Section: Free Malaysia Today (Malaysia)
US plans to store heavy arms in Baltic, Eastern Europe – source
WASHINGTON: The United States plans to store heavy military equipment in the Baltics and Eastern European nations to reassure allies unnerved by Russia’s intervention in Ukraine and to deter further aggression, US officials said. The move would be the first time Washington has stationed heavy military equipment in the newer NATO member...
Maimed in war, Ukraine rebels recover in Russia
ROSTOV-ON-DON: Former Ukrainian rebel fighter Valery glances down at where his right leg should be as he confronts life’s new reality across the border in Russia. “Hopefully I will get my prosthetic soon and in a month try to learn to walk again with it,” the father-of-one, 40, told AFP, refusing to give his surname as his son lives in...
Malaysia Airlines jet makes emergency landing in Australia
MELBOURNE: A Malaysia Airlines passenger flight made an emergency landing in Melbourne on Friday after its aircraft systems signalled an engine fire, Australian authorities said, with the carrier grounding the jet for inspections. Flight MH148, which had 300 passengers and crew on board, departed Melbourne Airport at 2:16 pm (0416 GMT) for the...
Pope urges Putin to make ‘sincere, great effort’ for Ukraine peace
VATICAN CITY: A stern Pope Francis urged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to make a “sincere and great effort” to achieve peace in Ukraine. The two met for about 50 minutes and agreed on the need to recreate a climate of dialogue in Ukraine and to implement a peace deal designed to end fighting between Ukrainian government forces and...
US, G7 ready to impose more sanctions on Russia over Ukraine: Treasury
WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew told Ukrainian leaders on Tuesday that the United States and its G7 allies stood ready to impose more sanctions on Moscow if needed, a Treasury official said. “The United States and our G7 allies stand ready to impose significant additional sanctions on Russia if needed to respond to its aggressive acts...
G7 misses opportunity to help world’s poor and hungry: charities
LONDON: The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations have failed the world’s poor and missed an opportunity to stand up for the most vulnerable children, global charities said on Monday. International aid agency Oxfam said that although G7 leaders meeting in Germany made some progress on the issue of climate change they “copped out of...
G7 leaders urge tough line on Russia at Alpine summit
KRUEN: Group of Seven (G7) leaders vowed at a summit in the Bavarian Alps on Sunday to keep sanctions against Russia in place until President Vladimir Putin and Moscow-backed separatists fully implement the terms of a peace deal for Ukraine. The Ukraine conflict and a long-running debt standoff between Greece and its European partners dominated...
MH17: Dutch FM to Moscow to discuss prosecuting culprits
THE HAGUE: Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders will be in Moscow on Friday to discuss catching and prosecuting those who shot down the Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine last year, a crime the West blames on Russia. Koenders will hold talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov “about the MH17 crash and the need to prosecute the...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko warns of Russian invasion threat after fighting surge
KIEV: Ukraine’s president told his military on Thursday to prepare for a possible “full-scale invasion” by Russia all along their joint border, a day after the worst fighting with Russian-backed separatists in months. His address in parliament was one of the first times Petro Poroshenko has used the word “invasion” to refer to...
Sink or sell? Russia spat leaves France with warships to spare
PARIS: For sale: two French-built helicopter carriers, tested by Russians. Buy now for only 1.2 billion euros($1.33 billion). Shipping extra. Tensions between the West and Russia over Ukraine have blocked a deal in which Moscow was to buy the ships, leaving Paris trying to negotiate a face-saving compromise and work out CAwhat to do with two...
