Section: The Frontier Post (Pakistan)
Russia decides to deploy nuclear-capable strategic bombers to Crimea: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters): Russia has decided to deploy nuclear-capable Tupolev Tu-22M3 strategic bombers to the Crimean peninsula in response to the U.S. rolling out missile defense systems in Romania, the RIA news agency cited a senior Russian lawmaker as saying on Monday. Russia plans to station the bombers at the Gvardeyskoye air base in Crimea,...
EU reaffirms commitment to policy of non-recognition of Crimean referendum
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The European Union reaffirmed its commitment to the policy of non-recognition of the results of the referendum in Crimea, after which the peninsula rejoined Russia, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said in a statement on Sunday, amid the fifth anniversary of the peninsula’s reunification with Russia. “The...
Russia slams ‘hypocrisy’ of new Western sanctions
MOSCOW (Web Desk): Russia on Saturday slammed the “hypocrisy” of new Western sanctions against its officials over their role in a naval confrontation with Ukraine last year, and vowed to respond to the “unfriendly” move. The United States, Canada and the European Union Friday slapped new sanctions on more than a dozen Russian officials and...
Ronaldo back in Portugal squad after 9-month absence
MADRID (Agenices): Cristiano Ronaldo was named in defending European champions Portugal’s squad on Friday nine months after his last international appearance at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. With Euro 2020 qualifiers against Ukraine and Serbia coming up, coach Fernando Santos has recalled Ronaldo, who has 85 goals in 154 international...
NATO edges toward Trump’s spending demands, Germany lags
BRUSSELS (Reuters): More European allies in NATO increased defense spending in 2018, with sharp rises in the Baltics, Poland and the Netherlands, but only six governments met a target sought by the United States – while Germany lagged and Canadian outlays fell. European allies have tried to deflect threats from U.S. President Donald Trump, who...
Paul Manafort indicted on new fraud charges in New York
Monitoring Desk NEW YORK: A Manhattan grand jury has indicted President Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort on charges of residential mortgage fraud and other state crimes, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. “No one is beyond the law in New York,” DA Cy Vance Jr. said in a statement. “Following an...
Turkey takes helm of $55b wheat market
ISTANBUL (AA): Turkey’s trade group for flour producers is taking the Eurasian helm of an international millers’ association, it announced on Monday. By taking the Eurasia region administration of the International Association of Operative Millers (IAOM), the Turkish Flour Industrialists’ Federation (TFIF) took responsibility...
Serena out-guns Azarenka to reach Indian Wells 3rd round
INDIAN WELLS (Agencies): Serena Williams out-gunned Victoria Azarenka 7-5, 6-3 in an electrifying clash of former world number ones on Friday to reach the third round at Indian Wells. The two raised the temperature on a cold, windy night in the California desert, trading shots from every corner of the court before Williams wrapped things up after...
Former Trump campaign chief to be sentenced, could face life in prison
WASHINGTON (AFP): US President Donald Trump’s former campaign chief Paul Manafort is to be sentenced for tax crimes and bank fraud on Thursday in a high-profile case stemming from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Manafort, who turns 70 in April, faces potentially spending the rest of...
US destroyer caught between two Russian warships off Turkey
MOSCOW (Sputnik): Earlier, the Russian Black Sea Fleet promised to keep a close eye on the USS Donald Cook as it made its way into the waterway last week for a visit to the Ukrainian port of Odessa. The Tomahawk-capable USS Donald Cook destroyer was caught between two Russian warships shadowing it near the Dardanelles Strait, a military...
