Section: Malaysia
Radar images involving MH17 "uncovered", finally released by arms manufacturer [VIDEO]
KUALA LUMPUR: Raw data, including radar images of air traffic movements over eastern Ukraine dating back to when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down, has been released by Russian arms manufacturer Almaz-Antey. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukraine says peace process at risk without EU sanctions
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Loosening the European Union’s economic sanctions on Russia would wreck the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, because the measures are the West’s only leverage over Moscow, Kiev’s deputy foreign minister said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Biden warns Ukraine on reforms, says EU sanctions on Russia at risk
(Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday warned Ukraine needs to live up to its promises on economic and political reforms or risk seeing the European Union walk away from its sanctions on Russia. …read more Source: The...
Russian 'lies' worse than Soviet era, Ukraine's Poroshenko tells U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko made a scathing attack on neighbouring Russia on Wednesday, accusing it of “lies and manipulations” that even Soviet leaders at the height of the Cold War had not dared. …read more Source: The...
US President hits at populist strongmen
Obama in his farewell UN address stresses democracy remains the ‘firmest foundation for human progress’ Barack Obama UNITED NATIONS, United States: President Barack Obama used his farewell UN address Tuesday to castigate strongmen and populists, taking aim at Vladimir Putin’s Soviet nostalgia and Donald Trump’s rise at home....
Foreign ministers hold flight MH17 meeting in New York
The reconstructed airplane serves as a backdrop during the presentation of the final report into the crash of July 2014 of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine, in Gilze Rijen, the Netherlands. — Reuters photo NEW YORK: Countries whose investigation authorities cooperate in the criminal investigation into the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17...
Ukraine, separatists agree troop withdrawals in three hot spots
MINSK (Reuters) – Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists agreed on Wednesday to withdraw troops from three small towns on the front line in eastern Ukraine, a pilot de-escalation project that is part of the latest push to get a much-violated ceasefire to stick. …read more Source: The...
Exclusive – How EU firms skirt sanctions to do business in Crimea
SIMFEROPOL, Crimea/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Products for sale in the Crimean stores of two European retailers are being shipped there from Russia via a ferry and port that are subject to EU sanctions, people involved in the transportation said, suggesting companies are finding ways around the punitive economic regime facing Moscow since 2014....
German economy minister to discuss EU sanctions with Putin
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel, heading to Moscow for talks about trade with President Vladimir Putin, said on Wednesday he favoured a lifting of EU sanctions on Russia but that would require making progress on peace in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Biden meets Ukraine's Poroshenko, urges faster reforms in energy, justice
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden met with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday and said it was imperative for Ukraine’s leadership to accelerate reforms needed to strengthen Ukraine’s energy and justice sectors, the White House said. …read more Source: The...



