Section: Malaysia
After Trump tweet, Pentagon chief explains Nato funding
WASHINGTON: US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis told lawmakers Wednesday that Nato does not track “past money owed,” days after President Donald Trump claimed Germany has shortchanged the alliance by massive amounts. “I cannot give you an accounting for past money owed, because that’s not the way we do that in Nato,”...
Arms depot explodes in Ukraine, Kiev blames ‘sabotage’
KIEV: A series of explosions hit a munitions depot in eastern Ukraine overnight, the military said Thursday, blaming the incident on an “act of sabotage”. “A fire broke out … as a result of an act of sabotage at a depot in the town of Balakliya where missiles and munitions were kept,” Ukraine’s Chief Military...
Ukraine says saboteurs blow up arms warehouse in east
KIEV (Reuters) – The Ukrainian military said unknown saboteurs blew up a warehouse storing tank ammunition at a military base in the east of the country early on Thursday, but nobody was hurt. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine says sanctions on Russian banks to start from Thursday
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s central bank said sanctions against subsidiaries of Russian banks will take effect from Thursday, and will include prohibitions on financial operations that benefit the banks’ parent structures. …read more Source: The...
Dutch families plant first trees at MH17 memorial park
VIJFHUIZEN: Relatives of those killed when flight MH17 was downed over Ukraine in mid-2014, on Saturday planted the first trees in a Dutch memorial park not far from where the ill-fated plane departed. “Today is a very important day for all the next of kin. We are planting the first trees to create a monument for MH17,” Evert van Zijtveld,...
Dutch families plant first trees at MH17 memorial park
VIJFHUIZEN (Netherlands): Relatives of those killed when flight MH17 was downed over Ukraine in mid-2014, on Saturday planted the first trees in a Dutch memorial park not far from where the ill-fated plane departed. “Today is a very important day for all the next of kin. We are planting the first trees … to create a monument for MH17...
IMF delays more aid to Ukraine to assess cost of blockade
KIEV (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund has postponed a decision to disburse more aid to Ukraine in order to assess the impact of an economic blockade Kiev imposed on separatist-held territory, the IMF and Ukrainian authorities said on Sunday. …read more Source: The...
Russia-backed Crimea chief says Putin should be president for life
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian-backed prime minister of Crimea said on Saturday that Vladimir Putin should be made president of Russia for life and that the Soviet Union would never have collapsed had Putin been in charge. …read more Source: The...
In first Trump-Merkel meeting, awkward body language and a quip
WASHINGTON: The first face-to-face meeting between US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel started awkwardly on Friday and ended even more oddly, with a quip by Trump about wiretapping that left the German leader visibly bewildered. The two leaders share different views on trade, Russia and immigration, leading to some...
Poland clears airport plan for takeoff
Polish Development and Finance Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has told reporters that a new airport in Warsaw will serve up to 50 million passengers per year -AFP photo WARSAW: Poland’s government approved Wednesday plans to build a large new airport outside the capital Warsaw that it hopes could become a passenger and cargo hub for central...
