Section: The Nation (Pakistan)
Six Ukrainian soldiers killed in rebel east
KIEV – Six Ukrainian troops were killed in two separate incidents in the troubled separatist-held east Sunday as isolated clashes continue to violate a fragile ceasefire to end the year-long war, officials said. “Unfortunately, six Ukrainian soldiers have been killed today,” army spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk told AFP. Four soldiers died...
Pakistan ranks 8th among world’s most dangerous countries
Washington- A new study has listed Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Ukraine, among the world’s 10 most dangerous countries. Based on terrorists and rebel activity, the study by the Washington-based Intel Center lists Iraq and Syria, as the world’s most dangerous countries. Afghanistan was ranked fifth and Pakistan was listed as the...
Russia expands military exercises to 80,000 troops
MOSCOW – Russia said Thursday it had doubled the number of troops taking part in mass drills ordered by President Vladimir Putin this week to 80,000 in a major show of strength amid tensions with the West over Ukraine. Putin on Monday ordered drills for more than 40,000 troops in regions spanning the country, from the Arctic to the far east...
Kiev, Moscow clash over rebel autonomy laws
KIEV – Russia and pro-Moscow rebels on Wednesday condemned Ukraine for ratifying two bills on greater autonomy for the separatist east, saying they violated a peace deal and threatened a shaky month-long truce. The latest wrangling over the east Ukraine peace plan came as Moscow celebrated one year since the annexation of Ukraine’s...
EU warns of Russian military buildup in Crimea
BRUSSELS – The EU warned Monday of a continued Russian military build-up in Crimea as it condemned Moscow’s “illegal annexation” of the peninsula from Ukraine one year ago. Diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini said the 28-nation bloc was also deeply concerned at the deterioration of human rights, demanding free access for outside...
Nemtsov murder witness blocked from leaving Russia
MOSCOW – The chief witness to the murder of Russian protest leader Boris Nemtsov, a Ukrainian model by his side when he was shot dead, complained Monday of being kept under guard in Moscow. Ganna Duritska, 23, said she had given all the information she could to investigators but that they were preventing her from leaving Russia “for...
US, Russia in ‘hopeful’ Ukraine talks
GENEVA – The US and Russian foreign ministers expressed cautious optimism after holding talks in Geneva Monday to end fighting in Ukraine, where the UN says more than 6,000 people have died in less than a year. The meeting between John Kerry and Sergei Lavrov in Geneva was just one of several attempts at mediation on the conflict Monday, as...
Russian supermarkets freeze prices
MOSCOW – Lots of things freeze in Russia’s bitterly cold winters, but not usually food prices, yet that is exactly what top supermarket chains are doing to protect the poor from galloping inflation. The plunging ruble and a Russian embargo on European Union and US food products in retribution over Ukraine sanctions has resulted in...
Putin critic murdered in Moscow
MOSCOW- Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s involvement in the war in Ukraine, was shot dead steps from the Kremlin in central Moscow late on Friday. Nemtsov, 55, was shot four times in the back by assailants in a white car as he walked across a bridge over the Moskva...
Britain will not send arms to Ukraine: Minister
LONDON -A senior British minister ruled out sending arms to Ukraine Sunday as the United States and European nations sought ways to pressure Russia over the conflict in the ex-Soviet republic’s east. William Hague, who was foreign secretary until last year and is still a minister seen as close to Prime Minister David Cameron, said...
