Section: Malaysia
Ukraine's Metinvest says separatists have seized assets
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s largest steelmaker, Metinvest said on Wednesday steel and coke assets in territory controlled by pro-Russian separatists had been seized by rebels. …read more Source: The...
Key U.S. Senate committee leaders say Russia sanctions must remain
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top Republican and Democrat on the U.S. Senate Banking Committee both said on Wednesday that sanctions imposed on Russia over its involvement in Ukraine must not be lifted without drastic changes by Russia. …read more Source: The...
Russia conflicted on how to mark 100 years since revolutions
MOSCOW: It was the year that ended centuries of royal rule, brought two revolutions, ushered in Soviet domination and changed the course of Russian history irrevocably. A century later, the country seems unsure how to treat the tumultuous events of 1917 that saw it hurtle from the abdication of the last tsar Nicholas II to a Communist...
Ukraine suspends all cargo traffic with separatist-held territory
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Security and Defence Council approved on Wednesday the suspension of all cargo traffic with separatist-held territory, the council’s Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov said. …read more Source: The...
Disappearing books – How Russia is shuttering its Ukrainian library
MOSCOW (Reuters) – First, armed police seized some of its books. Next, its director was put on trial accused of stirring up ethnic hatred. And now, quietly, its shelves have been emptied and its volumes packed up, ready to be merged into another library’s collection. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine mulls ban on Russia's Eurovision entry
KIEV (Reuters) – This year’s Eurovision Song Contest host Ukraine may ban Russia’s competitor from entering the country following reports the singer has visited Crimea since the peninsula was seized by Russia, Ukraine’s state security service (SBU) said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
EU prolongs until September blacklist of Russians over Ukraine crisis
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union has prolonged for six months until Sept. 15 a blacklist of Russian and Crimean individuals and firms accused of undermining Ukraine’s integrity and independence, an EU statement said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Prudent Merkel meets unpredictable Trump amid tense ties
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet US President Donald Trump for the first time on Tuesday. AFP Photo BERLIN: Europe’s most powerful leader, Angela Merkel, meets for the first time next week America’s flamboyant President Donald Trump whose arrival in the White House has sent shockwaves across the Atlantic. While former US...
Trump to ask Merkel for advice on Ukraine conflict, Putin – U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will ask German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her views on how the United States can help resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine when they meet next week, senior Trump administration officials said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Germany's Gabriel warns about danger of new arms race with Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel on Thursday warned about the danger of a new arms race spiral with Russia and called on all sides to work to end the violence in eastern Ukraine as a first step towards broader disarmament efforts. …read more Source: The...
