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Russia doesn’t want arms race with US: Putin aide
Jun17

Russia doesn’t want arms race with US: Putin aide

MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia does not want to enter a costly new arms race with the United States, a top Kremlin aide said Wednesday, after President Vladimir Putin said it was boosting its nuclear arsenal.Russia is trying to react to possible threats with some sort of means but thats it, Yury Ushakov, Putins top foreign policy aide, told a...

Russia cites ‘threats’ as nuclear arsenal boosted
Jun17

Russia cites ‘threats’ as nuclear arsenal boosted

MOSCOW (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia must defend itself if threatened, as the US warned against a return to a Cold War status after Moscow announced plans to boost its nuclear arsenal.The declaration from the Kremlin strongman came as Russia reacted with fury to reports the US is planning to bulk up its military...

New Ukraine peace talks fail to halt escalating clashes
Jun17

New Ukraine peace talks fail to halt escalating clashes

MINSK: Ukraine on Tuesday reported the death of two soldiers as a fresh round of European-mediated talks with pro-Russian insurgents failed to break a …read more Source: The News...

Tennis: Stunned Nadal crashes out at Queen’s
Jun17

Tennis: Stunned Nadal crashes out at Queen’s

LONDON (AFP) – Rafael Nadal suffered a shock first-round exit from the Wimbledon warm-up event at Queens Club as the Spanish star was beaten 6-3, 6-7 (6/8), 6-4 by unheralded Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov on Tuesday.Nadals dismal defeat against the world number 79 is the latest in a growing list of lacklustre performances in a troubled 2015...

Rafael Nadal beaten in first round at Queen’s
Jun16

Rafael Nadal beaten in first round at Queen’s

LONDON- Just when it seemed safe for Rafa Nadal devotees to peer up from behind the sofa the Spaniard suffered another horror show at the hands of Ukrainian spin wizard Alexandr Dolgopolov at Queen’s Club today. Former world number one Nadal looked rejuvenated last week when he won the Stuttgart grasscourt title having endured a title-less...

Putin says Russia to boost nuclear arsenal
Jun16

Putin says Russia to boost nuclear arsenal

MOSCOW (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia will boost its nuclear arsenal by more than 40 intercontinental missiles this year, in a move likely to further unnerve the West.The declaration from the Kremlin strongman came as Russia reacted with fury to reports that the US is planning to bulk up its military deployments...

Security agency wars add to Ukraines spreading woes
Jun16

Security agency wars add to Ukraines spreading woes

KIEV: War-scarred Ukraine was engulfed on Monday by a scandal involving the chiefs of its two main domestic security agencies amid claims of criminal …read more Source: The News...

East Ukrainians stage rare rally against rebel command
Jun15

East Ukrainians stage rare rally against rebel command

DONETSK (AFP) – Several hundred Ukrainians in the countrys war-torn east demanded Monday that pro-Russian insurgents remove scores of rocket launchers from crowded city neighbourhoods and stop provoking return government fire on their homes.The small but unusual demonstration outside the offices of the self-proclaimed Donetsk Peoples...

Football: Neymar to the rescue as Brazil down Peru
Jun15

Football: Neymar to the rescue as Brazil down Peru

TEMUCO (AFP) – Brazil captain Neymar scored one goal and set up an injury-time winner as the five-time world champions opened their Copa America campaign with a desperate 2-1 win over Peru here Sunday.Neymar nodded in a fifth-minute equaliser for the Brazilians — his 44th international goal at the age of just 23 — after Peru had...

‘US plans to store heavy arms in Baltic, E Europe’
Jun14

‘US plans to store heavy arms in Baltic, E Europe’

The United States plans to store heavy military equipment in the Baltics and Eastern European nations to reassure allies made uneasy by Russian intervention in Ukraine, and to deter further aggression, a senior US official said on Saturday. “We will pre-position significant equipment,” the official said, commenting on a New York Times report that...