Section: Malaysia
NATO, Russia council to meet on April 20 in Brussels
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO envoys will hold their first formal meeting with Russia in almost two years on April 20, the Western alliance said on Tuesday, with the crisis in Ukraine, reducing military risks and Afghanistan on the agenda. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine coalition hopes boosted by four MPs – vice-speaker
KIEV (Reuters) – Four Ukrainian lawmakers have joined the president’s BPP faction, parliament’s vice-speaker Andriy Parubiy said on Tuesday – moves that will give a reformed coalition enough votes for a slender majority in parliament. …read more Source: The...
Danylyuk to be Ukraine finance minister in possible government – lawmaker
KIEV (Reuters) – Under a possible government headed by Volodymyr Groysman, the post of Ukrainian finance minister would be given to Oleksandr Danylyuk, an official in the president’s administration, lawmaker Mustafa Nayyem said in a Twitter post on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
G7 reaffirms push for nuke-free world
Hiroshima memorial stark reminder of our obligation to end threat of nuclear weapons — Kerry HIROSHIMA: US Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday called his visit to a memorial to victims of the 1945 US nuclear attack on Hiroshima “gut-wrenching” and said it was a reminder of the need to pursue a world free of nuclear weapons. The first US...
France says worried by Ukraine ceasefire violations
PARIS (Reuters) – France expressed concern on Monday over increased violations of a ceasefire agreement in eastern Ukraine between Kiev’s forces and pro-Russian separatists and urged both sides to cooperate with international monitors in the area. …read more Source: The...
Malaysia’s first sharia-compliant airline suspended
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s first Islamic-compliant airline has been suspended for three months after it failed to adhere to aviation regulations, a senior official said Monday, as the government announced a safety audit of the carrier. “Rayani Air has been suspended for three months,” Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, director-general of the...
G7 Hiroshima Declaration calls for ‘world without nuclear weapons’
HIROSHIMA: US Secretary of State John Kerry and G7 foreign ministers on Monday called for a “world without nuclear weapons”, citing North Korea’s sabre-rattling as a key challenge to achieving that goal. “We reaffirm our commitment to seeking a safer world for all and to creating the conditions for a world without nuclear...
North Korea 'provocations' make push to abolish nuclear arms harder – G7
HIROSHIMA (Reuters) – The effort to rid the world of nuclear weapons has been made more complex by North Korea’s repeated provocations and by the worsening security environment in Syria and Ukraine, the Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Kerry joins other G7 foreign ministers at Hiroshima A-bomb museum
Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd R) presents a U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry with a replica of a letter on a friendly diplomatic matter from former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln to the Tycoon of Japan in 1861, before their bilateral meeting alongside the G7 foreign ministers meetings in Hiroshima, Japan April 11, 2016....
EU to propose visa-free travel for Ukraine despite Dutch vote – source
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission will propose this month granting visa-free travel to Ukrainians despite a Dutch referendum vote against an EU-Ukraine agreement partly motivated by hostility to migration, a senior EU source said. …read more Source: The...
