Section: The Nation (Pakistan)
Russia stages huge military parade
MOSCOW – Thousands of Russian troops marched across Red Square, tanks rumbled through the streets and jets screamed overhead on Saturday in a huge military parade marking the 70th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany. Western leaders boycotted the parade over Russia’s role in the Ukraine crisis but President Vladimir Putin was...
Ukraine rebels release two US aid workers
DONETSK – Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko said Saturday that insurgents had released two US aid workers detained for alleged spying. ‘We have freed two Americans that we arrested earlier. One of the two is a CIA agent, the other was enlisted,’ Zakharchenko told journalists, without giving further...
Russia fuels tanks and helicopters on Victory Day
MOSCOW- Thousands of troops marched across Moscow’s Red Square today and tanks rumbled through streets to mark the 70th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany, an event boycotted by Western leaders over Russia’s role in the Ukraine crisis. Russia’s Vladimir Putin has used the anniversary to whip up patriotism and fuel...
Cluster Bombing Yemen
Cluster munitions are internationally banned, but the weapon is being used in Syria and Ukraine right now, causing mounting civilian casualties. There has been documented and widespread use of cluster munition in Syria, by the Syrian government. Yemen now joins this list, with the Saudis engaging in cluster bombing with U.S. supplied bombs. The...
Klitschko out-points Jennings to retain titles
NEW YORK – Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko retained his heavyweight world titles Saturday with a lopsided 12-round unanimous decision over previously unbeaten American Bryant Jennings. In the bout at fabled Madison Square Garden, Klitschko did little to impress US fans who have failed to jump on his bandwagon despite his seemingly impenetrable...
Ukraine soldier killed, 7 injured in east
KIEV – A Ukrainian soldier was killed and seven others injured as bombardments intensified in the east of the country where government forces are fighting pro-Russian rebels, the army said Sunday. It was the latest reported fatality in a year-long conflict which has killed more than 6,000 people. Despite a ceasefire deal, European OSCE...
US troops in Ukraine to train forces fighting pro-Russia rebels
KIEV – Hundreds of US paratroopers have arrived in Ukraine to train its forces fighting pro-Russian rebels in the east, the US army confirmed Friday, a move Moscow warned could “destabilise” the war-torn ex-Soviet country. “Soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade have been arriving over the last week,” Donald Wrenn, a...
Russia blames US for global security risks
MOSCOW- Top Russian officials today accused the United States of seeking political and military dominance in the world and sought to put blame on the West for international security crises, including the conflict in east Ukraine. Evoking Cold War-style rhetoric, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said a drive by the United States and its...
Russia sanctions only lifted when truce respected: G7
LUEBECK, Germany – Russia can expect international sanctions against it to be lifted only when it complies with the terms of a ceasefire with Ukraine, foreign ministers from the Group of Seven said on Wednesday. The top diplomats, gathering in Germany for their second meeting since the expulsion of Russia from their ranks last year over its...
WWII sniper film aims for hit in Russia and Ukraine
MOSCOW – A Russian-Ukrainian film about a legendary Soviet sniper nicknamed “Lady Death” is aiming to be a hit on the silver screen in both nations, despite the crisis that has turned the former allies against each other. Titled “Battle for Sevastopol” in Russia but “Indestructible” across the border in...
