Section: Geo TV (Pakistan)
Putin easily wins another six-year term, firms grip on Russia
Russian President and Presidential candidate Vladimir Putin at a polling station during the presidential election in Moscow, Russia March 18, 2018.—Reuters photoKEMEROVO: Russian President Vladimir Putin won a landslide re-election victory on Sunday, extending his rule over the world´s largest country for another six years at a time when his ties...
Putin on track for commanding win as Russians head to polls
A combination picture shows candidates in the Russian 2018 presidential election, including (top, L-R) Vladimir Putin, Pavel Grudinin, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Ksenia Sobchak, (bottom, L-R) Grigory Yavlinsky, Sergei Baburin, Boris Titov, and Maxim Suraikin. REUTERS/Staff/FilesPETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY: Russians began voting in a presidential election...
Eight injured in Georgia ski chair lift crush
Ski lift accident in Georgia. Photo: Iryna JadakAt least eight tourists, including a pregnant woman from Sweden, were injured on Friday when a chair lift ran out of control in the Georgian ski resort of Gudauri, officials said.Video of the accident showed skiers being flung out of their chairs as they turned a bend as other resort visitors...
US hits Russia with sanctions for election meddling
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday levied sanctions against Russia’s top spy agencies and more than a dozen individuals for trying to influence the 2016 US presidential election and conducting separate cyberattacks.The announcement follows a lengthy delay that had caused anger on Capitol Hill and raised questions...
France wants proof before responding on Britain poisoning affair
PARIS: France on Wednesday said it wanted firm proof of Russian involvement in the nerve-toxin poisoning of a Russian double agent in Britain before it took any action in solidarity with the British government.In contrast to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Donald Trump who assured British Prime Minister Theresa May they were...
Britain, Russia brace for showdown as deadline for nerve attack probe expires
Members of the emergency services wearing protective clothing work near the bench where former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found poisoned in Salisbury, Britain, March 13, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls LONDON: Britain braced for a showdown with Russia on Wednesday after a midnight deadline set by Prime...
Trump fires Tillerson, replaces him with hawkish spy chief Pompeo
LEFT: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Mike Pompeo in Capitol Hill, Washington, US, May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/Files; RIGHT: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Washington, US, March 6, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Files WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday after a series of...
Spy poisoning: UK considers ‘full range’ of retaliation
LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May has warned that Britain is considering a “full range” of retaliatory measures if it concludes that Russia was responsible for a nerve agent attack in an English city.Options mooted in recent days include the expulsion of Russian diplomats, a retaliatory cyber attack and asset seizures of Russian...
Maybe ‘Jews’ but not Kremlin meddled in US election: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: AFPMOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin suggested in a US television interview that Ukrainians, Tatars or “Jews,” could have meddled in the 2016 US presidential election — but not the Kremlin.”Why have you decided the Russian authorities, myself included, gave anybody permission to do...
Investigators search snow for clues to deadly Russian plane crash
STEPANOVSKOYE: Rescuers on Monday searched through deep snow for body parts and debris after a Russian passenger plane crashed near Moscow minutes after take-off, killing all 71 people on board, in the country’s deadliest air crash since 2016.The Antonov An-148 plane went down in a snow-covered field, making it difficult to access, with...
