Section: Pakistan Today (Pakistan)
Germany says will push for new international effort to end war in Syria
BERLIN: Germany will join France to push for a new international effort to achieve a lasting ceasefire in Syria, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Saturday, criticising Russia for repeatedly blocking UN Security Council action on the war. Officials from Germany, France, Britain and the United States will meet in London on Sunday to...
Holders Real confident ahead of semi-final draw
MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid will find out their semi-final opponents on Friday as they continue their bid for a third straight Champions League title, with Bayern Munich, Liverpool and Roma the only remaining challengers to their crown. Zinedine Zidane’s men came through one of the most dramatic European ties in recent memory...
Chemical arms watchdog confirms UK findings on Russian-made nerve agent
HAGUE: The world’s chemical arms watchdog on Thursday said it had confirmed Britain’s findings that a nerve agent used in an attack on a former spy and his daughter in England last month originally came from Russia. Samples tested by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) “confirm the findings of the United...
European air traffic controller warns airlines of possible strikes in Syria within 72 hours
BRUSSELS: Pan-European air traffic control agency Eurocontrol on Tuesday warned airlines to exercise caution in the eastern Mediterranean due to the possible launch of air strikes into Syria in next 72 hours. Eurocontrol said that air-to-ground and/or cruise missiles could be used within that period and there was a possibility of intermittent...
FBI raids offices, home of Trump’s personal lawyer
WASHINGTON: The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Monday raided the offices and home of US President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen, law enforcement sources said, in a dramatic new development in a series of probes involving close Trump associates. Cohen’s lawyer, Stephen M Ryan, said that US prosecutors conducted a...
21st century Cold War
Russia is once again ready to challenge the hegemony of America The world has gone through a number of different important phases. The treaty of Westphalia paved the way for the creation of sovereign nation states. After this, a new power competition among different states started and as a result, news alliances and treaties were made by...
‘Feels like Cold war is back’: Russian spy chief
MOSCOW: Russia’s foreign intelligence agency chief Sergei Naryshkin said on Wednesday that Washington’s actions toward Russia mean its possible to start speaking of a return to the Cold War era. “Washington has become fixated with the fight against a non-existent, so-called Russian threat. This has reached such proportions and...
UN chief warns another Cold War developing between Russia, US
NEW YORK: United Nations Chief Antonio Guterres warned on Thursday that Russian and US relations were deteriorating into a situation “similar, to a large extent, to what we lived during the Cold War” and called for safeguards to be put in place. Just days after the United States announced it would expel 12 Russian UN diplomats over a nerve agent...
Britain shared ‘unprecedented’ intelligence over spy attack
LONDON: Britain shared “unprecedented levels” of intelligence about a spy poisoning it blamed on Moscow, which has led at least 25 countries to expel Russian diplomats, a senior UK government official said Tuesday. This week’s coordinated expulsions have echoed Britain’s action in response to the March 4 attack on former Russian...
Poland inks $4.75 billion US Patriot Missile deal
WARSAW: Poland signed the largest weapons procurement deal in its history on Wednesday, agreeing with the United States to buy Raytheon Co’s Patriot missile defense system for $4.75 billion as it modernises its forces to face a bolder Russia. “It is an extraordinary, historic moment; it is Poland’s introduction into a whole new world...
