Section: Malaysia
Hammond says Russia has 'gone backwards' on Ukraine ceasefire
TBILISI (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Wednesday Russia was not complying with a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine and the situation had recently worsened. …read more Source: The...
Montenegro expels 58 foreign cult members
PODGORICA, Montenegro: Montenegro has deported 58 foreign members of a Japanese doomsday cult, most of them Russians, for lacking the right permits to visit the Balkan country, police said on Tuesday. “Police received information from partner security services showing that a group of foreign nationals, who were members of a closed religious...
Unusual plane hijackings since 2001
LARNACA: Airplane hijackings such as the one that unfolded on Tuesday involving an Egyptian airliner have become relatively rare since the September 11, 2001 terror attacks led to increased security. Here are some examples: February 17, 2014: An Ethiopian Airlines flight to Rome with 202 people on board is diverted by its unarmed copilot to...
Ukraine’s parliament sacks corruption-tainted prosecutor
KIEV: Ukraine’s parliament on Tuesday sacked the former Soviet country’s corruption-tainted chief prosecutor over his perceived refusal to investigate corruption and attempts to cover up state graft. Lawmakers voted by an overwhelming 289 votes to six to accept the resignation of Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin from the post he has...
Ukraine parliament approves resignation of chief prosecutor
KIEV (Reuters) – The Ukrainian parliament approved on Tuesday the resignation of General Prosecutor Viktor Shokin, an official seen by the Ukraine’s Western backers as an obstacle to tackling corruption. …read more Source: The...
Tymoshenko's Fatherland Party won't join Ukraine coalition unless conditions met
KIEV (Reuters) – The head of Ukraine’ Fatherland Party, Yulia Tymoshenko, said on Tuesday that her party had up to 15 conditions that needed to be met before a coalition could be formed. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine General Prosecutor fires senior reformist prosecutor
KIEV (Reuters) – Senior Ukrainian prosecutor and anti-corruption campaigner Davit Sakvarelidze has been fired by General Prosecutor Viktor Shokin, Shokin’s deputy Vladyslav Kutsenko said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Head of Ukraine PM's party says new coalition agreed
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk’s party has agreed with President Petro Poroshenko’s faction and the Fatherland party – all former coalition partners – to form a new alliance, the head of Yatseniuk’s People’s Front party, said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine PM frontrunner wants Slovakia's Miklos as finance minister – report
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The frontrunner to head a new Ukrainian government has asked Slovak politician Ivan Miklos to serve as his finance minister if he becomes prime minister, a Slovak daily said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
CIA chief visited Moscow this month for Syria talks: US official
AFP/File | CIA Director John Brennan, pictured February 9, 2016, visited Moscow in early March to discuss Syria MOSCOW: CIA director John Brennan visited Moscow in early March to discuss Syria and put the case for the departure of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, a US official said Monday. While meeting Russian officials, the spy agency chief...
