepares missile test near Crimea, angering Russia
KIEV: Ukraine was due to start two days of missile tests on Thursday – a move that has angered Russia, prompting it to put its air defense forces on high alert on the annexed Crimea peninsula.The disagreement marks a fresh escalation in tensions between the one-time allies, whose relations collapsed in 2014 after Russia seized Crimea and...
