Section: Pakistan Today (Pakistan)
Steven Seagal granted Russian citizenship
President Vladimir Putin signed off on Thursday on a decree granting Russian citizenship to US action hero actor Steven Seagal, the latest high-profile passport handout to a Western celebrity. Hollywood star Seagal and judo-loving Kremlin tough guy Putin have struck up a ‘bromance’ in recent years, with Seagal visiting Russia repeatedly and...
Ukrainian man changes name to ‘iPhone 7’ to win Apple’s new gadget
A Ukrainian man has legally changed his name to ‘iPhone 7′ to win the newly released Apple phone. Olexander Turin is now officially known as iPhone Sim (Seven in Ukrainian), after an electronics store in Kiev offered the Apple phone to the first five people to rename themselves after the device. But not everyone was happy with the name...
US to deploy 330 troops in Norway
The United States will deploy over 300 troops in Norway, the Norwegian government announced Monday, in a move set to upset neighbouring Russia. The 330 Marines, to be stationed on rotation around 1.000 kilometres (600 miles) from the Russian border, will be engaged in training and manoeuvres in almost Arctic conditions, the Norwegian defence...
Lockdown is neither democratic nor constitutional
Give your loyalties to an ideology, not a person The Supreme Court has started hearing of the petitions filed by many parties including Imran Khan. As a first step, the Supreme Court ordered Nawaz Sharif and other defendants to appear before the court in two weeks time. The constitution of Pakistan does not provide any immunity to the office of...
Wretched Syria
Superpowers’ chess board At the one-year anniversary of the Russian strikes, the State Department acknowledged that Russia had succeeded in its goal of propping up the Assad regime As the month started, US-Russia relations fell to a new post-Cold War low as the Obama administration abandoned efforts to cooperate with Moscow on ending the...
Pakistan among 12 most dangerous countries in the world
Pakistan has been named amongst the least safe and secure country in the world, according to a report by the World Economic Forum. The top 12 is completed by Yemen in the Middle East and Pakistan, which continues to battle the Taliban. However, El Salvador has been named as the least safe and secure country in the world. The epicentre of central...
Children’s bed shaped like missile that downed MH17 plane stirs unease in Russia
A Russian firm has caused a stir after putting on sale a children’s bed in the shape of a Buk missile launcher of the kind that shot down a Malaysian Airlines passenger jet in eastern Ukraine in 2014. International prosecutors said last month the airliner had been shot down by a Buk missile fired from a village held by pro-Russian rebels....
Putin shuns Paris visit after France offers talks only on Syria: source
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not come to Paris next week after declining to meet President Francois Hollande only for talks on Syria, a source in Hollande’s office said, the latest deterioration in ties between Moscow and the West. French officials have been grappling for ways to put new pressure on Russia after Moscow vetoed a...
Putin in Turkey to push energy deals despite Syria crisis
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Turkey on Monday for talks with counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, pushing forward ambitious joint energy projects as the two sides try to overcome a crisis in ties. Only a few months ago, Putin and Erdogan were exchanging acrimonious accusations over Syria. But the pair is expected to reaffirm their...
Russia mulls restoring military bases in Vietnam and Cuba
Russia is considering plans to resume its military presence in Vietnam and Cuba where Moscow earlier had military bases; Russian news agencies quoted Russian Deputy Defence Minister Nikolai Pankov as saying on Friday. “We are dealing with this issue,” the agencies quoted Pankov as saying in the State Duma lower house of Russia’s parliament....
