Section: New Straits Times (Malaysia)
Four-way summit on Ukraine conflict planned
BERLIN: A summit between France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine is being planned for Wednesday in Minsk, the latest step in a hectic diplomatic effort to find a political solution to the Ukraine conflict, Berlin said. …read more Source: New Straits...
Kerry warns of ‘additional’ US assistance to Ukraine
Washington: The United States is weighing “additional” assistance to Ukraine as it battles Russian-backed separatists, Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday, while stopping short of saying Washington would send arms. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Remains sent to Netherlands for identification
The remains of a victim of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 departed from the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv in Dutch military plane. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Dutch team recovers remains, wreckage in Ukraine
AMSTERDAM: A Dutch search team recovered human remains and wreckage from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine yesterday, the Dutch government said. …read more Source: New Straits...
Russia accuses Ukraine over ‘monstrous’ bus attack
MOSCOW: Russia branded the deadly shelling of a bus in eastern Ukraine as a “monstrous” crime and accused Kiev of committing the attack to try to derail peace efforts. …read more Source: New Straits...
Malaysia expresses concern over deteriorating situation in Ukraine
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has expressed its concern on the on the deteriorating situation on the ground in the east of Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
Pro-Russian hackers claim attack on Merkel’s website
Berlin: Hackers blocked the website of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in an online attack claimed by a pro-Russian group opposed to the Ukrainian government. …read more Source: New Straits...
MH17: Dutch probe secret service role ahead of crash
THE HAGUE: The Netherlands wants to know whether its intelligence services warned airlines of danger about flying over war-torn Ukraine prior to the downing of flight MH17 in July, officials said. …read more Source: New Straits...
Russia’s economy shrinks
MOSCOW: Russia’s economy shrank in November for the first time in five years, the government said yesterday, as sliding oil prices and Western sanctions over Ukraine take their toll. …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukraine and pro-Russia rebels swap hundreds of prisoners
KIEV: Ukrainian authorities and separatists exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war on Friday, a spokesman for President Petro Poroshenko said, part of a 12-point plan aimed at ending the pro-Russian uprising in the east of the country. …read more Source: New Straits...
