Section: Pakistan Today (Pakistan)
Suspected Congo virus victim shifted to isolation ward
PESHAWAR: Another Afghan national is suspected to be infected with the Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, commonly known as Congo virus, and was shifted to an isolation ward at Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC) on Tuesday. Haji Ahmad, a 13-year-old boy, hails from Bamyan province of Afghanistan. The number of patients from Afghanistan arriving in...
US pledges high-end equipment for NATO rapid response force
The United States said on Monday it would contribute special operations forces, intelligence and other high-end military assets to a new NATO rapid response force that aims in part to deter any future actions by Russia. US Defense Secretary Ash Carter made the announcement during a trip to Germany, where he delivered an address accusing Moscow of...
EU prolongs Russian economic sanctions for six months
LUXEMBOURG: European Union (EU) foreign ministers formally agreed Monday to prolong to January 2016 damaging economic sanctions against Russia to ensure it fully implements Ukraine peace accords, officials said. “EU has extended economic sanctions against Russia until 31 January 2016, with a view to complete implementation of (the) Minsk...
US Senate passes $612b defence policy bill
Over White House objections, the Senate passed a $612 billion defence policy bill that calls for arming Ukraine forces, prevents another round of base closures and makes it harder for President Barack Obama to close the prison for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Senate voted 71 to 25 to approve the bill, which President Barack Obama...
World’s displaced hits record high of 60m: UN
Almost 60 million people worldwide were forcibly uprooted by conflict and persecution at the end of last year, the highest ever recorded number, the UN refugee agency said on Thursday. More than half the displaced were children from crises-hit countries including Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees...
‘US plans to store heavy arms in Baltic, E Europe’
The United States plans to store heavy military equipment in the Baltics and Eastern European nations to reassure allies made uneasy by Russian intervention in Ukraine, and to deter further aggression, a senior US official said on Saturday. “We will pre-position significant equipment,” the official said, commenting on a New York Times report that...
Italy gives Putin stage to petition case on ‘sanctions’
ROME: Russian President Vladimir Putin used a trip to Italy on Wednesday to press his case against international sanctions and was urged by Pope Francis to make a “sincere effort” for peace in Ukraine. After telling Italian premier Matteo Renzi that Western sanctions imposed over Russia’s actions in Ukraine would cost Italian companies a...
Obama in Germany ahead of G-7 Summit
US president tours village with German Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of meetings US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held a beer summit of sorts Sunday, enjoying some Bavarian culture before meeting privately to discuss issues ranging from Russian aggression to trans-Atlantic trade. With wheat beer on tap and white...
Defending ‘devils’
And the joke of one-less-lawyer They were all educated. And they all were being led by the educated too. It was a ‘civilised’ and organised group but they behaved like a herd. They raised a maelstrom of hooliganism then settled in their chambers while the rulers remained tight-lipped over what folks dub as ‘Wukala-Gardi’. They came,...
Platini confronts Blatter with resign demand
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) President Michel Platini confronted FIFA leader Sepp Blatter at an emergency meeting of football chiefs on Thursday and said he called on him to stand down because of corruption scandals engulfing world football. Blatter refused and Platini made a public appeal at a press conference for member...
