Section: Malaysia
EU agrees new sanctions against Crimea officials, EU's presidency says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union finance ministers agreed on Tuesday new targeted sanctions against Crimean officials, adding to restrictive measures adopted after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. …read more Source: The...
Russian hackers target cash before politics
MOSCOW: Just as the scandal over alleged Russian hacking of the US Democratic Party erupted in June, police in Russia were rounding up a group known as Lurk. In the underground world of Russian hackers, a shadowland of anonymous internet forums where users exchange the latest malware, Lurk was legendary. The group, active since 2011, was accused...
Estonia’s pro-West coalition collapses amid infighting
TALLINN: Estonia’s three-party coalition government collapsed on Monday as its two junior partners ended their cooperation with pro-Nato Prime Minister Taavi Roivas amid infighting over his leadership. “For the Social Democrats SDE and conservative IRL party the cooperation with the Reform party in this government has finished,”...
Saakashvili says to resign as governor of Ukraine's Odessa region
KIEV (Reuters) – Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili tendered his resignation from the post of governor of Ukraine’s southern Odessa region on Monday, saying he would continue to fight corruption. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian hackers promise leaks on Putin spokesman
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian hackers behind recent Kremlin email leaks said on Thursday they planned to release more information taken from accounts linked to senior Russian officials, including to President Vladimir Putin’s chief spokesman. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine rebuilds navy, with U.S. help, to counter Russian build-up in Crimea
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine is refitting and expanding its naval fleet, including repairing its flagship, the frigate “Hetman Sahaydachnyy”, to counter a Russian military build-up in the annexed territory of Crimea, the commander of the Ukrainian navy says. …read more Source: The...
Dutch royals lay tributes for MH17 victims, war dead in Australia
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands place sunflowers at the MH17 Memorial at Parliament House in Canberra. CANBERRA: King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands laid sunflowers at a memorial in the Australian capital on Wednesday for victims of the Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 shot down over Ukraine two years...
Dutch royals lay tributes for MH17 victims, war dead in Australia
CANBERRA: King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands laid sunflowers at a memorial in the Australian capital on Wednesday for victims of the Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 shot down over Ukraine two years ago. …read more Source: The...
British spy chief warns of threats from ‘aggressive’ Russia
LONDON: The head of British intelligence agency MI5, Andrew Parker, on Monday warned of Russia acting in “increasingly aggressive ways” and utilising new technologies in its opposition to the west. “It is using its whole range of state organs and powers to push its foreign policy abroad in increasingly aggressive ways –...
Ukrainians shocked as politicians declare vast wealth
KIEV (Reuters) – An anti-corruption reform requiring senior Ukrainian officials to declare their wealth online has exposed a vast difference between the fortunes of politicians and those they represent. …read more Source: The...
