Section: The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
NATO warns of risk of more heavy fighting in Ukraine
NATO head Jens Stoltenberg warned Thursday there was still a risk of heavy fighting in Ukraine and urged Russia to halt its support for pro-Moscow rebels.In recent weeks there has been an upsurge in fighting in a conflict which has already killed some 6,500 people, despite a February ceasefire brokered in Minsk which has been regularly...
Netherlands, Malaysia push for UN tribunal for MH17 culprits
The Netherlands, Malaysia and three other countries want a UN tribunal to be set up to try those responsible for the downing of the Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine last year, a senior diplomat said Wednesday.Malaysia is expected to present a draft resolution to the Security Council next month on setting up the tribunal, said the diplomat,...
NATO retools for long-haul standoff with Russia
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, speaks at the start of a meeting of defense ministers at EU headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday. Alliance defense ministers gathered in Brussels for a meeting that is expected to increase the size of NATO’sResponse Force and streamline procedure for deployment of its new, ultrafast...
2-time champ Rafael Nadal seeded No. 10 for Wimbledon
Spain’s Rafael Nadal stretches for a return against Ukraine’s Alexandr Dolgopolov during their first round match on the second day of the ATP Aegon Championships tennis tournament at the Queen’s Club in west London.(AFP) Two-time champion Rafael Nadal was seeded No. 10 for Wimbledon on Wednesday, his lowest seeding ever at the...
Carter: US to put military equipment in 7 European countries
US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter looks at pictures of a maneuvers during his visit to the I. German-Dutch Brigade in Muenster, Germany, Monday, June 22, 2015. The troops are part of NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF). (AP/Martin Meissner)Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced Tuesday that the US will spread about 250...
EU extends sanctions against Russia by 6 months
The European Union on Monday extended economic sanctions against Russia until January to keep pressure on Moscow over the conflict in eastern Ukraine, drawing a rebuke and a warning of retaliation from Russian officials.An EU statement said the decision was taken without debate by the bloc’s foreign ministers at a meeting in Luxembourg, in...
Germany warns Russia against arms ‘spiral of escalation’
Germany’s foreign minister warned Wednesday that Russia risked spurring a “spiral of escalation” with the West after President Vladimir Putin said Moscow was boosting its nuclear arsenal.Frank-Walter Steinmeier told news website Spiegel Online that Putin’s announcement was “unnecessary and certainly not a...
EU agrees to extend Russia sanctions to January 2016: Sources
EU member states agreed Wednesday to extend damaging economic sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis by another six months to the end of January 2016, European sources said.Ambassadors from the 28 European Union nations reached a “consensus” on the legal text extending the sanctions from July, which is expected to be...
European leaders to focus on Russia at security summit
European leaders are expected to tackle security challenges ranging from a resurgent Russia to global terrorism at the 10th annual GLOBSEC Global Security Forum in the Slovak capital Bratislava this weekend.The conference comes as Russia and the West are locked in their worst standoff since the collapse of the Soviet Union because of the conflict...
IVF doctors aghast at 65-year-old mum of quadruplets
Experts at a top fertility conference are dismayed at the case of a German woman who after having 13 children has had IVF quadruplets at the age of 65.The episode damages the reputation of in-vitro fertilization (IVF), which has enabled millions to know the joy of parenthood, they said.”It’s the kind of tale which makes headlines...
