Section: The News International (Pakistan)
Ukraine health minister held over alleged bribery scheme
KIEV: Ukraine’s security service said on Friday it had arrested the deputy health minister for allegedly running a bribery scheme that saw patients pay extra money for operations and other essential treatment. Deputy Health Minister Roman Vasylyshyn becomes the most prominent figure detained since the appointment of a new government in...
Six die, including three children, in rebel Ukraine
KIEV: Three children died in Ukraine’s war-torn east as their father disassembled a grenade, and three Ukrainian troops were killed in clashes in the troubled region with pro-Russian rebels, officials said on Tuesday. An insurgency commander said the children, aged between two and 11, found a grenade on Monday and gave it to their father in...
Russia vows to counter Nato build-up
MOSCOW: Russia’s defence minister on Wednesday rebuked Nato for bolstering its military presence in eastern Europe and vowed Moscow will take countermeasures. “The US and other Nato members continue to build their military potential, first and foremost in countries neighbouring Russia,” defence minister Sergei Shoigu was quoted as saying by...
China, Russia eye closer friendship
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin promised ever-closer cooperation and oversaw a series of deals on Saturday, as the two countries deepen ties in the face of growing tensions with the West. In what was Putin’s fourth trip to China since Xi became President in 2013, the two men stressed their...
Russia deploys troops
Standoff with Nato deepens KLINTSY, Russia: Russia is building an army base near its border with Ukraine, the latest in a chain of new military sites along what the Kremlin sees as its frontline in a growing confrontation with Nato. While there have been no clashes between the former Cold War rivals, Russia is building up forces on its western...
Nato countries begin war game in Europe
WARSAW: The largest war game in eastern Europe since the end of the cold war has started in Poland on Monday as Nato and partner countries seek to mount a display of strength as a response to concerns about Russia’s assertiveness and actions. The 10-day military exercise, involving 31,000 troops and thousands of vehicles from 24 countries,...
?Problems with EU can be solved?
ATHENS: Russia and the European Union need to build a ‘an equal and fair dialogue’ as partners to overcome their differences, President Vladimir Putin said in an article published in a Greek newspaper on Thursday on an eve of a visit to the country. Western financial sanctions were imposed on Moscow in 2014 over its role in the Ukraine...
Putin pardons Ukrainian pilot, sends her home in prisoner swap
MOSCOW/KIEV: Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko arrived home to scenes of jubilation on Wednesday after her release by Russia in a prisoner swap and she promptly offered to fight again for Kiev in its conflict with pro-Russian separatists. Savchenko’s handover, in return for two Russian prisoners – had been demanded by the West...
Nato may rely on five battalions to deter Russia
BRUSSELS: Nato’s build-up in eastern Europe could include up to 3,500 troops, Britain said on Friday, stressing that the planned deployments would not be aggressive towards Russia. Russia’s seizure of Crimea in 2014 has prompted the Western military alliance to consider deterrent forces in the Baltics and Poland which British Foreign...
Eurovision win lifts spirits in Ukraine,raises eyebrows in Russia
KIEV/MOSCOW: Ukrainians hailed their country’s unexpected victory in the Eurovision song contest as a Europe-wide endorsement of Ukraine in its smouldering conflict with Russia, while Moscow said the contest had been hijacked by politics. Ukrainian singer Jamala overtook the bookmakers’ favourites, Russia and Australia, to lift the...
