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Oskar Groning: Auschwitz guard, 93, on trial for complicity in murder of 300,000
He watched his fellow SS men kill children with their bare hands and saw Jews being herded into the gas chambers of Auschwitz, but former death camp guard Oskar Gröning has always denied ultimate responsibility for the genocide committed during the Nazi Holocaust, according to the Guardian. The 93-year-old “bookkeeper of Auschwitz” will go on...
OSCE chief says ‘good chance for peace’ in Ukraine
VILNIUS (AFP) – The OSCE chief said Monday a truce was holding in a key village in eastern Ukraine and urged rival sides to embrace a good chance for peace in the war-torn region.The news this morning is that our people, our monitors have brokered a truce in Shyrokyne, down near Mariupol, OSCE secretary general Lamberto Zannier said.And...
EU dreams of Iranian gas to break dependence on Moscow
BRUSSELS (AFP) – The EU is hoping future gas imports from Iran can break its dependence on Russia as prospects grow for a nuclear deal that would include lifting sanctions on Tehran.The European Union is betting on so-called Southern Corridor pipelines to supply gas to southern Europe via Turkey from fields in Azerbaijan and nearby...
Kiev lists Russian military units allegedly in Ukraine
KIEV: Ukraine s army chief of staff on Saturday listed for the first time some of the specific Russian military units alleged to be fighting against K …read more Source: The News...
Putin says ready to work with US
Russia has key interests in common with the United States and needs to work with it on a common agenda, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday in a television interview. In his comments to the state-run Rossiya channel, Putin appeared to soften his anti-American rhetoric after being highly critical. Relations between Moscow and...
US troops in Ukraine to train forces fighting pro-Russia rebels
KIEV – Hundreds of US paratroopers have arrived in Ukraine to train its forces fighting pro-Russian rebels in the east, the US army confirmed Friday, a move Moscow warned could “destabilise” the war-torn ex-Soviet country. “Soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade have been arriving over the last week,” Donald Wrenn, a...
Swimming: Ledecky keeps US flag flying with Phelps on sidelines
PHOENIX (AFP) – With Michael Phelps taking the night off, Katie Ledecky flew the US flag at the Mesa Pro Series swimming meeting Friday with a sizzling 400m freestyle victory.In his first meet since serving the six-month suspension that followed his drunk-driving arrest in September, Phelps had the night off after failing to qualify for the...
‘Bookkeeper of Auschwitz’, 93, faces trial in Germany
BERLIN (AFP) – A former Nazi officer known as the bookkeeper of Auschwitz goes on trial in Germany next Tuesday, possibly the last SS member to face punishment after most escaped justice.Oskar Groening, 93, will be tried on accessory to murder charges in 300,000 cases for his role in the deaths of mostly Hungarian Jews deported to the death...
Conflict and terror or peace
The AfPak relationship is more important than ever Synopsis After the visit Of Afghanistan’s president to Pakistan hopes are high that a bilateral understanding between the two countries can lead to peace and stability. This hope and expectation is tempered with the reality of uncertainties, past hostility and, above all, the interests of...
Act II of Yemen crisis
Bilateral relations with all parties should be Pakistan’s focus point The Pakistan Parliament has passed a resolution about the Pakistani foreign policy position on Yemen which largely advises the government to focus on a diplomatic solution. The reaction by State Minister of Foreign Affairs of UAE has been unfortunate which is tantamount...
