Section: The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
Analysis: Xi big-money pledges underpin Chinese diplomacy
China’s President Xi Jinping speaks at a leaders’ summit on peacekeeping at United Nations headquarters Monday. (AP/Kevin Hagen)Call it checkbook diplomacy, Chinese style.On visits to Washington and the United Nations, President Xi Jinping has pledged billions of dollars for peacekeeping, economic development and climate change,...
World leaders at UN lay out sharply different views on Syria
President Barack Obama and Russian President President Vladimir Putin, bottom right, attend a luncheon hosted by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon center, Monday, at United Nations headquarters. (AP/Andrew Harnik)Vladimir Putin played it cool, Barack Obama was earnest but firm and Iran’s president walked in smiling. World leaders...
Russia bans Ukrainian flights
In this Sept. 22 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, in Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow. (AP/Ivan Sekretarev)Russia’s transportation ministry is banning Ukrainian airlines from flying to Russia, a measure taken in response to Ukraine’s ban last week on Russian...
Obama, Putin clash over differences on Syria’s future
United States President Barack Obama, right, and Russia’s President President Vladimir Putin pose for members of the media before a bilateral meeting Monday at United Nations headquarters. (AP/Andrew Harnik)U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin sharply disagreed Monday over the chaos in Syria, with Obama urging a...
Obama: US willing to work with Russia, Iran on Syria crisis
United States President Barack Obama speaks during the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters, Monday. (AP/Seth Wenig)Straining for a solution to Syria’s civil war, President Barack Obama on Monday said the United States is willing to work with Russia, as well as Iran to achieve a “managed...
US criticizes China ahead of UN women’s equality session
Equality for all: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, shakes hands with Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan, right, at an event to launch the “Updated Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescent’s Health” Saturday at United Nations headquarters. (AP/Bryan R. Smith)The United States and human...
Ukraine to ban Russian airlines from flying into the country
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, left, and his Polish counterpart Ewa Kopacz meet for talks in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Sept. 9. (AP/Alik Keplicz)Ukraine’s prime minister says Russian airlines will be banned from flying into the country, the latest attempt to put pressure on Russia as the conflict in eastern Ukraine grinds...
Moscow sends new arms as signs grow of shift in Syria war
Syrians stand on the rubble of buildings after a missile fired by Syrian government forces hit a residential area in the Maghayir district in the old quarter of the northern city of Aleppo on July 21, 2015. (AFP/Karam Al-Masri) Syria said Tuesday it had received sophisticated new arms from Russia including warplanes and deployed them against...
Ukraine leader expresses wish to join NATO
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (center right) and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko talk after the meeting with he media in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday. (Mykola Lazarenko/Pool Photo via AP )Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday told the country’s security council that staying out of the NATO alliance was a...
Russian fighter jets in Syria raise serious questions
The United States is disturbed by Russia’s movement of tactical aircraft to Syria, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday, acknowledging that the jets could pose a threat to American and allied military forces. US officials say Russia moved a small number of fighter jets to a base in Syria on Friday, hours after US Defense Secretary...
