Section: The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
Ukraine stops buying Russian gas, closes airspace
The headquarters of Russia’s state-run natural gas giant Gazprom in Moscow, Russia, June 16, 2014. (AP/Pavel Golovkin)Tensions between Russia and Ukraine escalated further on Wednesday as Ukraine decided to stop buying Russian natural gas — hoping to rely on supplies from other countries — and closed its airspace to its eastern...
Merkel: 10 years in office and no signs of stopping
German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks at the Christian Social Union party convention , the Bavarian only sister party of Merkel’s Christian Democrats in Munich, southern Germany, Friday. (Matthias Balk/dpa via AP)Angela Merkel marks her 10th anniversary at the helm of Germany on Sunday, becoming only the third post-World War II chancellor...
World leaders vow to step up anti-terror efforts after Paris
European Union leaders observe a minute of silence to honor the victims of the attacks in Paris, at the G-20 Summit in Antalya, Turkey, Monday. (From left to right) Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Council President Donald Tusk, France’s Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, European...
Russia to deploy new weapons to counter US missile shield
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) attends a meeting with senior officers of the Defense Ministry and other government agencies in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Oct. 20, 2015. (Alexei Druzhinin, RIA-Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)President Vladimir Putin says that Russia will counter NATO’s US-led missile defense program by...
Madrid loses 1st game at Sevilla, Barca takes lead with win
Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo looks down during the La Liga soccer match against Sevilla at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium, in Seville, Spain on Sunday. (AP/Angel Fernandez)Real Madrid lost the Spanish league lead and its first game of the season as Sevilla mounted a 3-2 comeback on Sunday, letting Barcelona take over top spot in the...
NATO chief sounds alarm over Russian buildup
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attends a press conference after the NATO military demonstration in Zaragoza, Spain, Wednesday. (AP/Abraham Caro Marin)NATO’s secretary-general sounded the alarm Thursday over the build-up of Russian military forces from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean and called on the US-led alliance to come up...
NATO tests its capabilities _ and wants Russia to take note
US navy helicopters fly over US Navy hovercraft during the NATO Trident Juncture exercise 2015 at Raposa Media beach in Pinheiro da Cruz, south of Lisbon, Oct. 20. (AP/Steven Governo)NATO is putting on its most fearsome display of military might in over a decade, a choreographed large-scale movement of soldiers, ships and planes meant to hone its...
PH under fire for unsolved killing of journalists
Filipino families gather around tombs that are placed on top of each other inside Manila’s North cemetery, Philippines on Sunday. Filipinos flocked to cemeteries and memorial parks to remember their dead as they observe All Saints Day in this predominantly Roman Catholic country. (AP/Aaron Favila)The Philippines is one of four countries...
UN group says Malaysia Anwar’s jailing politically motivated
Anwar Ibrahim (JP/Wendra Ajistyatama)Imprisoned Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was prosecuted for political reasons and he should be released, a UN body concluded.Anwar began serving a five-year jail sentence in February after the country’s top court ruled that he sodomized a former male aide in 2008. His case was widely seen as...
Egypt: Official says doomed Russian plane was in good shape
National mourning: The Russian national flag is flown at half-mast on top of the Senate Building in Kremlin on the day of national mourning in Moscow, Russia, Sunday. The Russian Metrojet airliner crashed Saturday in a remote mountainous part of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula 23 minutes after taking off from a popular Red Sea resort, killing all...
