Section: The News International (Pakistan)
Ukraine bans books promoting Russia
KIEV: Ukraine on Friday banned Russian books glorifying the Kremlin and its leaders or espousing what it views as “totalitarian views” in a move certain to further sour relations between the two foes. The law adopted by President Petro Poroshenko “prohibits the promotion of aggressor states … or (books) that create a positive image of this...
Russia, Iran ties with Taliban stoke Afghan anxiety
KABUL: Allegations over Russia and Iran’s deepening ties with the Taliban have ignited concerns of a renewed “Great Game” of proxy warfare in Afghanistan that could undermine US-backed troops and push the country deeper into turmoil. Moscow and Tehran insist their contact with insurgents is aimed at promoting regional security, but local...
US senator says Russia can expect sanctions after cyber attacks
RIGA/TALLINN: Russia and its president Vladimir Putin should expect tough sanctions after cyber attacks during the presidential election won by Donald Trump, US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said on Wednesday. Earlier this month, Republican and Democratic senators including Graham called for a bipartisan panel to investigate cyber attacks...
Israel urges Jews to leave France
Netanyahu continues to lash out after UN vote criticising its settlements in the occupied West Bank By Raf Sanchez Israel’s defence minister has urged Jews to leave France and move to the Jewish state as the Israeli government continued to lash out at the international community in the wake of a UN resolution criticising its settlements in...
41 die in Siberia after drinking bath oil for alcoholic kicks
MOSCOW: At least 41 residents of the Siberian city of Irkutsk have died after drinking scented bath oil in a desperate search for an alcoholic high in one of the deadliest cases of its kind in years, Russian investigators said on Monday. Use of counterfeit or surrogate alcohol is rife in Russia’s regions, where two years of economic pain...
Putin, Abe signal no resolution on island dispute
TOKYO: Russia and Japan on Friday signalled there was no resolution after a two-day summit to a decades-long territorial dispute that has blocked them from achieving a peace treaty to formally end World War II hostilities. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held talks in Abe´s ancestral hometown and in Tokyo,...
Ukrainian schoolchildren learn to the echoes of shelling
MARINKA , Ukraine: Two long bells mean children must pack their blankets and clothing and run into a bomb shelter at this dilapidated school on the frontline of Ukraine´s smouldering war. The drills in the government-held town of Marinka that was once home to 10,000 people have been held monthly since the conflict broke out with pro-Russian...
Giant new dome set to keep Chernobyl safe for generations
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine: The world´s largest metal moveable structure will be unveiled on Tuesday over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant´s doomed fourth reactor in Ukraine to ensure the safety of future generations across Europe. The giant arch — nearly as long as two football pitches and taller than New York´s Statue of Liberty — will...
Warm and cool: Cuba?s ties with USSR under Castro
The death of Cuban socialist icon Fidel Castro at age 90 on Friday stirred memories of his island nation´s close but at times fraught relations with the Soviet Union. Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the USSR, on Saturday hailed Castro for having strengthened Cuba in the face of an American economic blockade, praising his former counterpart...
?Trump will meet US commitments?
Nato head Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday said he was sure Donald Trump would live up to all US commitments to the alliance, just days after urging the president-elect not to go it alone. “President-elect Donald Trump stated during the election campaign that he is a big fan of Nato,” Stoltenberg said in Brussels as he arrived for talks...
