Section: Pakistan Today (Pakistan)
At least 20 killed in rocket attack on Ukraine’s Mariupol
At least 20 people died Saturday when rockets hit Ukraine’s strategic government-held port of Mariupol after Russian-backed rebels’ rejected peace talks, Ukraine’s interior minister said. The eastern Donetsk region police chief said another 86 people were injured in the attack. “The morgue has already received 20 bodies, but the...
Davos elites warned about catastrophic cyberattacks
DAVOS- Attacks on power plants, telecommunications and financial systems, even turning all of Los Angeles’ traffic lights green: Davos elites were warned Saturday of the terrifying possibilities of modern cyber terrorism. Eugene Kaspersky, who heads the Kaspersky Lab security group, said the possibilities of individuals being hacked would...
Xi’s quest for global peace
Make peace to make progress China used to hit the headlines in the international media due to its economic boom both at the domestic as well as at international fronts. Its leadership had no appetite for conflict or political debates where it was not directly involved. Consider Afghanistan: the rugged neighbouring country has been a hotspot for...
Fighting rages anew at Ukraine airport, three soldiers killed
Fighting raged on Saturday at the main airport of Ukraine’s city of Donetsk as separatists resumed attempts to break the tenuous grip of government forces on the complex and Kiev’s military said three more Ukrainian soldiers had been killed. With attempts to restart peace talks stalled, pro-Russian rebels have stepped up shelling...
US blasts ICC war crimes probe of Israel as ‘tragic irony’
The United States joined Israel in condemning the International Criminal Court decision to open a preliminary probe into possible war crimes committed against Palestinians, blasting it as a “tragic irony”. ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said her office would conduct an “analysis in full independence and impartiality” into alleged war crimes by...
Obama, Cameron vow to defeat extremists
Mentioning the TTP attack on a school in Peshawar as an example of how extremists were targeting children, US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron vowed on Thursday to work together to defeat these forces of evil. “We will defeat these barbaric killers and their distorted ideology, which tries to justify the murder of...
Ukraine takes historic step toward NATO
Ukraine took a historic step toward NATO on Tuesday in a parliamentary vote that stoked Russia’s anger ahead of talks on ending the ex-Soviet state’s separatist war. Lawmakers in the government-controlled chamber overwhelmingly adopted a bill dropping Ukraine’s non-aligned status – a classification given to states such as...
At least 60 journalists killed in 2014
NEW YORK— At least 60 journalists around the world were killed in 2014 while on the job or because of their work, and 44 percent of them were targeted for murder, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. An “unusually high proportion,” or about one-fourth, of those killed were international journalists, though the overwhelming number of...
Putin says Russia won’t be intimidated over Crimea
Russia will not be intimidated over its actions in Ukraine and Crimea, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday as his foreign ministry warned that it was preparing to retaliate against fresh Western sanctions. Both the European Union and United States adopted tighter restrictions on investments in Crimea this week, while Canada rachetted up its...
Putin says his grip on power is firm and economy will rebound
Russian president says Moscow would adjust to low oil prices, but gives no recipe for turning economy around President Vladimir Putin vowed Thursday that Russia would rapidly recover from its financial crisis and said his grip on power was firm, even as new Western sanctions and a run on the ruble pile on the pressure. The Russian strongman, who...
