Section: Malaysia
Former U.S. security officials call Trump comments 'disgraceful'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of former U.S. national security officials, including some who have worked for top Republicans, called Donald Trump’s recent comments about NATO, Russia’s annexation of Crimea and other matters “disgraceful” in a letter released on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine rejects Russia's proposed ambassador to Kiev
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine has rejected Russia’s proposed candidate for its next ambassador to Kiev, a senior Ukrainian foreign ministry official said. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine president arrives in KL for three-day working visit
PUTRAJAYA: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko arrived at the Perdana Putra Complex for his meeting with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd …read more Source: New Straits...
Ersatz McDonald’s becomes hit in rebel east Ukraine
LUGANSK, Ukraine: The yellow M-shaped logo, long noisy queues, children with balloons in their hands: at first glance it seems McDonald’s has reopened its doors in separatist hub Lugansk in eastern Ukraine. But in fact this is only a replica after the building where the US fast food chain once had its restaurant was taken over by rebels and...
Civilian casualties highest in a year in Ukraine – UN rights boss
GENEVA (Reuters) – Civilian casualties from shelling, mines and booby traps in eastern Ukraine are at their highest in a year as government forces and pro-Moscow separatists constantly violate a ceasefire, the U.N. rights boss said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Back in Ukraine, freed pilot Savchenko launches new hunger strike
KIEV: A Ukrainian pilot released from a Russian jail in May launched a fresh hunger strike Tuesday in protest over Kiev’s failure to secure the return of other prisoners of war in the separatist east. A Russian court sentenced the 35-year-old army helicopter navigator Nadiya Savchenko to 22 years in prison in March over the 2014 killing of...
Ukraine's Savchenko launches hunger strike over political inaction
KIEV (Reuters) – Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian servicewoman-turned-lawmaker who spent two years in a Russian jail, announced a new hunger strike on Tuesday to speed up the release of other Ukrainian prisoners-of-war, accusing Ukraine’s president of ignoring their plight. …read more Source: The...
US weighs dangers, benefits of naming Russia in cyber hack
WASHINGTON: Wary of a global confrontation with Russia, US President Barack Obama must carefully weigh how to respond to what security experts believe was Moscow’s involvement in the hacking of Democratic Party organizations, US officials said. Publicly blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin’s intelligence services would bring...
Clinton: Trump’s Russia praise raises ‘security issues’
WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton on Sunday sharply criticized Donald Trump over his “absolute allegiance” to Russian policy aims, saying it raised both “national security issues” and new doubts about his temperament. Trump, her Republican rival in the race for the White House, responded defiantly, saying he had “no relationship” with Russian leader...
Clinton says Trump’s praise of Russia raises ‘national security issues’
WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton on Sunday sharply criticized Donald Trump over his “absolute allegiance” to Russian policy aims, saying it raised both “national security issues” and new doubts about his temperament. Trump, her Republican rival in the race for the White House, responded defiantly, saying that he had “no...
