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Iran nuclear talks intensify after Obama appeal
Lausanne (AFP) – Marathon talks towards an Iran nuclear deal picked up pace Friday as US President Barack Obama appealed to Tehran to seize an historic opportunity and begin a brighter future.In Switzerland, US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart began their fifth day of talks, while in Brussels the leaders of Germany,...
European Council President says EU leaders are ready to take further decisions, if necessary.
European Union leaders have agreed that economic sanctions imposed on Russia will stay till full implementation of a Ukraine peace deal. The compromise reached at an EU summit in Brussels. Later, European Council President Donald Tusk told newsmen that the EU leaders are also ready to take further decisions, if necessary. …read more Source:...
These are the countries exporting weapons to Pakistan and India
A report on global arms transfers in 2014 has revealed the countries that export weapons to Pakistan and India, considered to be among the top 10 weapons importers in the world. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute released its data on global arms transfers in 2014, providing some of the best publicly available information on the...
Russia expands military exercises to 80,000 troops
MOSCOW – Russia said Thursday it had doubled the number of troops taking part in mass drills ordered by President Vladimir Putin this week to 80,000 in a major show of strength amid tensions with the West over Ukraine. Putin on Monday ordered drills for more than 40,000 troops in regions spanning the country, from the Arctic to the far east...
Russia offers UN resolution on election talks with Ukraine rebels
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – Russia proposed a UN Security Council draft resolution Thursday asking Kiev to immediately start consultations with pro-Russian separatists on elections within their eastern Ukraine strongholds.The Russian text cites a paragraph from a February peace accord, which provides for discussion and agreement on questions...
EU’s Russia sanctions extended to end-2015: Tusk
BRUSSELS (AFP) – EU leaders agreed Thursday to effectively extend economic sanctions against Russia until the end of 2015, tying them to full implementation of the Minsk ceasefire accords in Ukraine.The sanctions were imposed after the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over rebel-held eastern Ukraine in July 2014, and were due...
Greece pleads for help from sceptical Europe
BRUSSELS (AFP) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras urged Germany and France at a summit Thursday to help him tackle a looming cash crunch, despite warnings that Athens must commit to reforms first.The radical left-wing Greek leader sat down for emergency talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Francois Hollande and the EUs top...
Tennis: Ex-champ Jankovic reaches semis at Indian Wells
INDIAN WELLS (AFP) – Jelena Jankovic of Serbia advanced to the semi-finals of the WTA tournament at Indian Wells by beating qualifier Lesia Tsurenko, who retired in the second set with an injury on Thursday.Former winner Jankovic, who is seeded 18th, was leading 6-1, 4-1 when Tsurenko packed it in after 45 minutes on centre court with a...
Football: FIFA meets to decide 2022 World Cup dates
ZURICH (AFP) – FIFAs executive committee started a two-day meeting on Thursday to decide the dates of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, which will be the first held in winter.After more than four years of controversy over the tournament, dogged by allegations of corruption in the bidding and concerns over the treatment of migrant workers, the...
ISIS, other terrorists not Muslims: Lord Nazir in Japan Assembly
DUNYA NEWS(Web Desk) –Lord Nazir Ahmed, member of British House of Lords, spoke to Tokyo’s House of Representatives’ (Diet Members’ Building) in Feburary.Last month, Lord Nazir Ahmed was on a speaking tour to Japan where at the invitation of Japanese Universal Peace Federation, he gave a speech titled ‘Peace in the Middle...
