Section: The News International (Pakistan)
EU urges full probe into attack on Ukraine TV
BRUSSELS: The EU on Tuesday urged Ukraine to conduct a full independent investigation into an attack on a TV station which was set ablaze in Kiev over allegations that it is pro-Russian. Washington earlier condemned as “unacceptable” Sunday’s attack on Inter TV by about 20 Ukraine nationalists wielding petrol bombs and dressed...
Ukraine leader calls joining Nato ?strategic goal?
KIEV: President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday that Ukraine’s membership in NATO remained a “strategic goal” even though the Western military alliance remained sceptical about enlisting the former Soviet state. The pro-Western leader’s comments are sure to irritate Russia at a time when the neighbours’ relations...
Ukraine and Russia wage war — in global courts
After Russia snatched the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea from Kiev the new authorities installed by Moscow set about taking over one of Ukraine´s largest banks as well as shipyards and hotels. The state lender has now fired back by filing a massive claim with a court in The Hague — one of multiple cases being fought by Kiev on a new legal...
Crises overshadow Obama?s bid to sign off on Asia shift
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE: Barack Obama starts his last trip to Asia on Saturday as US president, aiming to put a final stamp on his signature policy shift toward the Pacific but distracted by crises ranging from Brexit to the battle against Islamic State. With the clock ticking down on his presidency, Obama will attend a G20 summit in China, a visit...
Britain will remain a ?dedicated European power?
POTSDAM, Germany: British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson pledged on Thursday that the UK would remain a “dedicated European power” even after it left the EU, at an international security policy meeting in Germany. Johnson told reporters at a gathering of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in the eastern...
?Putin-mask? protester seeks asylum
KIEV: A Russian man who was repeatedly arrested for donning masks of President Vladimir Putin in anti-Kremlin pickets has crossed into Ukraine and is seeking political asylum. Roman Roslovtsev has spent weeks in detention for putting on an unflattering rubber caricature of the Russian leader´s face during protests against what critics call...
Promised prosperity never arrived in Russian-held Crimea, say locals
More than two years after Russia annexed Crimea and promised its 2 million people a better life, residents say prices have soared, wages and pensions have stagnated and tourists have fled. The sunny and mountainous Black Sea peninsula is back in the news, with Russian President Vladimir Putin accusing Kiev of sending infiltrators across the...
US, Ukraine urge end to soaring tensions with Russia
WASHINGTON: US Vice President Joe Biden and Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko in a phone call urged a speedy resolution to the conflict with pro-Russian separatists amid a spike in tensions with Moscow, the White House said late Friday. Biden and Poroshenko “expressed concern over the recent surge in fighting in eastern Ukraine,...
Lithuania snubs pro-Kremlin pop star
VILNIUS: Lithuania has denied entry to a Russian pop singer known for his patriotic songs and his pro-Kremlin stance on the Ukraine conflict, officials said on Thursday, underscoring tensions with Moscow in the Baltic region. Border guards stopped 65-year-old Oleg Gazmanov late on Wednesday at Vilnius airport after he arrived from Moscow with a...
Ukraine warns of ?full-scale Russian invasion?
KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday he could not rule out a full-scale Russian invasion after the military reported the worst violence in the pro-Moscow separatist east for a year. Military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said insurgent attacks had doubled from the previous day as tensions between Kiev and Moscow soared...
