Section: Malaysia
Ukraine's ex-president to testify from Russia on killing of protesters
KIEV/ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (Reuters) – Ex-president Viktor Yanukovich will be questioned as a witness on Friday by a Ukrainian court trying police officers accused of killing demonstrators during the protests in Kiev that forced him to flee in 2014. …read more Source: The...
Germany, 15 other countries press for arms control deal with Russia
BERLIN (Reuters) – Fifteen European countries have joined Germany in its push for a new arms control agreement with Moscow, saying more dialogue is needed to prevent an arms race in Europe after Russia’s actions in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, a German newspaper said. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's Poroshenko to hear some praise, calls to do more at summit with EU
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders reaffirmed support for carrying out a 2014 pact on closer ties with Ukraine but cited “limitations” amid divisions over how far to go with a country mired in intractable corruption and conflict. …read more Source: The...
Poroshenko sure Trump will not change U.S. policy on Ukraine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday he did not expect the election of Donald Trump to the White House to bring any great change in U.S. support for his country. …read more Source: The...
Putin jokes that Russian borders ‘don’t end’
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Thursday joked with a schoolboy that Russia’s borders “don’t end anywhere”. Putin was speaking at a televised awards ceremony held by the Russian Geographical Society. On stage Putin questioned Miroslav Oskirko, a nine-year-old prodigy who said he knew the borders of every country in the...
Russia says to attend Ukraine talks if Paris, Berlin think it's useful
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday he was willing to attend four-way talks on the conflict in eastern Ukraine if mediators Germany and France believe the meeting can be useful. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian teacher held for trying to sell schoolgirl, 13
KHARKIV, Ukraine: A school teacher on Wednesday appeared in court in Ukraine after allegedly trying to sell a 13-year-old schoolgirl under her care for more than US$10,000 (RM44,000). Language teacher Galyna Kovalenko, 52, who has been charged with human trafficking, faces up to 15 years in jail if found guilty of targeting the girl who was a...
Ukraine's Poroshenko to hear some praise, calls to do more at summit with EU
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders will praise Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday for his reform efforts but behind the scenes the EU is losing patience over Kiev’s slow fight against corruption and the intractable conflict in the country’s east. …read more Source: The...
Germany, France seek four-way talks on eastern Ukraine conflict on Nov. 29
BERLIN/KIEV (Reuters) – Germany and France have invited Ukraine and Russia to meet in Minsk next week for four-way talks aimed at kick-starting peace talks on the crisis in eastern Ukraine, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Not to give Ukraine EU visa deal will embolden Putin – Rasmussen
KIEV (Reuters) – Russia will be more aggressive towards Ukraine if the European Union does not honour a promise of visa-free travel for Ukrainians, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the former NATO chief and now an adviser to Kiev’s president, said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
