Section: The Frontier Post (Pakistan)
Crimea is Russian, matter is finished
John Wight A firestorm of anti-Russia hysteria in the UK is no excuse for peddling a revisionist narrative over the status of Crimea. Yet just such a revisionist narrative is being peddled by the country’s foreign office to mark the fourth anniversary of Crimea’s decision, expressed in a democratic referendum on March 16, 2014, to...
Spy poisoning: UK considers ‘full range’ of retaliation
LONDON (AFP): Prime Minister Theresa May has warned that Britain is considering a “full range” of retaliatory measures if it concludes that Russia was responsible for a nerve agent attack in an English city. Options mooted in recent days include the expulsion of Russian diplomats, a retaliatory cyber attack and asset seizures of Russian nationals...
Serena, Venus win to set up third-round clash
Monitoring Desk Indian Wells: Serena Williams continued her tennis comeback with a 7-6(5) 7-5 win over Kiki Bertens at the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday, setting up a third-round encounter with her sister Venus. Serena, who is returning to the sport after taking more than a year away to have a baby, was ragged at times but used her power to wear...
Russia says it is fully committed to nuclear missile pact
MOSCOW (Reuters): Russia said on Saturday it was fully committed to a Cold War-era pact with the United States banning intermediate-range cruise missiles, a day after Washington accused Moscow of violating the treaty. The US State Department said on Friday Washington was reviewing military options, including new intermediate-range cruise missile...
Aqeel upbeat of winning doubles title
F.P. Report KARACHI: Pakistan’s top tennis player Aqeel Khan paired up with Shahzad Khan has qualified for the final of doubles event and is hopeful that the pair would clinch title of the ongoing Serena Hotels ITF Futures Tennis Tournament in Islamabad. Unseeded Aqeel and Shahzad defeated top seeded combination of David Perez Sanz of Spain...
Two killed, nine hurt in Ukraine courtroom blast
KIEV (AFP): Two people were killed and another nine injured on Thursday after two hand grenades were detonated by the father of a victim in a murder trial in southeastern Ukraine, police said. The incident occurred in the city of Nikopol, about 240 kilometres from the separatist east of the country, during the trial of several men accused of...
In first, Putin speaks with Ukraine’s separatist leaders
MOSCOW (AFP): Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken to eastern Ukraine’s rebel leaders to discuss a prisoner swap, his first publicly acknowledged direct contact with the two pro-Russian separatist republics. The Kremlin said late Wednesday that Putin spoke by telephone with Alexander Zakharchenko, leader of the self-proclaimed...
How modern Russia navigates and balances its Soviet past
Esref Yalinkilicli Russia is struggling to chart a path towards reconciling the Bolshevik Revolution while not glorifying it as a means of political change. November 7 marks the centenary of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. It changed the course of Russian history and politics with its global ramifications still being felt today. To understand...
4 die as French army-chartered plane crashes off Ivory Coast
ABIDJAN (AFP): Four Moldovan nationals were killed on Saturday when a transport plane chartered by the French army crashed off Ivory Coast, firefighters said. Another six people were injured in the crash of the Antonov aircraft which had 10 people on board, firefighter Colonel Issa Sakho told local television. Four French nationals were among the...
Pakistan’s culture celebrated in Ukraine festival
KIEV (Monitoring Desk): Pakistan’s rich and diverse culture was celebrated during the World Cultural Festival in Kiev. Pakistan’s handicrafts, traditional dances and traditional dresses were exhibited during the event to acquaint the audience with Pakistan’s culture. Students of Taras Shevchenko University also mesmerised the...
