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Ukraine president urges Putin to free sailors
Jun28

Ukraine president urges Putin to free sailors

KIEV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday made an “emotional” plea to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to free 24 sailors captured last November near Crimea.”I want to appeal to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin,” the recently elected Zelensky told journalists during a briefing....

German Chancellor Merkel seen shaking for second time
Jun27

German Chancellor Merkel seen shaking for second time

BERLIN (AA): German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday was seen shaking for the second time in nine days. At a ceremony in Berlin, when Merkel’s whole body started to shake, she folded her arms in an apparent attempt to stop the motion, but it continued. She was offered a glass of water but declined it. A similar incident took place last...

German Chancellor Merkel suffers new trembling spell on eve of G20
Jun27

German Chancellor Merkel suffers new trembling spell on eve of G20

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel was seen shaking as she met President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday, her second such bout within two weeks, but her spokesman said she was fine and she continued with her duties. The shaking went on for about two minutes, according to a DPA photographer who was present. Standing next to Steinmeier as...

Feisty Trump sets tone as stormy G20 looms
Jun27

Feisty Trump sets tone as stormy G20 looms

OSAKA: US President Donald Trump set the tone Thursday for what promises to be a stormy G20 summit by lashing out at friends and foes alike over trade tariffs and foreign policy. The long-running US-China trade war looked set to dominate the two-day meeting of world leaders in Osaka from Friday but clashes also loomed over climate and hotspots...

NATO calls on Russia to destroy new missile, warns of response
Jun26

NATO calls on Russia to destroy new missile, warns of response

BRUSSELS: NATO urged Russia on Tuesday to destroy a new missile before an August deadline and save a treaty that keeps land-based nuclear warheads out of Europe or face a more determined alliance response in the region.NATO defense ministers will discuss on Wednesday their next steps if Moscow keeps the missile system that the United States says...

NATO calls on Russia to destroy new missile, warns of response
Jun25

NATO calls on Russia to destroy new missile, warns of response

BRUSSELS (Reuters): NATO urged Russia on Tuesday to destroy a new missile before an August deadline and save a treaty that keeps land-based nuclear warheads out of Europe or face a more determined alliance response in the region. NATO defense ministers will discuss on Wednesday their next steps if Moscow keeps the missile system that the United...

NATO calls on Russia to destroy new missile, warns of response
Jun25

NATO calls on Russia to destroy new missile, warns of response

BRUSSELS: NATO urged Russia on Tuesday to destroy a new missile before an August deadline and save a treaty that keeps land-based nuclear warheads out of Europe or face a more determined alliance response in the region. NATO defense ministers will discuss on Wednesday their next steps if Moscow keeps the missile system that the United States says...

Uncertainties deepens about upcoming Trump, Putin meeting
Jun25

Uncertainties deepens about upcoming Trump, Putin meeting

NEW YORK: The shadow of Helsinki lingers. Uncertainties about Russia’s past and future election interference continue. And tensions are high over hot spots from Iran to Venezuela. When President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet this week on the sidelines of an international summit in Japan, it will mark a new chapter...

Thousands march in Ukraine capital?s Gay Pride
Jun24

Thousands march in Ukraine capital?s Gay Pride

KIEV: More than 8,000 people turned out on Sunday for Kiev’s annual Gay Pride parade amid tight security as far-right activists sought to disrupt the celebration, organisers said. Waving rainbow and Ukrainian flags, dressed in bright colours, marched they marched through the centre of the capital as thousands of police and National Guards...

Airlines avoid parts of Iran-controlled airspace after U.S. regulator’s order
Jun22

Airlines avoid parts of Iran-controlled airspace after U.S. regulator’s order

Some global airlines are re-routing flights to avoid Iran-controlled airspace over the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman, they said on Friday, after the U.S. aviation regulator barred its carriers from the area until further notice. Thursday’s emergency order from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) came after Iran shot down a...