Section: Pakistan Today (Pakistan)
‘Must prevent new Cold War’, says Germany’s Russia expert
BERLIN: Germany wants to keep up a dialogue with Moscow despite joining Western expulsions of Russian diplomats and must avoid a new Cold War, the German government’s coordinator for Russia said in a newspaper interview. Gernot Erler told the Passauer Neue Presse that Berlin’s decision to send four diplomats back to Russia was a sign...
Russian gas pipeline presents a dilemma for Denmark
COPENHAGEN: Denmark is under pressure to rule on whether a new Russian pipeline supplying gas to Germany can be built near its Baltic coast, a decision that puts it in the line of fire from friend and foe alike. Denmark does not want to act alone in resolving one of the biggest foreign policy quandaries that the small European Union nation has...
Russia denies aiding Afghan Taliban in wake of US general’s comments
KABUL: Russia has rejected comments by NATO’s top commander in Afghanistan that it has been supporting and even supplying weapons to the Taliban, in a clash of words that underlines growing tension over Moscow’s involvement in the conflict. In an interview with the BBC last week, General John Nicholson said that Russia had been acting...
16-year-old Anisimova stuns Wang at Miami Open
American teenager Amanda Anisimova, fresh off an impressive run at Indian Wells, beat China’s Wang Qiang 6-3 1-6 6-2 at the Miami Open to set up a second-round clash with Spanish third seed Garbine Muguruza. The 16-year-old wild card, who had never won a WTA main-draw match until this month’s BNP Paribas Open where she reached the...
Trump says will meet Putin ‘in the not too distant future’
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he called Russia President Vladimir Putin to congratulate him on his election victory and suggested the two leaders would meet shortly. During a meeting at the White House with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Trump told reporters he believed he and Putin would meet “in the not too distant future”...
Putin widely accepted to emerge victorious in Russian polls
MOSCOW: Russians began voting in a presidential election on Sunday set to give Vladimir Putin a commanding victory that could only be blemished if large numbers do not bother taking part because the result is so predictable. On Russia’s eastern edge, in the Pacific coast city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, polling stations opened at 2000 hrs...
Theresa May exploding over a ‘maybe’?
America should take the responsibility for this new arms race To add to the growing global influence of Russia, Putin has recently unveiled a new generation of missile technology which has rendered the scope American Missile Defense Shield useless. During the heightened tensions over America’s plan to surround Russia with Missile Defense...
Russia blamed for cyber attacks on US energy grids
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration on Thursday blamed the Russian government for a campaign of cyber attacks stretching back at least two years that targeted the US power grid, marking the first time the United States has publicly accused Moscow of hacking into American energy infrastructure. Beginning in March 2016, or possibly earlier,...
US accuses Russia of disrespecting territorial integrity of sovereign nations
The United States today accused Russia of disdaining the international order and disrespecting the territorial integrity of sovereign nations. State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert’s remarks came hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s campaigned in Crimea, which the US alleges was annexed by Russia some four years ago....
Singapore starts landmark public hearing on fake news
SINGAPORE: Singapore on Wednesday began a public hearing on how to tackle the threat of fake news, with speakers suggesting measures ranging from blocking websites to balancing the interests of national security and free speech. The wealthy city-state is among the countries looking to introduce legislation to rein in fake news, a trend that has...
