Section: Malaysia
Rouhani says Iran-US tensions are at “a maximum”
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during their meeting in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia. (Reuters pic)LONDON: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that tensions between Tehran and Washington were at “a maximum” rarely seen in the...
Putin promises Russians better living conditions ‘within this year’
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin promised Russians rapid improvements in their living conditions as he kicked off his annual state of the nation address on Wednesday.“We cannot wait, the situation must change for the better now,“ Putin said. “Within this year (Russians) should feel changes for the better.”The Russian leader announced several...
Comedian leads new poll in Ukraine presidential election
KIEV (Reuters) – Comic actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy is the frontrunner in Ukraine’s presidential election, according to the latest opinion poll published on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine pitches for more EU aid for south-east as elections near
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ukraine’s foreign minister asked the European Union on Monday for hundreds of millions of euros in loans and aid for infrastructure and businesses in its troubled east and south, regions he said Russia was trying to “suffocate”. …read more Source: The...
Manafort faces up to 24 years in jail after breaking plea deal
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s former campaign chief Paul Manafort faces up to 24 years in prison after being found to have violated his plea deal with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, a court document filed said. Mueller’s office said it agreed with a Justice Department calculation that Manafort...
Pence chastises EU, rejects Merkel’s call to work with Russia
Vice President Mike Pence – who last week during a visit to Poland accused Britain, Germany and France of undermining US sanctions on Iran – repeated his demand for European powers to withdraw from the nuclear deal. (AFP pic)MUNICH: US Vice President Mike Pence rebuked European powers over Iran and Venezuela on Saturday in a renewed attack on...
After Auschwitz visit, Pence accuses Iran of Nazi-like anti-Semitism
US Vice President Mike Pence signs the visitors book at the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau in Poland. (Reuters pic)MUNICH: US Vice President Mike Pence accused Iran of Nazi-like anti-Semitism on Friday, maintaining his harsh rhetoric against Tehran just a day he attacked European powers for trying to...
Mueller seeks tough sentence for ex-Trump campaign chairman Manafort
WASHINGTON: Prosecutors for Special Counsel Robert Mueller urged a federal judge in Virginia yesterday to impose a strict prison sentence for President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort, after a jury last year convicted him on eight counts of bank and tax fraud.In their sentencing memo filed in US District Court for the...
Mueller seeks tough sentence for ex-Trump campaign chairman Manafort
Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort departs from US District Court in Washington, US. (Reuters pic)WASHINGTON: Prosecutors for Special Counsel Robert Mueller urged a federal judge in Virginia on Friday to impose a strict prison sentence for President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort, after a jury last year...
EU to blacklist eight Russians over Azov Sea stand-off – sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will blacklist eight more Russians over a stand-off with Ukraine in the Azov Sea, diplomatic sources said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
