Section: Pakistan
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Britain gives soldier highest bravery award for Afghan battle
LONDON – Britain said on Thursday it had awarded a 27-year-old soldier the Victoria Cross, its highest military honour for bravery, for his actions during a battle in Afghanistan in 2013. The rare award, last given to a living British soldier in 2005, was one of 139 honours presented to British armed forces personnel for service in active...
Vladimir Putin has said this will create a problem for gas transit to Europe.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Russia would cut off natural gas supplies to Ukraine if Kiev failed to pay. Talking to reporters in Novo-Ogaryovo, he said this will create a problem for gas transit to Europe. …read more Source: Radio...
Athletics: Coe says Russia must not be banned over doping
MARSEILLE (AFP) – Track legend Sebastian Coe, campaigning for the presidency of world athletics, said Wednesday that Russia should not be kicked out of sport because of its doping scandal.Coe told AFP in an interview that Russia has been through a difficult time but it must be helped to set up a clean sports machine.The International...
Bank of Cyprus 2014 loss narrows sharply
NICOSIA (AFP) – Bank of Cyprus said Wednesday it posted a 256 million euro loss for 2014, mainly on increased provisions for exposure to Russia.The results of the fourth quarter… were negatively affected by increased provisions relating… to impairments in Russia, CEO John Patrick Hourican said in a statement.The loss after tax...
Ceasefire takes hold in Ukraine, but US angry at Russia’s ‘lies’
KIEV (AFP) – A UN-backed ceasefire showed signs of taking hold in Ukraine on Wednesday, but tensions remained high after the US accused Russia of lies and Britain ordered a small troop deployment to train Kievs forces.Russia in turn has warned it could within days cut off gas supplies to Ukraine — and, by extension, to parts of the...
Vladmir Putin declares East Ukraine gas supply-cut as ‘genocide’
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said that Kievs decision to cut off gas supplies to east Ukraine last week, which prompted Moscow to start direct deliveries, smacked of genocide.Its not enough that theres hunger there and the OSCE has reported a humanitarian catastrophe, but then to switch off gas supplies too...
Russian paratroopers in drills on border with Estonia, Lithuania
MOSCOW (AFP) – Up to 2,000 Russian soldiers took part in drills in the countrys west on Wednesday as Moscow conducted an inspection of its paratrooper units in the latest show of strength likely to alarm its neighbours.Some 500 units of equipment were also to be included in drills in the western Pskov region which borders EU members Estonia...
US furious over Russia’s ‘lies’ on Ukraine
Kiev (AFP) – The United States expressed fury at Russias lies over Ukraine after European powers urged a frayed ceasefire be respected, while a rare overnight calm was reported in the war zone on Wednesday.But the crisis still simmered dangerously. Britain said it was dispatching a team of soldiers to Ukraine for training and warned Russia...
World response to armed groups like IS ‘shameful’: Amnesty
London (AFP) – World leaders have proved shameful and ineffective in failing to protect civilians from groups like Islamic State (IS), Amnesty International said Wednesday, calling 2014 a catastrophic year.In its 415-page annual report detailing abuses in 160 countries, the group accused governments of pretending the protection of civilians...
Pakistan lifting ban on death penalty a ‘ draconian and repressive’ tactic: Amnesty report
Governments are failing to protect millions of civilians from violence by states and armed groups, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, describing the global response to widespread conflict from Nigeria to Syria as “shameful and ineffective” while highlighting how governments, including that of Pakistan in 2014 had reacted to security threats...
