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Ukrainian president suspends constitutional court head for another month
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a decree on Friday extending the suspension of the head of the constitutional court, Oleksandr Tupytskyi, for another month after previously suspending him for two months. Read full story …read more Source:: The...
Russian jailed 8 years for handing secrets to China
MOSCOW: A Russian court sentenced a man to eight years in prison on Thursday after finding him guilty of state treason for allegedly handing over secrets to China, the TASS news agency reported. Vladimir Vasilyev, 52, was arrested in Russia’s eastern Siberian Zabaykalsky region that borders Mongolia and China in August 2019. He pleaded...
137 NGOs worldwide ask UN for Myanmar arms embargo
Armed police security forces cross a road in Mandalay last week. (AP pic)NEW YORK: Nearly 140 NGOs from 31 countries signed an open letter Wednesday calling for the UN Security Council to urgently impose an arms embargo on Myanmar after the military coup there earlier this month. “The United Nations Security Council should urgently impose a...
UN expert says Iran lied in downing of Ukraine airliner
UNITED NATIONS: A UN official on Tuesday accused Iran of lying in its explanation of how it shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet near Tehran last year at a time of acute tension with the US. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd …read more Source:: New Straits...
Iran lied in downing of Ukraine airliner, says UN
Authorities work at the scene of a crashed Ukrainian plane in Shahedshahr last year. (AP pic)NEW YORK: A UN official on Tuesday accused Iran of lying in its explanation of how it shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet near Tehran last year at a time of acute tension with the US. On Jan 8, 2020, Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 crashed...
Ukraine prosecutor says there are no plans to revisit Burisma probes
LONDON (Reuters) – Ukraine’s top prosecutor said on Friday investigations into Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings Ltd, a matter closely tied to a scandal that led to former U.S. President Donald Trump’s first impeachment, have been closed with no plans to reopen them. Read full story …read more Source:: The...
Ukraine sanctions Kremlin ally Medvedchuk, says will take back fuel pipeline
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine on Friday announced sanctions on Viktor Medvedchuk, a prominent opposition party leader with ties to the Kremlin, and also said it was taking back into state hands a pipeline that transports Russian oil products to Europe. Read full story …read more Source:: The...
EU to sanction Putin’s allies over Navalny by March summit
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called the EU an ‘unreliable partner’. (Reuters pic)BRUSSELS: The European Union is set to impose travel bans and asset freezes on allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin in March, possibly in the run-up to an EU summit, after a meeting of envoys gave approval for punitive measures, diplomats said....
World’s Covid cases fall to slowest pace since October
Medical workers transfer a coronavirus patient from an ambulance to a hospital in Lviv, Ukraine last month. (AP pic)NEW YORK: Almost a year after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic, there are some encouraging signs as new global infections fall sharply. Fresh Covid-19 cases for the week ended Feb 14 were the lowest...
Impeachment trial a ‘political witch hunt’, slam Trump’s lawyers
A video is displayed for senators during Trump’s second impeachment trial in Washington on Wednesday. (AP pic)WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s lawyers said on Friday Democrats had provided no evidence the former president incited last month’s deadly US Capitol riot and had used his second impeachment trial to settle political scores....
