AFP, KIEV: Ukraine on Monday banned the transit of Russian trucks across its territory in a tit-for-tat response to an escalating trade war between the feuding ex-Soviet states. The Ukrainian government said its decision was taken because Russia had “violated the World Trade Organization’s…

AFP, PESHAWAR, Pakistan: A Pakistani university attacked last month by the Taliban reopened on Monday guarded by hundreds of police, highlighting a pervasive atmosphere of fear after the Islamist group vowed more strikes on schools. Gunmen stormed Bacha Khan university in the northwestern town of Charsadda…

AFP, KIEV: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday accused Russia of acting as a “terrorist organisation” in Syria and vowed to deliver a robust response. “If Russia continues behaving like a terrorist organisation and forcing civilians to flee, we will deliver an extremely…

AFP, BENGHAZI: International efforts to end the chaos in Libya took a step forward on Monday as a new national unity government was proposed to lawmakers. A UN-backed council of rival Libyan factions announced the formation of the revised cabinet late on Sunday, after a previous government was rejected…

AFP, BEIJING: The possible US deployment of a missile defence system on the Korean peninsula in response to Pyongyang’s ballistic missile programme would threaten China’s strategic interests, Beijing said on Monday. Washington and Seoul will begin talks about the Terminal High Altitude Area…

AFP, TEHRAN: The first train to connect China and Iran arrived in Tehran on Monday loaded with Chinese goods, reviving the ancient Silk Road, the Iranian…