Section: Pakistan Today (Pakistan)
Trump, Putin discuss possible new nuclear accord: White House
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke for more than an hour on Friday, discussing the possibility of a new nuclear accord, North Korean denuclearization, Ukraine and the political situation in Venezuela, the White House said. “Had a long and very good conversation with President Putin of Russia,” Trump said in a...
US military spending up for first time in 7 years
STOCKHOLM: The United States’ military spending has risen for the first time in seven years, reflecting Trump administration policy, according to a new report released Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Worldwide military spending also rose by 2.6 percent to $1.8 trillion overall last year, SIPRI calculated. It...
CITY NOTES: Imran’s brave new world
I suppose the question was inevitable, though it cast an unheard-of aspersion on the prime minister. Imran Khan not just cast a new light on history for his Iranian audience when he said that Germany and Japan had built industries in their border areas to make peace, but he revised geography. True, his statement was not much of an advertisement...
China wants ‘tranquillity’, navy chief says ahead of new warships reveal
QINGDAO: China’s navy wants maritime “tranquillity and good order”, its chief said on Monday, ahead of a parade to mark its 70th anniversary at which the military is expected to display new warships including nuclear submarines and destroyers. President Xi Jinping is overseeing a sweeping plan to refurbish the People’s Liberation Army...
Comedian Zelenskiy wins Ukrainian presidential race by landslide: exit poll
KIEV: Ukraine entered uncharted political waters on Sunday after an exit poll showed a comedian with no political experience and few detailed policies had easily won enough votes to become the next president of a country at war. The apparent landslide victory of Volodymyr Zelenskiy, 41, is a bitter blow for incumbent Petro Poroshenko who tried to...
India hopes to avoid US sanctions over Russian missile deal
NEW DELHI: India is hopeful it will avoid US sanctions over its purchase of Russia’s S-400 missile system, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told AFP. New Delhi has been “heard and understood” by the US administration over its accord to buy the S-400 missile defence system for $5.2 billion, the minister said in an interview this week....
Pompeo urges NATO allies to adapt to new threats from Russia, China
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday called on NATO allies to adapt to confront a wide variety of emerging threats, including Russia’s increased aggression, Chinese strategic competition and uncontrolled migration. Pompeo made the call at the start of a meeting of North Atlantic Treaty Organization foreign ministers in...
NATO meeting to focus on Russia, as US cautions Turkey over missile purchases
WASHINGTON: Turkey remains an important NATO ally and partner to the United States despite concerns over its plans to buy missile defence systems from Russia, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday, a day before the start of a NATO meeting in Washington. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity to preview the meeting of NATO...
DFB president Grindel to resign: reports
BERLIN: The beleaguered president of the German Football Association (DFB) Reinhard Grindel is set to resign, according to media reports on Tuesday. Germany’s top-selling daily Bild, national broadcaster ZDF and news agency DPA said the 57-year-old would resign after nearly three years as the head of the DFB. Grindel has been under pressure...
Comedian takes commanding lead in Ukraine presidential vote
KIEV: A comedian with no political experience took a commanding lead in the first round of Ukraine’s presidential election, offering a fresh face to voters fed up with corruption in a country on the front line of the West’s standoff with Russia. With three-quarters of votes counted on Monday, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a 41-year-old comic...
