Section: Malaysia
McCain to return to US Senate as health vote teeters
WASHINGTON: US Senator John McCain returns to Washington on Tuesday for the first time since being diagnosed with brain cancer, his office announced, in order to take key votes on repealing Obamacare and passing sanctions on Russia. “Senator McCain looks forward to returning to the United States Senate tomorrow to continue working on...
Ukraine leader slams Russia over arms given to rebels
KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday demanded Russia’s Vladimir Putin halt arms supplies to rebels as the leaders of France and Germany tried to revive a peace plan. After a spike in violence, the four leaders discussed the Ukraine crisis for two hours by telephone in the latest round of talks aimed at stalling a conflict...
Kushner denies collusion, insists ‘all actions were proper’
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s son-in-law and top White House advisor Jared Kushner denied colluding with Moscow to sway the 2016 election Monday, insisting a string of undisclosed meetings with Russian officials were “proper”. “Let me be very clear – I did not collude with Russia, nor do I know of anyone else in the campaign...
Kushner denies collusion, insists ‘all actions were proper’
Jared Kushner arrives on Capitol Hill to testify before the Senate intelligence committee. AFP Photo WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s son-in-law and top White House advisor Jared Kushner forcefully denied colluding with Moscow to sway the 2016 election Monday, insisting a string of undisclosed meetings with Russian officials were “proper.” “Let...
Kushner says he met Russians four times, denies collusion
WASHINGTON: Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner said Monday he had contacts with Russian officials four times during his father-in-law Donald Trump’s presidential campaign but denied any collusion, hours before facing grilling by senators as part of the probe into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election. In a statement he will...
Belarus sees no solution to Ukraine crisis without another summit
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Belarus sees no solution to the crisis between its neighbours Russia and Ukraine without another regional summit, the country’s Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Why Ukrainian forces gave up Crimea without a fight – and NATO is alert
KIEV/SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (Reuters) – The career of Sergei Yeliseyev helps to explain why Ukraine’s armed forces gave up Crimea almost without a fight – and why NATO now says it is alert to Russian attempts to undermine military loyalty in its eastern European members. …read more Source: The...
Russia to blame for 'hot war' in Ukraine – U.S. special envoy
KIEV (Reuters) – Russian aggression is to blame for violence in eastern Ukraine, where people are dying in what should be seen as a “hot war” rather than a “frozen conflict”, the U.S. special envoy to the Ukraine peace talks said on a visit to Ukraine on Sunday. …read more Source: The...
Germany says Crimean turbine scandal souring relations with Russia – paper
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany has warned Russia that breaches of sanctions including the relocation to Crimea of four gas turbines delivered to Russia by Siemens are straining political relations between the two countries, Bild am Sonntag reported on Sunday. …read more Source: The...
Macron to discuss Ukraine next week with Putin, Merkel and Poroshenko
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron will call the leaders of Russia, Germany and Ukraine on Monday to discuss the conflict in eastern Ukraine, his office said in a statement. …read more Source: The...
