Two more persons died due to Congo Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) at separate health facilities in Karachi on Friday, health officials said, adding that three people had died because of dreaded, tick-borne viral disease in the city in two days. “Zahid Ahmed, 29-year-old patient from Organi ...

Moscow: Moscow will soon deploy more of its advanced S-400 air defence systems in Russian-annexed Crimea, a military official said Wednesday amid rising tensions with Ukraine. The RIA Novosti news agency reported it would be in place by the end of the year, joining three other S-400 systems already ...

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday is set to unveil a 19-kilometre-long bridge linking southern Russia to the Crimean peninsula annexed from Ukraine, a highly symbolic project he has personally championed. Known as the Crimean Bridge, at nearly 12 miles it will be the longest not ...

WASHINGTON: The US State Department has approved an export licence for Ukraine to buy certain light weapons and small arms from US manufacturers, spokeswoman Heather Nauert said on Wednesday.Department records show Ukraine has bought small amounts of those types of weapons for several years, both ...

WASHINGTON (APP) - The United States "does not recognize the legitimacy" of upcoming Russian parliamentary elections planned for Crimea, the State Department said Friday.READ MORE: Make your choice, vote for Russia; says Putin"The United States does not recognize the legitimacy, and will not ...

OPUK (APP) - Under a blazing sun, Sukhoi jets zoomed across the sky and dropped explosives, as Russian warships sailed right up to the shore.And beyond on a dusty steppe, paratroopers made a mass landing while ground forces ignited a wall of fire with napalm.READ MORE: River in north Russia turns ...

WASHINGTON: (APP) The United States announced a long list of fresh sanctions on Thursday aimed at Russia over its continuing support for Ukraine's rebels and the 2014 seizure of Crimea.The new list took aim at a key unit of Bank Rossiya, often called the personal bank of Russian president Vladimir ...

MOSCOW: (APP) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday arrived in annexed Crimea, Russian news agencies reported, days after he accused Kiev of attempting an armed incursion into the peninsula.Putin is set to chair a meeting of his powerful security council in Crimea and visit a youth forum in ...

KIEV (APP) - Following are key dates in the dispute between Ukraine and Russia since Moscow annexed the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea: 2014February 27-28: Russian troops and pro-Moscow forces start taking over Crimea after ouster of Ukraine's Kremlin-backed president, Viktor Yanukovych. March 16: ...

KIEV: (APP) Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday put the military on a heightened state of alert along the frontier with Crimea after Russia accused Kiev of making attempted incursions into the annexed region.Moscow's FSB security service said Wednesday it had thwarted "terrorist ...