Section: Indonesia
Malaysian passenger plane crashes in Ukraine near Russian border: Interfax
A Malaysian passenger airliner with 295 people on board crashed in Ukraine near the Russian border on Thursday, the Interfax news agency cited an aviation industry source as saying. …read more Source: ANTARA...
Obama seeks to ease Germany’s concerns on spying
President Barack Obama sought to allay German concerns Tuesday over allegations of espionage, pledging to work to improve cooperation during his first conversation with Germany’s leader since two Germans were revealed to have spied on their country for the United States.Seeking to play down the growing rift, the White House said only that...
Ukraine Tycoon Pleads For City’s Safety After Rebels Vow to Make Stand
Ukraine’s richest man pleaded with the government on Monday not to bomb Donetsk, a city of a million people where hundreds of heavily armed pro-Russian rebels have vowed to make a stand after losing control of their bastion in the town of Slaviansk. The Kiev government has said it will act quickly to seize back more territory from rebels...
China Seeks Great Power Status After Centuries of Sea Retreat
Chinese navy sailors stand in formation as they attend a send-off ceremony before departing for the Rim of the Pacific exercise, at a military port in Sanya, Hainan province on June 9, 2014. (Reuters Photo) Admiral Zheng He is everywhere in China these days, even though he died almost 600 years ago. The government is promoting him to remind its...
Russia warns “full-scale” gas crisis in Ukraine
A full-scale gas crisis is looming in Ukraine unless Kiev settles its multi-billion-U.S. dollar debt to Moscow, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday. …read more Source: ANTARA...
EU Signs Trade Pact With Ukraine, Ceasefire Extended By 72 Hours
The European Union signed an historic free-trade pact with Ukraine on Friday and warned it could impose more sanctions on Moscow unless pro-Russian rebels act to wind down the crisis in the east of the country by Monday. Shortly after returning to Kiev from Brussels where he signed the pact, Poroshenko announced on his website that Ukraine had...
russia condemns shelling of border checkpoint by ukraine – (d)
Moscow strongly protested over the shelling of Russian territory by the Ukrainian military and demanded an immediate investigation of this provocative act, Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday night. …read more Source: ANTARA...
