Issued on: 19/02/2020 – 10:44Modified: 19/02/2020 – 10:44 Medical staff at Iran’s top cancer hospital tell FRANCE 24 their patients are paying the price of geopolitical strategies as the country’s health system struggles to cope under crippling US sanctions. The economy tops the agenda as Iran heads to the polls in Friday’s general elections. Advertising […]
DUSHANBE — Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin has downplayed a police official’s statement that prompted protests in neighboring Kyrgyzstan. On February 12, Abdullo Navjuvonov, the police chief of the northern Sughd region, said in the city of Khujand that Kyrgyzstan’s southern Batken region “historically had never been a land of Kyrgyz.” Navjuvonov also said that […]
Issued on: 19/02/2020 – 08:52Modified: 19/02/2020 – 08:52 French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday announced measures to end a programme that allowed foreign countries to send imams and teachers to provide services without supervision in France in a bid to crack down on what he called the risk of “separatism”. Advertising Read more During a […]
Five soldiers from Pakistan’s Frontier Corps (FC) have been killed in an overnight attack by militants near the Iran-Pakistan border, Pakistani officials told RFE/RL on February 19. Speaking on condition of anonymity, officials told RFE/RL that the attackers used “heavy weapons” late on February 18 to target a security post in the Balangor area west […]
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Issued on: 19/02/2020 – 04:04 Passengers on the virus-hit cruise ship moored near Tokyo began disembarking on Wednesday, public broadcaster NHK said, after a controversial two-week quarantine that saw more than 500 people infected with the new coronavirus originating in China. Advertising Read more The Diamond Princess, operated by Carnival Corp, has been quarantined in the port […]
A Mexican citizen has been arrested on suspicion of working for a Russian government official to track down the vehicle of a “U.S. government source” in the Miami area of Florida and informing the Russian of its whereabouts. A U.S. Justice Department statement released on February 18 regarding the arrest of Hector Alejandro Cabrera Fuentes […]
Issued on: 19/02/2020 – 00:25 Libya’s internationally recognised government on Tuesday halted talks hosted by the United Nations to halt war over the capital after eastern forces shelled Tripoli’s port, almost hitting a highly explosive gas tanker and disrupting fuel supplies. Advertising Read more The U.N. has been hosting in Geneva ceasefire talks between officers […]
Two high-ranking officials from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) expressed deep concern over the recent upsurge in fighting in eastern Ukraine near a front-line town from which the warring sides withdrew forces in November. OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Edi Rama and Secretary-General Thomas Greminger said they regretted reports of casualties, while calling for […]
OTB Ventures has announced the launch of its early growth technology fund with $ 100m in commitments. The investment vehicle, which specialises in investments in tech companies in Central and Eastern Europe. Read more: London’s fintechs are magnets for venture capital investment It focuses on early stage, post-product, start-ups in region and is targeting investment […]