Moscow, Sep 9 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko talked over phone about ways to end the crisis in east Ukraine, the Kremlin said Monday. “The two presidents continued the Saturday talk on steps that would facilitate a peaceful settlement of Ukraine crisis,” Xinhua quoted the Kremlin press service as saying, adding […]
Budapest, Sep 9 (IANS) Hungraian Defence Minister Csaba Hende Monday said his country will definitely contribute manpower to the rapid reaction force NATO is establishing in response to Ukraine crisis. He was speaking on the public radio about an agreement to set up a new rapid reaction force. The deal was reached last week at the […]
United Nations, Sep 9 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon has called leaders of some countries and organisations to urge more support in the fight against the deadly Ebola, a spokesman said here Monday. “He spoke to UK Prime Minister David Cameron, French President Francois Hollande, Cuban President Raul Castro and President of the European Council […]
Brussels Sep 9 (IANS) The European Union (EU) announced a new package of sanctions against Russia Monday. The European Council, the body that convenes the leaders of EU member states to give policy direction, said in a statement that a package of further restrictive measures against Russia has been adopted through written procedure, meaning those measures […]
Nairobi, Sep 6 (IANS) The Kenyan and Chinese governments are set to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in tourism sector as part of the renewed effort to draw more visitors from the Asian nation, a government official here said Friday. Cabinet Secretary East African Affairs, Commerce and Tourism Phyllis Kandie told Xinhua here […]
Tirana, Sep 6 (IANS) The Bank of Albania (BoA) Governor, Adian Fullani, was arrested Friday over charges of office abuse following theft of 713 million leks (about 6.6 million dollars) from the State Treasury. The Tirana police executed the prosecution’s warrant for the arrest of Governor Fullani, meanwhile 20 minutes later inspector general Elivar Golemi was […]
Damascus, Sep 6 (IANS) The Syrian troops Friday recaptured a town in the eastern countryside of Damascus, as part of the Syrian forces’ wide-scale offensive to dislodge the rebels from the eastern rim of the capital, a media report said. The Syrian troops’ recapture of Htaitet Jarash town came in tandem with the troops’ advancement in […]
Toronto, Sep 6 (IANS) Canada Friday announced deployment of several dozen members of the Canadian Armed Forces to Iraq to protect Iraqi citizens against Islamic State (IS) and help prevent any further escalation of the humanitarian crisis being caused by those fleeing the group. The detail about the deployment was announced by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen […]
Newport (Britain), Sep 6 (IANS) US President Barack Obama Friday said NATO will defend every ally, while reaffirming that the door to NATO membership remains open to nations that can meet its “high standards”. He made the remarks here at a press conference following his formal discussions on security issues with leaders of NATO member states […]
Kingston, Sep 6 (IANS) An unresponsive private plane crashed in the sea off Jamaica, officials of the island nation said Friday. It could not be immediately known how many people were on board the plane, which took off from New York’s Rochester city, at 08.26 a.m. (12:26 GMT). The aircraft was due to fly to Naples, […]