Section: The Jakarta Globe (Indonesia)
Deadliest Attacks by Pro-Russian Rebels Threatens Ukraine Truce
Kiev. Ukraine’s truce and troops withdrawal deal lay in tatters on Tuesday after the deadliest wave of attacks by pro-Russian insurgents in more than a month left nine soldiers and four civilians dead. Thirteen soldiers and civilians were killed in 24 hours, officials said on Monday, in the worst violence since the government and...
Obama Forges Anti-ISIL Coalition, But Will it Hang Together?
Washington. The Arabs are in. Turkey is on the fence. Britain, still smarting from an earlier Iraq war, is cautiously edging toward expanded action. Even Greece wants to help—if someone would tell it how. Two weeks after he announced plans to form a “broad coalition” to fight the militant group Islamic State, President Barack Obama’s hopes...
Abe Drops Plan for Putin Visit to Japan This Year: Media
Tokyo. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has dropped plans to host Russian President Vladimir Putin in Japan this year due to friction after Tokyo imposed sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis, reports said Tuesday. The two countries had agreed on the Russian leader’s visit “this autumn” but Washington had asked Tokyo to postpone it, Kyodo...
Pilot Turns Malaysia Airlines Flight Around After Defect
Kuala Lumpur. A Malaysia Airlines flight was forced to turn around due to an autopilot defect, landing safely early Sunday, said the carrier already reeling from the loss of two planes this year. Flight MH198 from Kuala Lumpur to Hyderabad in India departed late Saturday, but the Boeing 737-800 turned back due to an autopilot defect. It landed...
Flight MH17 Hit by Numerous ‘High Energy Objects’
A file picture dated July 19, 2014 shows rescue forces carrying bodies of passengers at the MH17 crash site of Boeing 777, Malaysia Arilines flight MH17 airplane, in the eastern Ukraine region near Donetsk, Ukraine. (EPA Photo/Anastasia Vlasova) The Hague. A Malaysian passenger jet blew up in mid-air over eastern Ukraine after being hit by...
Obama’s China Visit Will be ‘Important Milestone’: Rice
US President Barack Obama’s upcoming visit to China represents an “important milestone” in US-China relations, the top White House national security aide said Monday at a meeting with officials in Beijing. National Security Advisor Susan Rice’s trip comes at a turbulent time in US foreign policy and just two weeks after Washington...
New Phase of MH370 Search to Start in 2 Weeks: Australia
Co-pilot, flying officer Marc Smith, right, and crewmen aboard a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) AP-3C Orion aircraft, search for the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 over the southern Indian Ocean in this March 24, 2014 file photo. (Reuters Photo/Richard Wainwright/Pool) Kuala Lumpur. An intensified underwater search for missing...
EU Gives Russia New Sanctions Ultimatum
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko holds a press conference on the sidelines of a European Union summit at the EU Headquarters in Brussels on Aug. 30, 2014 (AFP Photo/John Thys) Brussels. European Union leaders on Sunday gave Russia a week to reverse course in Ukraine or face a new round of sanctions as Kiev warned it was on the brink of...
Obama’s Cool Head in Crisis — Asset or Growing Liability?
Washington. He doesn’t bluster and he doesn’t strut and President Barack Obama certainly isn’t panicking, though he admits it feels like the world is falling apart. But Obama’s cool-in-a-crisis style and disdain for the impulsive use of military force is fueling criticism of his leadership, as crises stagger the Middle...
‘The Audacity of Taupe’: Obama Suit Creates Sartorial Stir
US President Barack Obama holds a press conference at the White House in Washington, DC, August 28, 2014 (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb) Washington. The subjects were serious enough at President Barack Obama’s impromptu press conference Thursday, but many viewers and the collective press corps seized on something more immediately visible: his tan...
