Section: Malaysia
Nato fetes 70 years, but Trump not partying
WASHINGTON: Seventy years after it was formed to counter the Soviet Union, Russia has returned to the top of the agenda for Nato. But the alliance faces another, more unlikely problem — criticism from the US president.The 29-nation North Atlantic Treaty Organization is celebrating its 70th anniversary with talks among foreign ministers Wednesday...
Timeline: Events in Ukraine's political history since 1991
KIEV (Reuters) – A comedian with no political experience is tipped to win the first round of Ukraine’s presidential election on Sunday amid discontent over corruption and five years of war against pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country. …read more Source: The...
Out of the police cell and into the polling station: Ukraine's election monitors
KIEV (Reuters) – Andriy Verbetskiy is not a typical election observer. Just days before Sunday’s presidential vote in Ukraine, he was leading several hundred members of an ultra-nationalist group called the National Militia in a protest that ended in clashes with police. …read more Source: The...
Artists use Ukraine president's candy wrappers for critical portrait
KIEV (Reuters) – As Ukraine heads in a presidential election on Sunday, two artists have created an unflattering portrait of incumbent Petro Poroshenko using sweet wrappers and bullet casings. …read more Source: The...
Facebook tightens rules on political ads ahead of EU vote
Facebook says it has ploughed resources and staff into safeguarding the ballot across 27 EU nations on May 26. (Reuters pic)BRUSSELS/SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc toughened its rules on political advertising in Europe on Friday under pressure from EU regulators to do more to guard against foreign meddling in the bloc’s upcoming legislative...
Bears in Russian zoo predict Ukrainian election
KRASNOYARSK, Russia (Reuters) – “Anyone but Poroshenko!” cried the crowd in a Russian zoo on Thursday as a brown bear made its way towards a butternut squash bearing a picture of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source: The...
Comedian Zelenskiy maintains strong lead in Ukraine presidential poll
KIEV (Reuters) – Comic actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a political novice who plays a fictional president in a popular TV series, has maintained a strong lead in Ukraine’s presidential election race, according to an opinion poll published on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Comedian ahead as Ukraine presidential campaign enters final days
KIEV: A comedian whose political experience is limited to playing the president in a TV show is likely to top the first round of voting when Ukrainians go to the polls on Sunday.Actor Volodymyr Zelensky’s bid started as a long shot but he has leapfrogged establishment politicians amid public frustration over corruption and stagnating living...
Pompeo: sees joint action with NATO allies next week on Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday he hoped to announce with NATO allies visiting Washington next week additional steps to push back on Russia over its aggression in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Lithuania convicts Soviet-era officials of 1991 ‘war crimes’
VILNIUS: A Lithuanian court on Wednesday convicted a former Soviet defence minister and dozens of other Russian citizens in absentia of war crimes over Moscow’s deadly 1991 crackdown on the Baltic state’s independence movement.Ex-minister Dmitry Yazov, now 94, was sentenced to 10 years in prison over the assault, which killed 14...
