Section: Malaysia
Army says battle for Aleppo in ‘final phase’
ALEPPO: The crucial battle for Aleppo entered its “final phase” Monday after Syrian rebels retreated into a small pocket of their former bastion in the face of new army advances. President Bashar al-Assad’s forces held more than 90 percent of the onetime opposition stronghold of east Aleppo, a monitor and military official said,...
Russia guilty of "constant lies" over Aleppo, France says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union has backed away from an October threat to impose sanctions on Russia over the bombing of Aleppo despite an intensification of Moscow’s air campaign and accusations by France that the Kremlin is lying in peace talks. …read more Source: The...
Exclusive: Dutch want guarantees on Ukraine deal at EU summit – draft
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte wants EU leaders to say on Thursday that the bloc’s new agreement on closer ties with Kiev covers no extra security or financial obligations, a draft said. …read more Source: The...
Lagarde: Slick IMF high-flyer in court over Adidas
PARIS: Silver-haired and silver-tongued, Christine Lagarde is a high-flying former lawyer whose legacy at the IMF and possible future political career may hang on a case before French courts this week. Lagarde, 60, is credited with steering the Washington-based International Monetary Fund efficiently through turbulent economic times since she...
Trump on Russia meddling in US election: ‘I don’t believe it’
WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump dismissed a brewing storm over Russian cyber meddling in the US election, rejecting as “ridiculous” US intelligence reports that Moscow tried to help him win the White House. “I don’t believe it,” Trump said in a pre-recorded interview that was broadcast Sunday on Fox News. “I think it’s...
Three Ukrainian troops killed in rebel east
KIEV: Three Ukrainian soldiers were killed and two wounded in the country’s rebel east, the bloodiest day for government forces in more than a month, Kiev said Sunday. “Over the past 24 hours three Ukrainian soldiers were killed in combat,” military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk told journalists. “It happened as a result...
From Dracula to Prince Charles: Romanian facts
BUCHAREST: Romania holds legislative elections on Sunday with the left-wing Social Democrats (PSD) expected to emerge as the largest party, a year after a deadly fire forced them out of office. Here are some facts about the former communist country of 20 million people in southeastern Europe, a member of NATO since 2004 and of the European Union...
France blocks extradition of Kazakh oligarch to Russia
PARIS: Kazakh opposition figure Mukhtar Ablyazov was released from prison late Friday after France’s highest administrative authority blocked his extradition to Russia, where he is accused of embezzling billions of dollars. The 53-year-old Ablyazov, who has been held in French custody since July 2013 when he was arrested on the Cote...
OSCE to replace drones shot down over east Ukraine
HAMBURG (Reuters) – The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe on Friday launched a tender for long-range drones after losing eight such aircraft over eastern Ukraine since it began a monitoring mission there. …read more Source: The...
OSCE members urge parties to Ukraine conflict to meet commitments
HAMBURG (Reuters) – Member states of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) agree on the need for the parties to the conflict in eastern Ukraine to meet their commitments to end the violence there, the group’s chairman said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
