Section: The Frontier Post (Pakistan)
US, allies conduct Open Skies flight above Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AA): The U.S. said Thursday it and unspecified allies have conducted an “extraordinary flight” over Ukraine amid heightened tensions between Russia and Ukraine. “The timing of this flight is intended to reaffirm U.S. commitment to Ukraine and other partner nations,” the Pentagon said in a statement. The flight comes under the auspices...
NATO expects Russia, Iran to support Afghan peace
BRUSSELS (Pajhwok): NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday said the alliance expected all regional powers, including Russia and Iran, to support an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process and play a constructive role. Speaking ahead of a two-day NATO foreign ministerial meeting in Brussels that began on Tuesday, Stoltenberg said...
Trump wants o discuss ‘arms race’ with Russia, China
WASHINGTON (AA): U.S. President Donald Trump predicted Monday he and his Russian and Chinese counterparts would talk about an end to what he described as an arms race “at some time in the future.” “I am certain that, at some time in the future, President Xi and I, together with President Putin of Russia, will start talking about a meaningful halt...
Putin informed Macron, Merkel about Kerch Strait incident: Kremlin aide
BUENOS AIRES (TASS): Russian President Vladimir Putin informed French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel about the details of the Kerch Strait incident when he met with them on the sidelines of the Group of Twenty summit in Argentina, Russian president’s aide Yuri Ushakov said on Sunday. “I can tell that during...
Netherlands draw Germany in pick of Euro 2020 qualifying groups
DUBLIN (Reuters): The Netherlands and Germany were grouped together in qualification for the 2020 European Championship at Sunday’s draw in Dublin, one of 12 host cities for the finals that will be staged across the continent for the first time. Germany, the team everyone wanted to avoid after their poor showing in UEFA’s new Nations...
‘United’ EU stands behind Ukraine over naval standoff
Monitoring Desk BRUSSELS: The European Union stands behind Ukraine over naval standoff and “will roll over the sanctions on Russia in December,” the European Council president said on Friday. “Europe is united in our support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Donald Tusk said in a Twitter post. “This is why I am sure that...
Ukraine bars Russian men from entry as tensions flare
MOSCOW (AFP): Ukraine on Friday barred Russian men aged 16-60 from entry as tensions mounted between the two countries over Moscow’s seizure of three Ukrainian ships last week. The move came after Kiev imposed martial law in border regions this week in response to the Russian seizure of the ships and 24 sailors off Moscow-annexed Crimea....
Ukrainian leader asks for NATO help
KIEV (Reuters): Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday accused Russia’s Vladimir Putin of wanting to annex his entire country and called for NATO to deploy warships to a sea shared by the two nations. Poroshenko’s comments to German media were part of a concerted push by Kiev aimed at gaining Western support for more...
Moscow ready to react to NATO’s expansion
Monitoring Desk MOSCOW: The Kremlin has commented on the deployment of a permanent US military base in Poland, which will cost the country $1.5-2 billion. Reacting to the establishment of a US base in Poland, Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov underlined that Poland had a sovereign right to establish a US military base on its territory,...
Trump ‘flips off’ rest of the world, losing friends and allies
Dave Lindorff With a White House riven by policy feuds, Trump has been tearing up agreements and treaties right and left, as well as threating military action and sanctions. This has left its allies wondering if the US is, in fact, an ally. On the same day that China and the US announced a temporary “moratorium” on trade sanctions by both...
