Section: The Frontier Post (Pakistan)
Berlin, NATO warn against US troop cuts in Germany
WARSAW (AFP): Germany and NATO on Tuesday underlined the importance of US troops in Germany for security on both sides of the Atlantic, a day after President Donald Trump announced he would slash the number stationed there. “We think that the US presence in Germany is important for the security not just of Germany but also for the security of the...
Luxembourg sees EU recognising Palestine if Israel ‘steals’ West Bank
Monitoring Desk Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn says Israel’s annexation of parts of occupied West Bank would be “stealing” and would make European Union’s recognition of Palestine as a state “inevitable.” Luxembourg FM Jean Asselborn says EU should slap economic sanctions or recognise Palestine as a state if Israel...
Iran says will now send Ukraine airliner black boxes to Paris
Monitoring Desk TEHRAN: Iran told the UN’s aviation agency on Wednesday that it would send black boxes from a downed Ukrainian jetliner to Paris for analysis, once countries involved in the investigation agree, two sources familiar with the matter said. The other countries involved are Ukraine, Canada and the United States. Canada...
Black Sea Fleet’s tank troops to hold exercise in Crimea
Monitoring Desk SEVASTOPOL: The Black Sea Fleet’s tank troops will hold a gunnery exercise on the Crimean Peninsula, using upgraded T-72B3 tanks, the Fleet’s press office reported on Thursday. “As part of scheduled combat training measures for coastal defense units of the Black Sea Fleet’s army corps, the crews of T-72B3 tanks...
Chinese ambassador to Israel found dead at home
JERUSALEM (AFP): The Chinese ambassador to Israel, Du Wei, was found dead at his residence on the outskirts of Tel Aviv on Sunday, police said. The envoy, who had arrived in Israel in mid-February, was found dead in his Herzliya home, spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said, adding that police were investigating. Du’s wife and son were not with him...
Obama calls Trump’s response to coronavirus as ‘chaotic’ in leaked call
NEW YORK (Reuters): A leaked conference call between former US president Barack Obama with former members of his administration has described President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as “chaotic”, a source said on Saturday. Obama has largely kept out of the fray even as Trump has blamed him and his Democratic...
COVID-19 lockdown risks 1.4 mn extra TB deaths: study
Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON: A new research has shown that the global lockdown caused by COVID-19 risks a “devastating” surge in tuberculosis cases, with nearly 1.4 million additional deaths from the world’s biggest infectious killer by 2025. TB, a bacterial infection that normally attacks patients’ lungs, is largely treatable yet...
Europe’s coronavirus cases nearing one million: WHO
COPENHAGEN (AFP): The World Health Organization’s (WHO) European office said Thursday that despite some “optimistic signs” in some of the countries worst hit by the new coronavirus, the number of cases was rising and approaching one million in the continent alone. “We remain in the eye of the storm,” WHO regional director for Europe, Hans...
Sick West goes viral
Finian Cunningham The world is in a sick place. We’re not just talking about the escalating coronavirus pandemic, serious though that is with global deaths doubling over the past week. What is also sick is the way gestures of solidarity are being cynically twisted. Take the arrival of Russian medical aid to the US this week. That was...
Trump and Putin are all talk on oil price plunge
Julian Lee Well there’s a surprise. During a telephone conversation on Monday, Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin “agreed on the importance of stability in global energy markets.” However, it’s very unlikely either will go beyond extolling stability and waiting for (or pressuring) somebody else to do something about it....
