Section: The Frontier Post (Pakistan)
Russia bans oil export to Ukraine
MOSCOW (AA): Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday said he has signed a decree expanding Russian sanctions against Ukraine. The new measures ban export to Ukraine of oil, oil products and coal, he said at a government meeting in Moscow. Also, the decree expands the list of items prohibited for import from Ukraine, he added. “We are expanding...
US-Russia chill stirs worry about stumbling into conflict
Robert Burns WASHINGTON: It has the makings of a new Cold War, or worse. The deep chill in U.S.-Russian relations is stirring concern in some quarters that Washington and Moscow are in danger of stumbling into an armed confrontation that, by mistake or miscalculation, could lead to nuclear war. American and European analysts and current and...
Preventing Catastrophe in Afghanistan
WAKIL KOHSAR This brief presents a summary of key historical events in Afghanistan since 1989 and outlines a possible worst-case scenario following a U.S. and allied withdrawal from the country. The United States, Afghanistan, and its allies must work together in search for greater Afghan self-reliance, security, and stability in order to avoid a...
How Mueller’s hunt for a Russia-Trump conspiracy came up short
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters): As recently as February, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team dropped hints that the inquiry into Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S. election might unearth evidence of active cooperation between Moscow and President Donald Trump’s campaign. That turned out not to be the case. Attorney General William...
U.S. State Secretary to update NATO on peace negotiations in Afghanistan: Stoltenberg
KABUL (Khaama Press): The NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that the Secretary of the State of the United States Mike Pompeo will update NATO on peace negotiations in Afghanistan. In his speech ahead of the NATO Foreign Ministerial in Washington, Stoltenberg said “We will also assess NATO’s role in the fight against...
NATO’s 70th anniversary to be celebrated in Washington
BRUSSELS (AA): NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs will attend two-day meetings in Washington to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the alliance, the group announced Monday. “Ministers of Foreign Affairs will attend events and hold meetings in Washington DC, United States of America, on Wednesday 3 and Thursday 4 April 2019,” it said in a press...
How Trump’s Golan decision will further frustrate Mideast peace process
Laura Rozen Even as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warmly welcomed the step, former US diplomats and peace process veterans say they saw little near-term security benefit, and possible risks, from US President Donald Trump’s decision — announced in a tweet today — for the United States to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the...
Russia explains why military specialists arrived to Venezuela
MOSCOW (Sputnik): Russian servicemen are in Venezuela legally, they are helping to carry out maintenance of previously supplied Russian military equipment, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said commenting on the recent call on Russia by US President Donald Trump to leave Venezuela. “We have explained what our servicemen are doing in Venezuela,...
Top US diplomat saddened by global Golan reactions
WASHINGTON (AA): U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday he is “saddened, but not surprised” by the world’s refusal to follow Washington’s lead in recognizing the occupied Golan Heights as Israeli territory. “We are simply recognizing facts on the ground,” Pompeo said one day after U.S. Presidential Donald Trump signed a...
Arms trade and strategic stability
Iqbal Khan Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has released the data in its annual report, on March11, captioned ‘Trends in International Arms Transfers-2018′; for a five-year period (2014-2018). According to report, India has been among the top five arms importers in the world for decades. India was the world’s...
